North South Corridor (Africa)

The North-South Corridor serves as the backbone of trade for the Southern African Development Community (SADC). By accelerating transport and logistics, it reduces the high cost of doing business in Africa particularly for landlocked countries that rely heavily on imported goods and agricultural or mineral exports. The North South Corridor Programme is a Model Aid for Trade Programme that has enabled the Regional Economic Communities of COMESA, EAC and SADC, their Member States and the International Community to implement an economic corridor-based approach to reducing costs of cross-border trade in Sub-Saharan Africa