Japanese funding for Cameroon road link

Work to develop an important road link in Cameroon is benefiting from Japanese funding. The Japanese international cooperation agency JICA is providing close to US$42 million for work to build the 67.5km road connecting Lélé in Cameroon with Mintom in neighbouring Congo-Brazzaville.

The funding is sufficient to ensure Cameroon will now be able to complete work on the route.

The section forms part of the Djoum – Ketta trunk road, itself part of the route linking Sangmélima in Cameroon with Ouesso in Congo.

The total cost of the work to upgrade the Cameroon section of the Sangmélima – Ouesso route is around $201 million. XOF 119.80bn. The road measures 651km long, with 335km in Congo and 216km in Cameroon.