Over half of these countries have less than 500 km paved roads per million people and over a third of these are in poor condition. Overcoming these dilemmas and developing transport system that are efficient, reliable, flexible and sustainable is a major task for authorities in the continent. This paper, after a brief discussion on the dilemmas facing African countries describes the situation of the transport sector in the continent. This analysis provides the basis to comment on the future trends in the transport sector of the region. The technical, economic and market potentials of introducing alternative transport options are then examined.
Options considered include technology and energy efficiency improvements.
Regulatory measures and other policies to support these options are explored, while commenting on possible barriers to their introduction. This paper shows that African countries can provide suitable and sustainable transport services for their inhabitants but there is need to make major shifts in the present transport sector. Go back to the workshop 4.1 page .