All Continental Projects
Explore 647 published infrastructure projects across the African continent
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Nile Equatorial Lakes Investment Program-NEL-IP
The Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program (NELSAP) has consolidated the advances made in independently…
$1,004M
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2020
Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) - PAP 2
$213,426M
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2024-01-NRBIP
Nile River Basin Investment Program (NR-BIP)
The Nile River Basin Investment Program (NR-BIP) is a high-visibility flagship regional program of jointly…
$9,795M
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2025-PISP
PIDA Implementation & Support Programme
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E.02
North-South Power Transmission Corridor
8,000 km line from Egypt through Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe…
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NR-BIP-001-24-LVBC-001
Lake Victoria Basin Integrated Water Resources Management Programme - Phase 2
The overall objective of the programme is to improve water quality and availability through strategic…
$9M
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pap1
Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) PAP 1
$108,586M
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Total Projects
647
Published & active
Total CAPEX
$347.03B
Capital expenditure · USD
Countries
55
All 55 AU member states
Organisations
297
RECs, DFIs & partners
Geo-Mapped
500
77% with coordinates
All Continental Projects
647 projects · USD 347.0B pipeline · 55 countries · 297 organisations · 576 active (89%)
Top sector: Transport (327) · ICT (122) · Water (112). Top region: East Africa (197) · Central Africa (146). Top country: Kenya (83).
Pipeline: 200 early stage · 87 structuring · 310 tendering/construction/operation.
346 cross-border projects. 500 geo-mapped on the map below.
Transport: 327
ICT: 122
Water: 112
Energy: 86
Cross-border: 346
Portfolio Breakdown
Distribution of 647 projects across sectors, regions, reference frameworks and top countries. Each bar is proportional to that group's share of the current filtered portfolio — hover over any bar label for the full name.
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Continental Infrastructure Map
500 projects are geo-located and visible on this map. Click any marker or corridor route to see project details. Use the AI search bar on the map to filter by plain-language queries such as “energy projects in Kenya” or “roads over $500M.” Use the sector legend on the right panel to filter by sector or sub-sector.
Interactive Infrastructure Map
500 geo-located projects
Transport in West Africa
Energy > $1B
PIDA priority
ICT & Fiber
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Transport
327
ICT
122
Water
112
Energy
86
Projects on Map500
225 kV Côte d'Ivoire - Liberia - Sierra Leone - Guinea Interconnection Project
330 kV Nigeria-Niger-Benin/Togo-Burkina Interconnection Project
330 kV Côte d'Ivoire - Ghana Interconnection Reinforcement
330 kV Ghana - Togo - Benin Transmission Interconnection Project
Abidjan - Grand Bassam Missing Road Links
Abidjan - Lagos Corridor Highway
Abidjan - Ouagadougou Narrow Gauge Railway (Burkina Fasso section)
Abidjan - Ouagadougou Narrow Gauge Railway (Ivory Coast section)
Abidjan Port Upgrading
Abidjan–Lagos Corridor Highway Development Project
Abidjan–Ouagadougou–Niamey–Cotonou–Lomé Regional Rail Loop
Abudja-Ndjamena Fibre-optic Link (Chad section)
Abudja-Ndjamena Fibre-optic Link (Nigeria section)
Abuja-Younde Fibre-optic Link (Cameroon section)
Abuja-Younde Fibre-optic Link (Nigeria section)
Agona Junction - Alubo Road
Agriculture and Climate Risk Management in the Lake Victoria Basin Programme
Akagera River Navigability Project
Akagera River Transport
Akagera River Transport Project
Akobo â€" Pibor transboundary multipurpose development project
Akobo-Gambella Floodplains Transboundary Development Programme
Algeria - Tunisia section of ELTAM Transmission Interconnector (Algeria part)
Algeria - Tunisia section of ELTAM Transmission Interconnector (Tunisia part)
Algeria IXP
Anger Irrigation Project
Angola-Namibia Transmission Interconnector (Namibia section)
Angololo Multipurpose Water Resources Development Project
Angololo Multipurpose Water Resources Development Project (Angololo Dam) NELSAP
Bachuma Gate – Maji ya Chumvi Road.
