Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) will collaborate with Botswana Rail (BR) to fix parts of the 126 km (78 mile) rail line between Swartruggens, in South Africa’s North West province, and Mafikeng, on the border with Botswana. South Africa and Botswana have agreed to fund the improvement and extension of rail links between the countries in
Board of Directors of the African Development Fund, the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group has approved $88.2 million in financing for the third phase of the Road Development and Transport Facilitation Programme for the Mano River Union. The Mano River Union is an international association initially established between Liberia and Sierra Leone
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) company has applied to the Ugandan government for a licence to begin construction. EACOP general manager Martin Tiffen, speaking on July 1, said work was ready to begin. Acting director of petroleum at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) Honey Malinga said the application would be
Tanzania is ready for regional integration and is in the process of completing road and railway networks with the goal of linking neighbouring countries, hence contributing to continental integration efforts, President Samia Suluhu Hassan has said. However, the country will need more external funding to finance the construction of the next phases of the Standard
Ethiopia’s national air carrier Ethiopian Airlines announced Tuesday it has partnered with Air Djibouti and Djibouti Industrial Park Operation to commence sea-air multimodal transportation. Ethiopia’s national air carrier Ethiopian Airlines (ET) announced Tuesday it has partnered with Air Djibouti and Djibouti Industrial Park Operation to commence sea-air multimodal transportation. In a press statement, ET disclosed
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