The Chief Executive Officer of Centre for Transport, Infrastructure, and Regional Integration, and former CEO of LAPSSET Authority, Sylvester Kasuku says the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia transport corridor program and free trade agreements have contributed meaningfully to the African integration agenda by bringing opportunities closer and reducing regional tensions.
He says the project constitutes the greatest land bridge ever planned on the continent, serving as a link to the belt and road initiative and spreading the impact of the 4IR all over Africa. He urged that in a bid to make positive strides, Africa must transform its population to be a business population that supports growth in Africa. Kasusku stated that the private sector is a key partner to governments and RECs in the successful implementation of the LAPSSET.
The LAPSSET Corridor is a regional flagship project intended to provide transport and logistics infrastructure aimed at creating seamless connectivity between the Eastern African countries of Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Sudan.
The project connects a combined population of 160 million people in the three people in the three countries and is part of the larger land bridge that will connect the East African coast from Lamu port to the west coast of Africa at Douala port.