Name two proposed major highways in Africa

​KCSE Geography Paper 2 2010 Section A Question 5.

​(a) Name two proposed major highways in Africa. ​​

• Ndjamena — Djibout
• Dakar - Lagos
• The Trans-Africa Highway /Lagos - Mombasa
• The Great North Road/Cairo 
• Gaborone
• The Trans-Sahara Highway/Algiers
• Lagos
• Cairo-Dakar
• Tripoli - Capetown (Windhoek)
• Beiro -Lobiro

(b) Give three reasons why it is not possible to transport goods by road directly between Mombasa and Lagos.

• In some of the countries between the two ports, there are alternative modes such as railway and water which arc cheaper than road transport.
• Some of the countries have not developed proper road links with their neighbours due to political difference/Neglected maintenance of highways.
• Most parts of the route have difficult terrain making movement of heavy commercial vehicles difficult/Construction of roads expensive/internal/external conflicts.
• There is insecurity along some parts of the road between the two ports.
• The bulky goods that may be transported between the two ports may be costly to transport by road.

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