Toamasina

Toamasina is Madagascar’s principal port city and the country’s main maritime gateway, with urban growth closely tied to freight, industry and the rail-and-road corridor to Antananarivo. Much of the city occupies low-lying coastal ground, making drainage, cyclone exposure and resilient construction central to its urban development.

Cyclone Gezani in 2026 severely damaged the housing stock and public infrastructure across Greater Toamasina. The new PRODUIRE2 programme responds with resilient housing reconstruction, rehabilitation of schools and health facilities, and broader urban infrastructure investment. At the national scale, renewed investment in the Tananarive–Côte Est railway is intended to strengthen the logistics connection between Toamasina’s port and the capital. The city’s future therefore depends on combining its national transport role with safer neighbourhoods and climate-resilient public systems.