Panel 3 – Urban Mobility

Theme: "An integrated mobility plan as a response to the decongestion of cities"

Objectives of the panel :

- Explore how major cities in West Africa can transform fragmented and congested transport systems into coordinated and efficient urban networks.

- Analyze the levers for developing structured public transport, integrating informal transport, improving metropolitan planning and promoting multimodal mobility.

- Identify concrete solutions to reduce chronic traffic congestion, optimize the flow of people and goods, reduce environmental impacts and strengthen the quality of urban life, while preparing cities to sustainably absorb their economic and demographic growth.

Key Note speaker : Mr Abdoulaye Alliagui - Deputy Chief of Staff to the Minister of Transport and Maritime Affairs of Côte d’Ivoire

Speakers:

1. Ms Kitanha Toure, Regional Director – West Africa, Swedfund

2. Mr Martin Schäfer, GIZ TUMI

3. Mr Romain Kouakou, Director General, Urban Mobility Authority of Greater Abidjan (DG AMUGA)

4. Ms Abimbola Akinajo, Director General, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority - LAMATA