By Itai Madamombe, UN Africa Renewal

It is another busy day at Doxa Worldwide Movers, a freight company in Accra, Ghana. The general manager, Matthew Ackun, runs through final delivery orders. Two trucks, heavy with furniture, utensils and clothes, begin their 380-kilometre trek to Lagos, Nigeria. Three border crossings away, a relocating family expects its belongings to arrive on schedule.

"The trucks will be there in only eight hours," Mr. Ackun says with confidence. While it is hardly a record-breaking time, it marks a vast improvement over conditions just a year ago. "The roads were so narrow they fit only two cars at a time - one coming, one going. Our drivers used to take the whole day to negotiate all the potholes, tricky corners and endless checkpoints from here to Nigeria." The roads are now better paved, he says, and in most urban areas the highway has double lanes. "We deliver three times faster."

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Posted by pichu at November 16, 2006 9:38 PM