A journey of an hour takes the whole day for commuters to reach their destinations due to the security officials deployed at the border points of the African nations.
Coupled with the bad roads, this behavior ends up hindering the free flow of trade across borders as some officials practice harassment and time-consuming security checks on the wares of traders.
Lucia Quachey, the Secretary-General at the African Federation of Women Entrepreneurship advised on investing in infrastructures and a reduction of other barriers to boost the free flow of trade in African nations.