Last December, the Board of Directors of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has approved financing exceptional of around 201 billion CFA francs, or 1.365 billion dollars. Ce funding granted to the Beninese State aims to support the project of reconstruction and modernization of the Godomey—Ouidah—Hillacondji road.

Benin confirmed its status as a “good student” with international donors. The challenge for the IDB is significant. It is about the reconstruction and modernization of the section Godomey—Ouidah—Hillacondji. 58 kilometers long, this segment is not just a simple national road; it is one of the lungs of the Abidjan—Lagos corridor, this umbilical cord that connects the five main economies of Africa the West (Ivory Coast, Ghana, Ghana, Togo, Togo, Benin and Nigeria).

The project is not limited with only IDB funds. In a logic of co-financing now well honed by Cotonou, the Jeddah-based institution aligns itself with the mso-bidi-language:ar-sa">African Development Bank (BAD), from mso-bidi-language:ar-sa">Global Environment Fund (FEM) and the UEMOA. The objective is to streamline trade and reduce a Road accidents are still too high on this saturated axis