  In the African continent, South Africa has world-class astronomical
facilities for advanced radio astronomy research. With the advent of the Square
Kilometre Array project in South Africa (SA SKA), six countries in Africa (SA
SKA partner countries) have joined South Africa to contribute towards the
African Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) Networks (AVN). Each of the
AVN countries will soon have a single-dish radio telescope that will be part of
the AVN, the European VLBI Network, and the global VLBI network. The SKA and
the AVN will enable very high sensitivity VLBI in the southern hemisphere. In
the current AVN network, there is a gap in coverage in the central African
region. This work analyses the scientific impact if new antennas were to be
built or old telecommunication facilities were to be converted to radio
telescopes in each of the six countries in central Africa i.e. Cameroon, Gabon,
Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Central African Republic. The work also
discusses some economical and skills transfer impacts of having a radio
interferometer in this area of Africa.
