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The project entails the construction of the 2000 km railway line from Douala Port through Cameroon to N'Djamena in Chad.

Construction and upgrading of the approx. 2,000 km single carriageway road from Yaounde (Cameroon) to Brazzaville (Congo). In particular, this project involves the section in Cameroon, from Yaounde to the border with Congo.

The PP2 project comprises development of a hydroelectric power station with an installed capacity of 600 MW and construction of associated transmission lines to supply localities in northern Republic of Congo, south-eastern Cameroon and south-western Central African Republic. Verified implementation and technical context: Chollet is designed as a binational generation project with regional evacuation lines rather than a stand-alone national plant. Its development requires a common Cameroon-Republic of Congo institutional framework, a concession and ownership structure, coordinated environmental and social management, power-purchase and transmission arrangements and a financing package covering both the hydropower facility and associated lines. AfDB's CAPP acceleration material lists the project as undergoing financial structuring and gives a euro-denominated investment estimate. This should be treated as a current structuring reference and reconciled with the older PP2 cost basis before database financial fields are changed.

AIP provides an enabling and project-preparation framework for priority transboundary and regional water investments submitted by African member states. It supports integrated water, health, energy and food-security projects; strengthens institutional arrangements; helps sponsors develop bankable projects; and links project pipelines to preparation facilities, public finance and private investment. The first phase identifies specific programmes in Benin, Cameroon, Tunisia, Uganda and Zambia, together with regional initiatives supported through institutions such as ECCAS and the SADC Water Fund.

Construction of the Chad section of the 1,064 km / 400 kV Chad-Cameroon Transmission Interconnector.

The project includes the construction of a road and rail bridge between Brazzaville in Congo and Kinshasa in the DRC. The project also includes road and rail links in both countries as well as joint border control points (One Stop Border Posts). A border control post will be located at each end of the bridge and will house border control officers. Inspections will only be conducted on one side of the river (i.e. on the departure side). The existing road infrastructure will be extended by 10km to connect the bridge to the two cities. The railway bridge will have a total length of 1 575m and 10 bays divided as follows: 2 bays of 120m, 4 bays of 152m, 2 bays of 242m and two bays of 121.5m. The profile on the other side of the road consists of two unidirectional sidewalks with two lanes of 3m. The total width of the road, including sidewalks, is 16.24 m. The two large cable-stayed spans (242m and 152m), located in the river along the banks, give the bridge a gateway to the capitals. The bridge will be located in Maloukou Trechot, 6km from the city of Maluku in Congo. The site is 55km from the two capitals along the river. The bridge is part of a larger project, the Kinshasa-Ilebo railway project, which aims to improve the rail network in Africa. The larger project is expected to contribute to increased regional trade and accelerate regional integration between Central and Southern Africa. The project is expected to allow for cheaper and faster river crossing by passengers and freight. The beneficiaries of the project will therefore include the two countries whose fisci will benefit from increased trade, the increased presence of domestic and foreign companies in both countries, from private transporters and the economic and social benefits of liberated movement of both populations

The Ntem River Bridge is intended to close a major missing link between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea on the Kribi-Campo-Bata road corridor. It will support a continuous regional route connecting Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon and improve access to ports, border areas and national road networks. The approved technical scope consists of a 972 m prestressed-concrete box-girder bridge constructed by successive cantilevers. It includes a two-way seven-metre carriageway, cycle tracks and pedestrian walkways, approximately 933 m of approach road towards Campo in Cameroon and 600 m towards Rio Campo in Equatorial Guinea, as well as environmental and social measures. Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea are the project-location countries, while Gabon is a beneficiary through the wider Yaoundé-Bata-Libreville economic corridor. ECCAS is the regional institution responsible for corridor coordination. The PAP II estimate is USD 447.3 million excluding taxes and customs duties but including physical and financial contingencies. This value represents the complete approved project, not merely a study or one national access-road component. AfDB approved the regional transport and trade-facilitation project in 2023 and provided financing through sovereign operations involving the participating states. Approval of finance supports S3B, but it does not by itself prove that procurement or physical construction has begun. Official project reporting reviewed through 2025 continued to show the operation as active.

Le projet de route Ketta-Djoum consiste en sa deuxième phase au bitumage de la section Sembe (Congo)-Mintom (Cameroun). Les travaux concernent les tronçons Sembe-Souanké-Ntam(143km) au Congo et Mintom-Lele-Ntam(90km) au Cameroun, les études et les appuis institutionnels au secteur des transports, l'appui A  la facilitation du transport et du commerce, et le soutien A  la biodiversité.

