Corridors Move Goods. Cities Create Jobs. Abhas Jha May 20, 2026 This page in: English © 2026 The World Bank Group,

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/africacan/corridors-move-goods--cities-create-jobs- Africa's working-age population will double by 2050, adding roughly 600 million people to the labor force. Creating enough good jobs for them requires infrastructure investment, business environment reform, and private capital at scale. All of that is accelerating. What's lagging is the part that determines whether those investments create jobs or just move goods: the cities along the route. © 2026 The World Bank Group,