Infrastructure intelligence that connects the dots.

AfCEN connects countries, projects, organisations, sectors, policies and markets into one intelligence layer. Pick a sector to see what we track and the projects behind it.

Every sector, one connected picture

Every sector AfCEN covers, with what we track in it and the platforms that carry it.

Energy

19 corridor projects tracked

Generation, transmission, markets and infrastructure.

Power is the input every other sector waits on. AfCEN follows generation, transmission and distribution projects from concept to operation, and the markets and policies that decide whether they get built.

What we track

  • Utility-scale generation: hydro, solar, wind, geothermal and gas
  • Transmission lines, interconnectors and regional power pools
  • Mini-grids, off-grid solar and electrification programmes
  • Tariffs, power purchase terms and sector reform

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Minerals

12 corridor projects tracked

Resources, projects and infrastructure intelligence.

Critical minerals only create value at home when the rail, ports, power and processing around them exist. AfCEN links each mine to the infrastructure and policy it depends on.

What we track

  • Mines, processing plants and their licences
  • Rail and port capacity that moves minerals to market
  • Local processing and value-addition policy
  • Offtake, ownership and financing structures

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Agriculture

3 corridor projects tracked

Agribusiness systems, value chains and infrastructure.

Agriculture employs most people on the continent, and its returns depend on storage, irrigation, roads and processing. AfCEN tracks the value chains and the infrastructure that makes them bankable.

What we track

  • Agro-industrial zones and processing hubs
  • Irrigation, storage and cold-chain infrastructure
  • Trade corridors for food and agricultural exports
  • Programmes from development partners and governments

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Water

4 corridor projects tracked

Water infrastructure, projects and investment needs.

Water supply, sanitation and dams sit underneath cities, farms and power. AfCEN maps the projects, who is funding them and where the gaps are.

What we track

  • Bulk water supply, dams and reservoirs
  • Urban water and sanitation networks
  • Irrigation schemes and multi-purpose dams
  • Climate resilience and drought programmes

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Transport

41 corridor projects tracked

Corridors, logistics and cross-border infrastructure.

Corridors decide what can move, how fast and at what cost. AfCEN follows ports, rail, roads and border posts as one connected system, corridor by corridor.

What we track

  • Ports, rail lines and road upgrades
  • One-stop border posts and trade facilitation
  • Logistics hubs, dry ports and special economic zones
  • Concessions, open-access arrangements and tariffs

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Digital

3 corridor projects tracked

Digital infrastructure, connectivity and emerging opportunities.

Data centres, fibre and connectivity are now infrastructure in their own right, and the base for AI. AfCEN tracks the buildout and the national AI priorities that depend on it.

What we track

  • Data centres, fibre backbones and subsea cables
  • Mobile and rural connectivity programmes
  • National AI strategies and compute priorities
  • Digital public infrastructure

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Health & social

13 corridor projects tracked

Health, education and the institutions that run projects.

Infrastructure only lasts when the people and institutions around it grow too. AfCEN tracks the health, education and capacity programmes that sit alongside corridor investment.

What we track

  • Health centres in less accessible areas
  • Technical, vocational and higher education
  • Resettlement and land-rights processes
  • Corridor management and local industry linkage

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Climate & resilience

Climate finance, adaptation and the resilience of infrastructure.

Climate runs through every AfCEN sector: the power that is built, the corridors that must survive floods and droughts, and the finance that pays for both. AfCEN follows adaptation and mitigation programmes and the climate finance behind them.

What we track

  • Climate finance commitments and where they flow
  • Adaptation and resilience of roads, ports, power and water
  • Renewable energy transition plans and targets
  • Carbon markets and nature-based programmes

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Industry & manufacturing

1 corridor project tracked

Industrial zones, processing and manufacturing linked to corridors.

Industry turns raw resources into jobs and exports, and it needs power, transport and water close by. AfCEN tracks industrial zones and processing projects alongside the corridor infrastructure they depend on.

What we track

  • Special economic zones and industrial parks
  • Mineral and agricultural processing plants
  • Power and logistics supply to industrial sites
  • Local content and value-addition policy

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Tourism

1 corridor project tracked

Tourism infrastructure along corridors and coastlines.

Tourism brings foreign exchange and local jobs, and it relies on the same airports, roads, power and water as everything else. AfCEN includes tourism projects in the corridor pipeline so they are planned with that infrastructure.

What we track

  • Tourism projects in corridor pipelines
  • Access infrastructure: roads, airports and ports
  • Power and water for tourism zones
  • Community benefit and land use

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Regional programmes

10 corridor projects tracked

Multi-sector programmes that run across countries and corridors.

Some of the most important work is not one project but a programme: several countries and sectors moving together. AfCEN tracks these regional programmes and the projects they carry.

What we track

  • Corridor development programmes
  • Multi-country energy and transport initiatives
  • Development-partner programmes and their funding
  • Trade facilitation and regional integration

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