Upgrading of the 240 km single carriageway road from Garoua to Boulai to N’Gaoundéré in Cameroon.

The project involves the construction of the Kousséré One-Stop Border Post between Cameroon and Chad, on the Douala-Bangui Douala-N Djamena Multimodal Transport Corridor.

The Development of Data Centre Infrastructures Underpinning the Digital Economy is a regional ICT programme under the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). It envisions establishing six new data centres in Burundi, Central African Republic, Sao Tome and Principe, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon, alongside the reinforcement of five existing centres in Angola, Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The programme is grounded in the Consensual Master Plan for the Development of Electronic Communications Infrastructure in Central Africa (PACDICE-AC), established in 2019, which identified data centre development as a regional priority. The project was formally included in the PIDA Priority Action Plan 2 (PIDA PAP2, 2021-2030) in 2020. Total programme investment is estimated at USD 92.5 million across all components. The programme aims to secure Central African cyberspace, build user confidence in digital services, and regionalise intra-ECCAS data exchange to reduce latency and improve access times. Key challenges include implementation complexity across 11 countries, technical coordination requirements, and funding mobilisation for pre-feasibility and feasibility studies. Ce projet vise à doter l'espace sous-régional de la CEEAC des infrastructures qui participent de la sécurisation du cyberespace et contribuent à créer de la confiance dans un monde de plus en plus numérique et à garantir la souveraineté numérique des Etats.

Regional project under PIDA PAP 2 (2021-2030) to provide and strengthen each ECCAS Member State with high bandwidth fiber optic connectivity and establish a sub-regional data hosting centre in the ECCAS space. The project covers all 11 ECCAS member states (Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, and Sao Tome and Principe) and aims to create a comprehensive broadband backbone network across Central Africa. The initiative builds on prior work undertaken by the World Bank, PPIAF, and the ITU to address connectivity gaps in the ECCAS sub-region and renew momentum for ECCAS and CEMAC harmonization efforts. Core objectives include securing regional cyberspace, building digital trust, ensuring data sovereignty, and enabling cross-border connectivity. The ECCAS region faces significant ICT access deficits, with only 10.2 internet access lines per 1,000 inhabitants compared to 61.8 for the continent as a whole. Ce programme vise l'interconnexion des Etats membres de la CEEAC, deux à deux, à partir des dernières chambres des backbones nationaux vers les frontières

The Fomi project is a multipurpose dam proposed on the Niandan River in Guinea within the Upper Niger Basin. The approved project concept includes a reservoir of about 4,978 million cubic metres, a dam of approximately 50 metres, three generating units totalling around 90 MW, irrigated agriculture, fisheries, improved navigation and environmental-flow regulation. Guinea is the project member state, while benefits extend across the wider Niger Basin.

The project would improve the hydraulic capacity of the Chari River and design the infrastructure required to transfer water by gravity from the proposed Bria Dam toward the Chari and Lake Chad. The concept includes measures to reduce water losses in floodplains, address silting and maintain flows, while optimising possible hydropower and irrigation components and minimising adverse environmental and social effects.

Construction of the Garoua Boulai One-Stop Border Post between Cameroon and Central African Republic on the Douala-Bangui Douala-N Djamena Multimodal Transport Corridor.

The project involves the construction of Koutéré One-Stop Border Post between Cameroon and Chad, on the Douala-Bangui Douala-N Djamena Multimodal Transport Corridor.

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The AXIS Project aims to facilitate the development of an African internet infrastructure through policy and regulatory reform, capacity building and technical assistance. Development of an African internet infrastructure refers to the establishment of regional internet exchange points (IXPs) and internet carriers. The AXIS Project is being implemented through two phases. Phase I consists of capacity building to support the establishment of national IXPs through providing a series of two workshops for stakeholders and the Internet Service Provider Association (ISPA) on  I) best practice and benefits of IXP and II) technical assistance through workshops which will cover the technical and administrative skills needed to set up, operate, and administer an IXP. Phase II focuses on supporting establishment of Regional IXP and Regional Internet Carrier through provisioning Capacity building workshops on best practice and benefits of setting up RIXP/IC and providing technical assistance. The AXIS Project is a flagship project of the African Regional Action Plan on Knowledge Economy (ARAPKE) endorsed by the African Union Executive Council. 

Construction of the Campo One-Stop Border Post between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea, which lies on the Douala- Bangui- Douala- N’Djamena Corridor.

