Le morcellement des infrastructures de communication telles que les chemins de fer en Afrique a abouti à une interconnexion largement inachevée, rendant l’acte d’aménagement du territoire chimérique. La communication immatérielle, qui suppose une véritable infrastructure de maillage doublée d’une densification en zones rurales, n’a jamais vraiment pu trouver les financements adéquats.
Sylvie Dumartin
The poor’s fragmented network : Setting up a decentralised cohesion fund
The fragmentation of communication infrastructures in Africa – for example the railways – has left the continent with a largely incomplete network of interconnections. This makes it virtually impossible to achieve the objective of space integration. Fragmented networks were implemented as means to control trade and ensure the export of raw materials leading to today’s extraverted economy. This intangible communication infrastructure needs to be properly interlinked, especially in rural areas, but has never really received adequate funding.