Bagui-Juba Fibre-optic Link (CAR section)
Bagui-Juba Fibre-optic Link (South Sudan section)
Bamako-Niamey Road Missing Links in Mali
Bamako-Niamey Road Missing Links in Niger
Baro Akobo Sobat Multipurpose water resources study
Baynes Hydropower Project
Beira - Machipanda Railway Upgrade
Beira New Coal Terminal Development
Beira Port Development
Beira Port Dredging
Benin IXP
Berbera-Hargeisa-Kalabayd-Togowuchale Road
Bissau-Conakry Fibre-optic Link (Guinea section)
Bissau-Conakry Fibre-optic Link (Guinea-Bissau section)
Blantyre - Zomba Roads Rehabilitation
Boma-Gambella Transboundary National Park
BOTSWANA LINK LINE
Bou Salem–Algerian Border Motorway
Brazzaville - Bangui Fibre-optic Link (Central African Republic section)
Brazzaville - Bangui Fibre-optic Link (Congo section)
Brazzaville - Kinshasa Fibre-optic Link (Congo section)
Brazzaville - Kinshasa Fibre-optic Link (DRC section)
Brazzaville-Kinshasa OSBP
Brazzaville-Kinshasa Road/Rail Bridge
Brazzaville-Yaounde Fibre-optic Link (Cameroon section)
Brazzaville-Yaounde Fibre-optic Link (Congo section)
Bujumbura - Bugarama Road
Bujumbura - Rumonge (RN3) Road Section
Bujumbura - Rumonge-Nyanza Lac-Mugina (RN3) Road (168 km)
Bujumbura Lake Port Upgrading
Bulawayo - Gwanda Road
Bungoma - Eldoret Road
Burkina Faso Border-Niamey-Zinder-Chad Border Missing Road Links
Burkina Faso IXP
Burkina Faso-Benin Fibre-optic Link (Burkina Faso section)
Burkina Faso-Benin-Niger Fibre-optic Link (Benin section)
Burkina Faso-Benin-Niger Fibre-optic Link (Niger section)
Burkina Faso-Niger Fibre-optic Link (Burkina Faso section)
Burundi (Jiji-Mulembwe)-Tanzania (Kigoma) 220 kV Interconnector
Burundi IXP
Cameroon IXP
CAPE TOWN CONTAINER TERMINAL
Cape Verde IXP
CAR Internet EXchange Point
Central African Republic/Congo OSBP
Chad - Cameroon Transmission Interconnector (Chad section)
Chad IXP
Chad/Central African Republic OSBP
Chaya-Manyoni Road
Chemoga-Yeda Integrated Watershed Management Project
Chingola - Solwezi Railway Extension
Chirundu - Harare Road Link 1 (Chirundu Border Post - Makuti - Hells Gate)
Chirundu - Harare Road Link 2 (Makuti to Karoi)
Chirundu - Harare Road Link 3 (Karoi to Chinhoyi)
Chirundu - Harare Road Link 4 (Chinhoyi to Harare)
Cingaineta River Multipurpose Development Project
COAL EXPORT TO 81mtpa
Colomue/Dedza OSBP
Comoros IXP
Conakry-Abidjan Fibre-optic Link (Guinea section)
Conakry-Abidjan Fibre-optic Link (Ivory Coast section)
Conakry-Bamako Fibre-optic Link (Guinea section)
Conakry-Bamako Fibre-optic Link (Mali section)
Conakry-Freetown Fibre-optic Link (Guinea section)
Conakry-Freetown Fibre-optic Link (Sierra Leone section)
Construction for Faecal sludge treatment plant in Huye Town
Construction for Faecal Sludge Treatment Plant in Muhanga Town
Construction of 287 MW Ruzizi IV Hydropower Project
Construction of a Bridge over the Oubangui River and Development of the Bangui–Kisangani–Kampala and Kisangani–Bujumbura Corridors
Construction of Amilcar Cabral Submarine Cable System
Project Development Pipeline
Where projects currently sit in the development lifecycle — from initial identification and preparation through to construction and full operation. Each stage represents a major milestone gate. Click any sector chip in the breakdown charts above to filter this pipeline view by sector.
