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Paris, France , 16-18 May 2011
AFRICAN UNION UNION AFRICAINEUNIÃO AFRICANA
KEY MESSAGES FROM THE AU SUMMITS ON INFRASTRUCTURE
DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
7th Annual Meeting of Infrastructure Consortium for Africa
I. VISION ON INFRASTRUCTUREII. NEED FOR INFRASTRUCTUREIII. OPPORTUNITIESIV. KEY MESSAGESV. CONCLUSION
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CONTENTS
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1-AFRICAN UNION INFRASTRUCTURE VISION
Efficient, reliable, cost effective, environment friendly infrastructure and services for physical integration and MDG’s realization
Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa
Elaboration of sectorial policies, strategies, and medium to long term programmes, and mater plans
2- NEED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
Economic growth Competitiveness in global
markets
Achievement of MDG’s including poverty reduction
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3- WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES IN AFRICA?
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ENERGY SECTOR : OPPORTUNITIES
1. Large Hydropower Potential (only 7 % exploited
so far)
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ENERGY SECTOR : OPPORTUNITIES
2. Eight(8%) percent of Global Natural Gas Reserves
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ENERGY SECTOR : OPPORTUNITIES
3. Ten (10%) percent of Global
Oil Reserves
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4. Harnessing potential of renewable –bioenergy , hydro, solar, wind and geothermal
5. Huge untapped potential of energy efficiencies
6. Regional integration for better energy supply and security
ENERGY SECTOR : OPPORTUNITIES (contd)
TRANSPORT SECTOR :OPPORTUNITIES
Insufficient transport and low quality infrastructure
Limited connectivity of transport networks
Low access to all weather transport infrastructure and services
Cumbersome procedures and poor transit transport facilities
High cost of transport services
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MISSING LINKS ON MAJOR TRANSPORT CORRIDORS
Trans African Highways (TAH)
TRANS AFRICAN HIGHWAYS AND MAJOR PORTS
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OPPORTUNITIES IN ICT SECTOR
Infrastructure Gaps Inadequate broadband network
development Poor quality and high cost of services Huge gaps in Telecom/ICT access
between urban and rural areas; Low Internet access Insufficient Investment Weak and Ineffective Regulatory
Framework; Ineffective Provision of Universal Access
4- KEY MESSAGES
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July 2008, XI Summit: Sharm-El-Cheikh, Egypt, on Water
January 2009, XII Summit: Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia, on transport & energy
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AU SUMMITS ON INFRASTRUCTURE
January 2010, XIV Summit: Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia, on ICT development in Africa
July 2010, XV Summit: Kampala, Uganda on official launching of PIDA and endorsement of the Executive Council on the process of conducting the IAIDA study
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AU SUMMITS ON INFRASTRUCTURE
1. African Ownership and responsibility2. Deepening regional Cooperation and
integration3. Mobilization of resources4. Developing capacity for projects
preparation and implementation5. Strengthening coordination to all
national, regional and continental efforts
KEY MESSAGES
1.AFRICAN OWNERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITYTIME FOR ACTION IS NOW!!
Put infrastructure into national priority plans
Integrate the agreed regional priority programs into national plans
Contribute financially to the NEPAD Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility
Strengthen AU capacity for facilitation and coordination of implementation of agreed projects
2. DEEPENING REGIONAL COOPERATION AND INTEGRATION
Enhance the production of inter-State in energy by :• Developping major regional and
continental hydroelectric power projects and interconnections
• Implementing high capacity oil refineries and oil pipelines projects
Develop renewable energy resources Complete the missing sections in the major
transport corridors (TAH)
2. DEEPENING REGIONAL COOPERATION AND INTEGRATION (cont.)
Remove all physical and non-physical barriers to development of inter-State transport in Africa
Regional & sub-regional interconnection of ICT BROADBAND (Kigali Summit)
3. RESOURCE MOBILIZATION
Increase public financing of infrastructure and actively promote Public-Private-Partnerships
Deepen regional capital markets for more mobilization of resources and regional financial integration
Set up special investment instruments such as infrastructure bonds
Improve the investment climate Promote Africa as an investment
destination
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4. DEVELOPING CAPACITY FOR IMPLEMENTATION
Develop the Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) :
Common continental policies and strategies
Continental sector programs (short, medium and long term)
Implementation processPut in place continental Institutional
architecture for infrastructure development
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Harmonize regulations and standards to promote interconnection of networks
Create appropriate framework for development of the major integration projects
Carry out the necessary reforms to ensure better maintenance and management systems of infrastructure
4. DEVELOPING CAPACITY FOR IMPLEMENTATION ( cont)
Strong political commitment High priorities identified AU members States and RECs to
foster the inter-African international cooperation
AUC to deploy its efforts to coordinate infrastructure development on the continent
V -CONCLUSION