Driven by the support of multilateral institutions such as the World Bank, the African Development Bank, and the Islamic Development Bank, this mobilization dynamic has progressed by 33.3% compared to the milestones set in February 2025. Covering approximately 44% of a projected budget estimated at 1,822 billion FCFA, current disbursements reflect the executive’s commitment to heal the wounds inflicted by Boko Haram incursions since the launch of the programmatic tool in May 2022.


Major projects are benefiting from these resources, including the Mora-Dabanga-Kousseri road corridor, allocated 236 billion FCFA, as well as 157 billion FCFA injected into territorial vitality and 89.2 billion FCFA allocated to youth integration. Despite this financial windfall, the road network suffers from a significant structural lag within a region recording 22,016 kilometers of roads, of which only 593 kilometers benefit from bituminous surfacing — a mere 2.70% equipment rate, particularly detrimental to local access.


The main equation to be solved in the coming months is to secure the remaining 1,022 billion FCFA needed to complete the budget, in order to honor the components related to water management and agricultural value chains, symbolized by the irrigation project estimated at 26.6 billion FCFA. Private sector economic actors, who number only 16,999 SMEs — representing 3.6% of the national directory according to the 2025 statistical directory — now place their hopes in the realization of these investments to boost employment and revitalize border markets.


Ndjomo Carlos

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