EU-Africa, Global Gateway investment package : strategic corridors.
Date: 2022-03-20
Institutions: Directorate-General for Communication
Subjects: ACP-EU relationship, Africa, EU programme, aid programme, development potential, economic transition, redevelopment aid, sustainable development, transport infrastructure

EU-Africa: Global Gateway 
Investment Package - 
Strategic Corridors 

#GlobalGateway    #AfricaEU    #TeamEurope 

FEBRUARY 2022

In  the  context  of  the  6th  EU-AU  Summit,  Team  Europe  proposes  to  support  quality 
connectivity  infrastructure  for  smart,  fair  and  affordable  mobility  and  trade  within 
Africa and in between Africa and Europe. 

The  Global  Gateway  Africa-Europe  Investment  Package  will  support  the  creation  of 
strategic,  sustainable  and  secure  transport  corridors  and  support  value  chains, 
services and jobs that can benefit industries in both Africa and Europe.

The Strategic Corridors underpin the territorial organisation - rural and urban - through 
reliable networks and services.

The  investment  package  will  develop  multi-country  infrastructure  by  supporting 
investment  in  sustainable,  efficient,  and  safe  connectivity  between  both  continents 
and updating and harmonising regulatory frameworks.

Ambition by 2030: Integrate the African and European multimodal transport networks 
in line with the regional and continental frameworks and tailor these networks to the 
economic potential of an African Continental Free Trade Area.

Envisaged Strategic corridors 

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Tunis
Tunis

RaRababatt
Rabat

DaDakarkar
Dakar

NiNiamameyey
Niamey

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OuOuagagaadoudougogouu
Ouagadougou

CoCototonounou LaLagosgos
Lagos
Cotonou

AbAbididjajann
Abidjan Douala
DouaDoualala

Libreville

NdNdjajamemenana
Ndjamena

CairoCairo
Cairo

KhKharartotoumum
Khartoum

DjibDjiboutoutii
Djibouti

AddiAddis s AbAbababaa
Addis Ababa

JuJubaba
Ju ba

KaKampmpalalaa
Kampala

Recommended
Corridors

Other Corridors

KiKisasangngananii
Kisangani

NaNairirobiobi
Nairobi

MoMombmbasasaa
Mombasa

DaDar r eses S Salalaamaam
Dar es Salaam

LuLusaksakaa
Lusaka

*DISCLAIMER

Area of interest of
the recommended
Corridors

Area of interest of
the other Corridors

African continent

WaWalvlvisis B Bayay
Walvis Bay

GGababoronoronee
Gaborone

MaMapuputoto
Maputo

DuDurbrbanan
Durban

0

600

1200 km

SOURCE: European Commission

1. ABIDJAN-LAGOS
West Africa: Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, 
Togo, Benin, Nigeria

2. ABIDJAN-OUAGADOUGOU
West Africa: Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso

3. DAKAR-ABIDJAN
West Africa: Senegal, Gambia, 
Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, 
Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Cabo Verde

4. COTONOU-NIAMEY
West Africa: Benin, Niger

5. LIBREVILLE / KRIBI / DOUALA-N’DJAMENA
Central Africa: Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, 
Cameroon, Chad, São Tomé and Príncipe

6. DOUALA / KRIBI-KAMPALA
Central Africa: Cameroon, Central African 
Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
Uganda

7. DAR ES SALAAM-NAIROBI-ADDIS 
ABABA-BERBERA / DJIBOUTI
East Africa: Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, 
Somalia, Djibouti

8. MOMBASA-KISANGANI
East Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda,
Democratic Republic of the Congo

9. MAPUTO-GABORONE-WALVIS BAY
Southern Africa: Mozambique, 
South Africa, Eswatini, Botswana, Namibia

10. DURBAN-LUSAKA
Southern Africa: South Africa, Botswana, 
Zimbabwe, Zambia

11. CAIRO-KHARTOUM-JUBA-KAMPALA
North and East Africa: Egypt, Soudan,
South Sudan, Uganda

*This map and the content therein do not necessarily represent the official position of the European Commission or of the European Union. It is to be 
considered as an internal working document for study purposes.

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