Cameroon’s paved road network is expanding fast, with over 1,000km being surfaced during this year. The investment in road development is having positive benefits for transport and the economy and at the end of December 2024, Cameroon had 10,575 km of paved roads, according to the Ministry of Public Works. Meanwhile, Cameroon’s road network has grown from 55,000km in 1984 to 121,873km at the end of 2024, reflecting the strong growth for transport.
Work for the road linking Ngaoundéré and Garoua will commence before the close of 2025. And a contractor has won the package of works to build the new link road into Douala, the country’s largest city, economic centre and key port. Specific dates for the commencement of these works have still to be announced.
Timelines for road contracts can vary according to the Ministry of Works, with the rainy season causing work to halt periodically.
New road links between Cameroon and neighbouring nations such as Nigeria, Chad and Gabon are further boosting the c ountry’s trade and economic development. Nigeria’s coastal highway project linking Calabar with Lagos and the highway linking Lagos with Ivory Coast capital Abidjan,passing through Ghana, Benin and Togo, will further develop transport between Central Africa and West Africa. Other road projects will help improve transport links with the Central Africa Republic to the East of Cameroon.
