According to a series of assessments of African infrastructure made in 2006 by the African Development Bank (ADB) and the Consortium for Infrastructure in Africa (ICA): In the poorest countries of Africa, fewer than one in five people has access to electricity Only 56% have access to drinking water Barely a third of rural residents living near a road Only 4% of Africa's agricultural land is irrigated Over 60% of the population lacks basic sanitation The existing infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa are not only insufficient compared to needs, notes a detailed analysis of the World Bank entitled: Diagnostic study of national infrastructure in Africa.But their development has considerably behind that of other poor regions.Africa has less than a quarter of kilometers of paved roads compared to other developing regions.And approximately one eighth of their electrical generating capacity per capita. The energy deficit According to the ADB, the 1.5 billion people...
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