An efficient infrastructure development mainly for EAC in terms of roads and railway interconnectivity has the potential to increase from 3.7 million tonnes in 2007 to over 16 million tonnes by 2030, at an annual rate of growth of 6.7 percent, according to a study on the EAC Railways Master Plan.
Current EAC efforts to develop regional infrastructures are complemented at the continental level by such initiatives as the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA), established in 2005 and mandated to support and promote increased investment in infrastructure in Africa from both public and private sources. In addition, with the implementation of the EAC Common Market Protocol, regional infrastructural projects will be well defined.