Samenvatting
This article describes the transport situation in Africa. The article reviews the problems facing the various modes and considers them on a mode by mode basis. The problems are monumental: they include inadequate infrastructure, inad- equate maintenance which leads to premature deterioration of infrastructure, managerial problems of transport enterprises, non- physical barriers and issues related to the institutional framework and training. The paper concludes that the transport situation is the best mirror of the macro- economic setting and that all the economic indicators are as grim as the transport situation itself.