Growing population

The intensity of the relations and trade and consequently the need for transport and communication infrastructure are linked to population density.

Some of the greatest concerns of regional strategies regarding transport and telecommunications are: supporting the development of towns, linking them to the economic centres, promoting the settlement and the growth of high potential areas by making them accessible. It is even more important to take into account the population dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa as this region is the last on the planet to complete its demographic transition (The demographic transition is the passage from one traditional demographic system, with high fertility and high mortality, to a low fertility and low mortality system.).