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AfDB Names Winners of the Africa Road Builders Award

POSTED ON May 9, 2024 •   Business      BY Alli Ocheneyi Franklin •   VIEWS 199
African Road Infrastructures Selection Committee l Credit: AfDB l Source: X

The annual prize was created in honour of the former President of the African Development Bank Group, Babacar Ndiaye (1985 - 1995).

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB ) has announced the Equato-Guineanese Presidents Téodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, and Congolese Denis Sassou-Nguesso, the winners of the Africa Road Builders Award.
This is for their efforts in the development of road infrastructures in their respective countries. 
The annual prize was created in honour of the former President of the African Development Bank Group, Babacar Ndiaye (1985 - 1995).

The bank in a statement seen by RocketParrot, said: In Equatorial Guinea, the selection committee cited the construction of the Malabo-Sipopo and Bata-Mongomo highways as well as the pavement of roads in several other regions of the country. In Congo, it was the Brazzaville-Pointe Noire road that caught the committee's attention.

 

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