Atlas Corridor
Component

Douala-Yaounde Expressway

road

Cities

Douala
Cameroon
Yaounde
Cameroon

Distance

141km
new
141km
rehabilitated
– km
existing
– km

Cost

$1.5b
$1,500,000,000

Phases

underConstruction, 2028

Objective

Speed up logistical flows toward the port of Douala

Description

The Yaoundé-Douala highway is a modern road network between the two most important cities in the country, namely Yaoundé and Douala.

History

The first phase of the highway was completed in 2021

Finance

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$603000000 loan
African Development Bank Development bank
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$566870000 loan
Exim Bank of China Development bank
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$ investment
Cameroon Ministry of Transportation Ministry

Contractors

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China First Highway Engineering Company
Company

Sources