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| Language: | English |
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2026
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20121215 |
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- <p>This report examines how infrastructure corridors, EPC localization policies, and transboundary energy systems are reshaping the geo-economic architecture of Africa in the twenty-first century.</p> <p>Rather than treating logistics infrastructure merely as transportation investment, the study argues that infrastructure determines industrial gravity — concentrating manufacturing ecosystems, refining capacity, energy integration, and geopolitical leverage around strategic corridors.</p> <p>The report analyzes major continental projects including the Lobito Corridor, Dakar-Lagos Corridor, and Cairo-Cape Town Highway, evaluating their role in industrial sovereignty, supply chain localization, and regional integration under AfCFTA and PIDA frameworks.</p> <p>Comparative lessons from Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and China are incorporated to assess how African nations can leverage infrastructure investment to develop localized EPC ecosystems, downstream industrialization, and resilient energy-agriculture value chains.</p> <p>The analysis also examines the strategic competition between China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Western initiatives such as PGII and Global Gateway, framing infrastructure not as neutral development policy but as a central arena of twenty-first-century geopolitical and industrial competition.</p> <p>Keywords: Africa, Infrastructure Corridors, Lobito Corridor, EPC Localization, Industrial Sovereignty, AfCFTA, PIDA, Energy Infrastructure, Geopolitics, Logistics, Supply Chains, Industrial Policy.</p>