Resilience is one of those words that quickly elicits nods of agreement in management circles. Everyone wants it. Hardly anyone disagrees with it. And that is precisely why it is often phrased too softly. In West African supply chains, this is dangerous. Because here, resilience is not a friendly guiding principle. It is an operational…
Why this corridor is more than just a road project ECOWAS describes the Abidjan–Lagos Corridor as an approximately 1,080 km long connection between the major coastal cities of Abidjan, Accra, Cotonou, Lomé, and Lagos – and emphasizes the role of the connected seaports in supplying the region’s landlocked countries. In recent communications, the AfDB frequently…