๐ Tender Overview
Project ID: P172988
Region: Africa east
The proposed project development objective isto facilitate efficient, safe and sustainable movement of people and goods along targeted roads and improve the capacity of the road sector in Burundi.24.The Project's area of intervention covers the city of Bujumbura, the commune of Kabezi in Bujumbura Rural Province and the commune of Muhuta in Rumonge Province. The population of this area is approximately 750,000 inhabitants, 53 percent of whom are women. The age structure shows a predominance of young people under the age of 25, representing nearly 65 percent of the population. 25.Beneficiaries of the project are farmers who have difficulty sourcing inputs and marketing their products because of the poor state of the roads, as well as middle-income urban dwellers who have difficulty moving from the center to the south of the country and vice versa. The other beneficiaries are displaced persons from the Gitaza area due to the floods, who will be able to be hired primarily as workers for the highly intensive labor works. Industries, traders and transportersare also beneficiaries, as operating and logistics costs will be considerably reduced thanks to the road rehabilitation. These positive effects will be further amplified because RN3 constitutes a strategic economic link between Bujumbura and the southern regions of the country. In addition, it is an alternative route to the current Central Corridor linking Bujumbura to the port of Dar es Salam in Tanzania via Kasulu-Uvinza and Tabora in Tanzania. They also allow for a significant (estimated about 5 hours) reduction in duration in travel times and transport costs bringing efficiency in the value chain.26.Human capital and job creation. The project is deemed to have positive impact on human capital development with the improved accessibility to socio-economicinfrastructure located along the section of the RN3 Bujumbura -Gitaza. Those benefitting from the project are especially (i) the fishermen of Gitaza who will easily sell their fishing products on the important market of Bujumbura, (ii) the girl students of the Mutumba Management School, (iii) the health care seekers at the Kabezi referral hospital, (iv) the sellers and buyers of the Moorish markets of Gitaza, Kabezi and Ruziba, (v) the visitors of the Livingistone and Stanley Monument tourist site, and finally (vi) the project for the construction of the hydroelectric dam of Kirasa (the river that lies before Gitaza). The project will have a positive impact, especially on women and youth, as it will improve mobility conditions and accessibility to social infrastructure and create new initiatives. The involvement of key stakeholders, their engagement and their appropriation of implemented infrastructure will enhance their c
