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Cameroon’s Chinese-Built Kribi Deepwater Port Spurs Development

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Cameroon’s Chinese-Built Kribi Deepwater Port Spurs Development

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As of 2023, the Kribi Deepwater Port had generated approximately 760 million U.S. dollars in customs revenue and created 3,000 direct jobs. The construction of the port has also driven the growth of road networks in the surrounding areas, power grids, aviation networks, and other transportation and infrastructure developments.

The only deepwater port in Cameroon, Kribi Deepwater Port, which was constructed with the help of a Chinese company, has made local people’s life much better. The port boasts an annual throughput of 250,000 twenty-foot equivalent units and 1.2 million tonnes of bulk cargo.

In 2011, work began on Phase I of the Kribi Deepwater Port Project. Seven years later, the port was officially put into operation. But no one would have anticipated such a significant development there. Like Ako, more Cameroonians began to have confidence in Kribi and participated in the construction of the second phase of the deepwater port. In 2019, the Kribi Deepwater Port officially broke ground on its second phase.

As of 2023, the Kribi Deepwater Port had generated approximately 760 million U.S. dollars in customs revenue and created 3,000 direct jobs. The construction of the port has also driven the growth of road networks in the surrounding areas, power grids, aviation networks, and other transportation and infrastructure developments.

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Since 2013, China has participated in the construction of more than 6,000 kilometers of railways, more than 6,000 kilometers of highways, over 80 large-scale power facilities, and nearly 20 ports in Africa. Infrastructure construction is empowering Africa’s industrialization.