LAPSSET Gets a Boost at 7th PIDA Week

LAPSSET Gets a Boost at 7th PIDA Week. The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) convened a meeting in Nairobi, Kenya and on the sidelines of the 7 PIDA Week, to discuss on how to address the financing needs of the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) corridor programme. Speaking on the issue of how to crowd-in investment for LAPSSET, Mr. Silvester Kasuku, CEO of the African Center for Transport, Infrastructure and Regional Integration (ACTIRI) and former CEO of LAPSSET Authority, said that Africa needs to translate its population to be a business population that can support growth in Africa. On his part, Mr. Robert Lisinge, Chief of the Energy, Infrastructure and Services Section of the Private Sector Development and Finance Division of ECA underscored that working together is the key strategy for the success of Africa’s regional infrastructure programmes. Integration of policies, Regulations and legal frameworks for the successful implementation of LAPSSET.

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Format: Press release biblioteca
Language:eng
Published: 2022-03
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10855/47672
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