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Capital Policy Roundtable

Background

Africa's push for industrialization, trade competitiveness, and regional integration hinges on the successful development of strategic economic corridors. From the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway to the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor, these massive infrastructure undertakings are reshaping the future of mobility, logistics, and productivity across the continent. The inaugural edition of the Capital Policy Roundtable convenes key actors from government, development partners, infrastructure firms, research institutions, and civil society to unpack the political economy, design logic, financing models, and governance imperatives behind Africa's emerging corridors. It will explore corridor development not merely as infrastructure delivery but as a lever for spatial transformation, state capability, and economic diversification. This first roundtable will spotlight Nigeria's current momentum—including the Lagos-Calabar Highway—while situating it within wider continental experience and strategic foresight.

Objectives

  • To interrogate the design and execution frameworks of major economic corridors across Africa.
  • To elevate corridor development as a centre-of-government issue, with implications for national planning, fiscal strategy, and institutional coordination.
  • To share practical lessons from global and African experiences in corridor governance, trade facilitation, and infrastructure-led transformation.
  • To catalyse dialogue between public and private sector stakeholders on building resilient, people-centered, and economically viable corridors.

Outcome

  • A shared understanding of corridor governance models that work, and the institutional reforms they require.
  • Insight into Nigeria's strategic position within the broader continental infrastructure and trade agenda.
  • Actionable recommendations for policymakers, development partners, and private sector actors on aligning corridor investments with long-term transformation goals.

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