{UAH} Cowi wins contract for 400km Ugandan highwayA104

Cowi wins contract for 400km Ugandan highway

A104 will pass through three countries, linking Mombasa to South Sudan, in the first contract of its kind for Uganda

TAGS: Africa, construction, Cowi, infrastructure, Kenya, roads, Uganda

Danish firm Cowi has won the output-and-performance-based contract to construct the 400km highway A104 in Uganda. The highway will link Mombasa in Kenya and South Sudan

The 403km project is situated in north-east Uganda, running from the Kenyan border to Gulu city. The existing road consists of various dirt tracks and new paved stretches. Upon completion, the new highway A104 will run through three countries: Kenya, Uganda and the newly independent South Sudan

Cowi project director Jan Holm Pedersen said: "First of all, this is a huge and very exciting project for us. "There is a great need for improving infrastructure in Uganda as well as in many other African countries. It is important that Cowi be involved in these kinds of projects, as it seems that they are the way of the future in Africa."

Pedersen added: "South Sudan is only now building its first ever Tarmac roads. Constructing this new highway will be of great importance to South Sudan trade and exports. Furthermore, it will create a lot of business along the highway in Uganda, where locals will be able to get about more easily as they won't have to travel to and from the marketplace on ramshackle dirt roads."

He noted the importance of this contract in making a name for the company as a foot in the door for the many infrastructure opportunities arising in developing Africa.

"A good reference in Africa can be the deciding factor when new assignments and projects come along, and the way things are going in Africa, the demand will only continue to rise," he said Cowi keen on Infrastructure opportunities in Africa

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