Namibia has the best roads in Africa
Namibia is in the same category as Finland, Germany, Malaysia and Sweden when it comes to the quality of its roads.
ELLANIE SMIT
WINDHOEK
Namibia has again been ranked as having the best road infrastructure in Africa.
This is according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Quality of Road Infrastructure Report for 2019.
Namibia led the top countries on the continent, with Egypt placing second, followed by Rwanda, Morocco, Mauritius and South Africa.
According to the Roads Authority (RA) of Namibia, it is the fourth year that Namibia maintains the top position, outperforming competitors such as South Africa.
Namibia’s score for its quality of roads has gone up to 5.3 from its previous score of 5.10 in 2018, putting Namibia in the same category as Finland, Germany, Malaysia and Sweden.
A score of 1 is low and a 7 is high.
Namibia’s global ranking has also moved up to number 22, a major move from the 28th spot the country occupied in 2018.
Maintenance is key
“The improvement in points and ranking can be attributed to a number of factors, such as the continued maintenance of our existing roads, completion of new roads and the current ongoing construction of major capital projects such as the Windhoek-Okahandja road, Windhoek-Hosea Kutako Airport road, Swakop-Henties Bay road project and Swakop-Walvis Bay road, just to mention a few,” said Roads Authority CEO Conrad Lutombi.
He said since the establishment of the RA 20 years ago, the entity has continued to fulfil its mandate of managing a safe and efficient national road network in line with the country’s national goals.
“With the continued support of financial resources from our government and other funders, it is our wish to emulate top-performing countries such as Singapore that has remained at the top of the ranks since 2018.”
Singapore, with a score of 6.50, is ranked as the country with the best road infrastructure globally, while Chad is ranked as the worst.
The road quality report is one of the components of the Global Competitiveness Index published annually by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
It tracks the performance of 141 countries on 12 pillars of competitiveness, including the quality of road infrastructure development.
WINDHOEK
Namibia has again been ranked as having the best road infrastructure in Africa.
This is according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Quality of Road Infrastructure Report for 2019.
Namibia led the top countries on the continent, with Egypt placing second, followed by Rwanda, Morocco, Mauritius and South Africa.
According to the Roads Authority (RA) of Namibia, it is the fourth year that Namibia maintains the top position, outperforming competitors such as South Africa.
Namibia’s score for its quality of roads has gone up to 5.3 from its previous score of 5.10 in 2018, putting Namibia in the same category as Finland, Germany, Malaysia and Sweden.
A score of 1 is low and a 7 is high.
Namibia’s global ranking has also moved up to number 22, a major move from the 28th spot the country occupied in 2018.
Maintenance is key
“The improvement in points and ranking can be attributed to a number of factors, such as the continued maintenance of our existing roads, completion of new roads and the current ongoing construction of major capital projects such as the Windhoek-Okahandja road, Windhoek-Hosea Kutako Airport road, Swakop-Henties Bay road project and Swakop-Walvis Bay road, just to mention a few,” said Roads Authority CEO Conrad Lutombi.
He said since the establishment of the RA 20 years ago, the entity has continued to fulfil its mandate of managing a safe and efficient national road network in line with the country’s national goals.
“With the continued support of financial resources from our government and other funders, it is our wish to emulate top-performing countries such as Singapore that has remained at the top of the ranks since 2018.”
Singapore, with a score of 6.50, is ranked as the country with the best road infrastructure globally, while Chad is ranked as the worst.
The road quality report is one of the components of the Global Competitiveness Index published annually by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
It tracks the performance of 141 countries on 12 pillars of competitiveness, including the quality of road infrastructure development.
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