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These connections are costly &#8211; the Lobito Corridor alone requires up to $2.3bn &#8211; and better integration between intra-African trade routes and global markets remains a challenge. But innovative blended finance models, like AfDB\u2019s \u20ac157m upgrade to Burkina Faso-C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire road links, are gaining ground, while Morocco\u2019s Tanger Med and Nador West Med ports are emerging as strategic gateways for inland corridors. How can governments, DFIs and investors fund trade corridors in Africa\u2019s heartlands while defining regulatory frameworks, cross-border agreements, and governance models?\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>Key points: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sovereign bonds, blended finance, Corridor Special Purpose Vehicles: What innovative mechanisms can help to finance inland trade corridors?<\/li>\n<li>Which road or rail links are in urgent need of finance for construction or rehabilitation?<\/li>\n<li>How can regional cooperation and policy alignment accelerate the development of inland trade corridors?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","evenement-salon":[132],"class_list":["post-21119","sb_session","type-sb_session","status-publish","hentry","evenement-salon-132"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Panel | From dry ports to deep waters: Financing inland corridors and trade access for landlocked countries - The African Financial Summit Platform<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.afis.africa\/en\/sb_session\/panel-from-dry-ports-to-deep-waters-financing-inland-corridors-and-trade-access-for-landlocked-countries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Panel | From dry ports to deep waters: Financing inland corridors and trade access for landlocked countries - The African Financial Summit Platform\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With 16 landlocked countries \u2013 more than any other continent \u2013 Africa must urgently scale up investment in trade corridors linking its interior to seaports. 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