Project Development Stages
Stage Legend
TBC Data Not Available
S0 Enabling Environment and Needs Assessment
S1 Project Definition
S2A Pre-Feasibility
S2B Feasibility
S3A Project Structuring
S3B Transaction Support & Financial Close
S4A Tendering
S4B Construction
S4C Operation
Total: 597 projects with stage data
Project Directory
Showing the top 50 projects by capital value across the full continental portfolio. Use the sidebar filters on the left to narrow results by sector, country, region, programme corridor or project stage. Click any row to view full project details.
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Top Infrastructure Projects
Showing 50 of 647 projects| # | Project Name | PIDA Code | Sector | Countries | Status | CAPEX | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abidjan–Ouagadougou–Niamey–Cotonou–Lomé Regional Rail Loop | T.RL.26.04 | Transport | Active | $53.96B | View | |
| 2 | Praia–Dakar–Abidjan Multimodal Transport Corridor | T.RD.26.02 | Transport | Active | $21B | View | |
| 3 | Mombasa–Nairobi–Malaba–Kampala–Kigali Standard Gauge Railway with Malaba–Nimule–Juba Spur | T.RL.26.03 | Transport | Active | $19.2B | View | |
| 4 | Kinshasa - Ilebo Railway | T.19.03 | Transport | Active | $16.94B | View | |
| 5 | Abidjan–Lagos Corridor Highway Development Project | T.RD.26.03 | Transport | Active | $15.58B | View | |
| 6 | Grand INGA Phase 1 | E.30.16 | Energy | Active | $14B | View | |
| 7 | LAPSSET Railway Project | T.RL.26.02 | Transport | Active | $13.5B | View | |
| 8 | Trans-Sahara Gas pipeline | E.15.02 | Energy | Active | $13.32B | View | |
| 9 | Establishment of a Navigational Line between Lake Victoria and the Mediterranean Sea - Feasibility Study Phase 2 (VICMED) | T.IW.26.04 | Transport | Active | $12B | View | |
| 10 | Libyan Alternate Freeway | — | Transport | Active | $7B | View | |
| 11 | Libyan Alternative Freeway | T.RD.26.07 | Transport | Active | $7B | View | |
| 12 | Nairobi - Malaba Standard Gauge Railway (part of Mombasa - Kigali Railway Project) | T.05.05.01.02 | Transport | Active | $6.5B | View | |
| 13 | 3,050 MW Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project | E.30.08 | Energy | Active | $5.8B | View | |
| 14 | Mtwara–Mbamba Bay Standard Gauge Railway with Spurs to Liganga and Mchuchuma | T.RL.26.01 | Transport | Active | $5.5B | View | |
| 15 | Douala-Gaound-N'Djamena: Railway and Intermodal Facility | T.20.04 | Transport | Active | $5B | View | |
| 16 | Mombasa - Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (part of Mombasa - Kigali Railway Project) | T.05.05.01.01 | Transport | Completed | $5B | View | |
| 17 | Trans-Saharan Optic Fibre Broadband Project | I.02.30.01 | ICT | Active | $4.5B | View | |
| 18 | Kampala - Kasese Standard Gauge Railway (part of Mombasa - Kigali Railway Project) | T.05.05.01.05 | Transport | Active | $4.4B | View | |
| 19 | Kasese - Mirama Hills Standard Gauge Railway (part of Mombasa - Kigali Railway Project) | T.05.05.01.06 | Transport | Active | $4.4B | View | |
| 20 | Mirama Hills - Kigali Railway (part of Mombasa - Kigali Project) | T.05.05.01.07 | Transport | Active | $4.4B | View | |
