Once known as Kenya’s best-kept secret, Lamu Island is now at the heart of one of Africa’s most ambitious infrastructure transformations — the LAPSSET Corridor Project.
What was once a tranquil archipelago of white-sand beaches, dhows, and Swahili heritage is evolving into a strategic gateway for trade, tourism, and investment across Eastern and Central Africa.

The Lamu Port–South Sudan–Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor is more than a transport network — it’s a continental growth engine designed to open up Kenya’s northern frontier and connect it to its landlocked neighbours.
With a projected cost exceeding USD 25 billion, this mega-project spans highways, railways, pipelines, airports, resort cities, and power infrastructure — linking Kenya, Ethiopia, and South Sudan to the Indian Ocean through Lamu’s deep-water port.