The project supports operationalisation of the Single African Air Transport Market by addressing the infrastructure and airspace-management constraints that limit safe, efficient and competitive air transport. It covers both physical aviation infrastructure, including airports and air-navigation systems, and the institutional and technical architecture required for a seamless African airspace. The master plan is expected to consolidate national and regional plans, forecast traffic and capacity needs, identify infrastructure gaps, prioritise investments and develop an implementation roadmap. The seamless airspace component is intended to promote harmonised procedures, performance-based navigation, flexible routes, common surveillance-code arrangements and interoperable CNS/ATM systems. The African Union Commission and AFCAC are the principal continental institutions, working with ICAO, regional economic communities, air-navigation service providers, civil-aviation authorities and industry stakeholders. All African Union member states are beneficiaries. A continent-wide aviation infrastructure gap analysis was completed and validated in 2023. Official ICAO and AFCAC reporting in 2024-2026 indicates that its results are being used to refine the air-navigation master strategy and identify bankable national and regional projects. The 2026 AU Assembly still called for mobilisation of financing for development of the Continental Aviation Infrastructure Master Plan.

Construction of the Douala Bridge (Cameroon).

Construction of road sections on Douala-N’Gaoundéré-N'Djamena road (Cameroon).

The project is a coordinated feasibility, technical-study and action-programme package for Lake Chad and its principal tributaries. It addresses poorly quantified sedimentation and siltation, invasive aquatic vegetation, unequal water distribution between the northern and southern basins, degraded navigation and declining economic activity. The planned work includes bathymetric surveys, physical and chemical analysis of sediments and water, design of dredging and de-silting interventions, navigation and landing facilities, and restoration measures for fisheries and irrigated agriculture.

1. Volet interconnexion des réseaux électriques du Cameroun et du Tchad: L"’interconnexion Ngouandéré (Cameroun) et Gassi (Tchad) comprend : Des lignes bi ternes et mono terne 225 kV en courant alternatif sur une longueur de 1024 km dont 786 km au Cameroun et 238 km au Tchad ; Une ligne mono terne 110 kV d’une longueur de 250 m reliant le poste existant de Ngaoundéré et le nouveau poste  de Ngaoundéré de 225 kV ; Une ligne mono terne 110 kV d’une longueur de 2 km reliant le poste existant de Maroua et le nouveau poste  de Maroua de 225 kV ; Un cAcble souterrain A  une tension de 90 kV reliant le poste actuel de Gassi au nouveau poste de Gassi de 225 /90kV; Emprise du Corridor : 30 m de part et d’autre de la trajectoire de la ligne soit un corridor de 60 m de largeur ; Poste haute tension 225 kV : 7 nouveaux postes dont 4 au Cameroun et 3 au Tchad Il s"’agit : Au Cameroun des postes de Ngaoundéré, de Lagdo (Garoua), de Maroua et de Kousseri ; Au Tchad des postes de Bongor, de Nguelendeng et de Gassi; Extension des postes : de  Ngaoundéré, de Maroua au Cameroun et celui de Gassi au Tchad. 2. Volet Electrification Rurale Le long de la trajectoire de la ligne, 2031 localités du cA´té du Cameroun et 69 du cA´té du Tchad se trouvant sur un rayon de 25 km ont été identifiées en vue de leur électrification; 460 localités dont 409 au Cameroun et 51 au Tchad ont été retenues et seront électrifiées suivant différentes technologies et principalement par la technologie de réseau moyenne tension. Certaines par système de soutirage système utilisé en Afrique du Sud et de par le monde.

The project entails detailed studies and engineering designs for the construction of a bridge over the Ntem River and its access roads linking the Republics of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. The project also includes the construction of a one-stop border post (OSBP) and the implementation of trade facilitation measures along the Transport Corridor linking Yaoundé in Cameroon, Bata in Equatorial Guinea and Libreville in Gabon.  

The study of the Ntem River Bridge is part of the Kribi-Campo-Bata maritime route linking the port of Kribi to Cameroon and Bata in Equatorial Guinea. The inter-capital connections study will identify missing links and determine the technical and economic feasibility of the construction of a crossing structure and the development of a single border control post at the border of Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. It will make technical, legal and financial recommendations for the management and operation of the Yaounde-Kribi-Bata-Libreville development and corridor.

Construction and upgrading of the approx. 2,000 km single carriageway road from Yaounde (Cameroon) to Brazzaville (Congo). In particular, this project involves the section in Congo, from the border with Cameroon to the capital Brazaville.

This project is part of the expansions at 2020 gap airports Phase 1. It will see upgrades at Yaounde Ville Airport in Yaounde, Cameroon.