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10 African Countries with the Worst Road Infrastructure

The International Monitory Fund (IMF) has rated and list African countries with the worst roads. The report has signified that what transpires in Africa especially with matters of road healthy.

Despite its economic importance, some African countries have road infrastructure issues. Across various regions, the struggle with inadequate road infrastructure casts a shadow over economic prospects and societal well-being.

An International Monetary Fund working papers on road quality and mean speed score reveals to what extent some African nations are facing challenges in their road infrastructure.

The IMF developed a novel measure of cross-country road quality based on the mean speed between large cities from Google Maps. This Mean Speed (MS) score serves as an effective proxy for evaluating road quality and accessibility.

The MS score correlates with the existing World Bank’s Rural Access Index and the WEF’s Quality of Road Infrastructure score.

Below are 10 African countries with the worst road infrastructure:

Rwanda scooped the top position with the lowest mean score of 47,

Guinea has 50

Burundi with 51

Madagascar 51

Gambia 53

Nigeria 55

Ghana 56

Cameroon 56

Tanzania 57

Kenya with 57

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