Paris, France , 16-18 May 2011

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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

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MERCIOBRIGADOTHANK YOU

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