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In the current 2023/2024 financial year, governments across East Africa are investing in building new roads and maintaining existing roads, a trend that is likely to create more business opportunities for road paving manufacturers and distributors. Tanzania’s Finance Minister Mwigulu Nchemba said the country had 1,480 kilometres of asphalt-compliant roads under construction as of April 2023. Tanzania has earmarked $561 million for the construction of 798 kilometres of paved roads and 177 bridges in the 2023/2024 financial year. Uganda has also announced $1.8 billion for the landlocked country’s transport sector, including the completion of 16 major national highway projects. The government has also received $608 million to upgrade and install traffic signals on nearly 504 kilometres of roads in at least eight cities. In Kenya, Finance Minister Professor Njuguna Ndung’u has asked the country’s parliament to approve $1.7 billion for the construction of various roads and bridges, as well as the repair and maintenance of existing roads in the 2023/2024 financial year. Rwanda has also said that the government will maintain nearly 1,170 kilometers of national paved roads, which require well-designed and properly applied road markings to ensure road safety.