Benin builds a 184km road to link cotton heartland to GDIZ as it pivots from raw exports
Benin, Africa’s largest cotton producer, is building a 184km road to connect its northern growing areas with the GloDjigbé Industrial Zone (GDIZ) in the south to ease transport bottlenecks. GDIZ now processes a fifth of the national cotton harvest into finished garments for global brands including US Polo Assn and The Children’s Place. The project is part of a longer-term push to end raw cotton exports by raising the share of local processing, rather than a short-term shift in global cotton supply and demand with an immediate link to international cotton futures prices.