| 21 | Rehabilitation, Modernisation and Service Improvement of the Trans-Maghreb Railway | T.RL.26.05 | Transport | Active | $4B | View | |
| 22 | INGA 3 Transmission Interconnector | E.30.15 | Energy | Active | $3.56B | View | |
| 23 | Nacala Railway Line | T.09.02.01 | Transport | Active | $3.5B | View | |
| 24 | Construction of a Bridge over the Oubangui River and Development of the Bangui–Kisangani–Kampala and Kisangani–Bujumbura Corridors | T.BD.20.02 | Transport | Active | $3.49B | View | |
| 25 | Lesotho Highlands Water Project Phase II | W.30.08 | Water | Active | $3.16B | View | |
| 26 | LAPSSET Crude Oil Pipeline | E.30.03 | Energy | Active | $3.06B | View | |
| 27 | TAMS Hydropower Project | BIP_ENTRO_005 | Energy | Active | $3.03B | View | |
| 28 | Abidjan - Lagos Corridor Highway | T.12.03.05 | Transport | Active | $3B | View | |
| 29 | Lesotho Botswana Water Transfer | — | Water | Active | $3B | View | |
| 30 | Durban Port Expansion | T.11.07 | Transport | Active | $2.91B | View | |
| 31 | Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) Phase II | W.04.01 | Water | Active | $2.6B | View | |
| 32 | Lesotho-Botswana Water Transfer Project | W.30.04 | Water | Active | $2.53B | View | |
| 33 | Dar es Salaam - Isaka - Mwanza Standard Gauge Railway | T.08.05.01 | Transport | Active | $2.45B | View | |
| 34 | Isaka - Kigali Standard Gauge Railway | T.08.05.01 | Transport | Active | $2.45B | View | |
| 35 | Malaba - Kampala Standard Gauge Railway (part of Mombasa - Kigali Railway Project) | T.05.05.01.04 | Transport | Active | $2.3B | View | |
| 36 | Egypt and Sudan Electrical Grid as the First Stage of the Continental Electrical Interconnection | E.30.14 | Energy | Active | $2.2B | View | |
| 37 | Yaounde-Brazzaville Road (Cameroon section) | T.21.10.01 | Transport | Active | $2.13B | View | |
| 38 | Development of the Chollet Hydroelectric Site and Associated Transmission Lines | E.30.10 | Energy | Active | $2.01B | View | |
| 39 | Continental Africa Water Investment Support Programme (AIP) | W.30.01 | Water | Active | $1.86B | View | |
| 40 | Development of the Booue and Tsengue-Leledi Hydroelectric Sites and Associated Transmission Lines | E.30.09 | Energy | Active | $1.78B | View | |
| 41 | Libreville-Brazzaville Road (Gabon section) | T.21.09.01 | Transport | Active | $1.71B | View | |
| 42 | Maputo Port Expansion | T.11.06 | Transport | Active | $1.7B | View | |
| 43 | Ouesso-Bangui-Ndjamena Corridor Road Project | T.18.03.03 | Transport | Active | $1.65B | View | |
| 44 | Nacala Port New Coal Terminal | T.11.02 | Transport | Completed | $1.5B | View | |
| 45 | Chad - Cameroon Transmission Interconnector (Chad section) | E.06.04.01 | Energy | Active | $1.36B | View | |
| 46 | Baynes Hydropower Project | E.30.11 | Energy | Active | $1.3B | View | |
| 47 | Bedden Hydropower Plant | BIP_NELSAP_005 | Energy | Active | $1.03B | View | |
| 48 | Dakar - Bamako Standard Gauge Railway (Senegal section) | T.13.04.01 | Transport | Active | $1.03B | View | |
| 49 | Lobito Refinery | E-GR-26-001 | Energy | Active | $1B | View | |
| 50 | Dar es Salaam - Chalinze - Morogoro Road Capacity Upgrade | — | Transport | Active | $948M | View |
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