Transport
Newly constructed Musina Ring Road to alleviate congestion on N1
The MEC for Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure Nkakareng Rakgoale joined Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula in officially opening the Musina Ring Road. Construction of the ring road formed part of government’s infrastructure projects programme that sought to create employment opportunities across various sectors and communities. The road is between Musina and the Beit Bridge Border ...
WOFA dialogues stakeholders on infrastructure projects across Africa
With the global infrastructure shortfall expected to reach $15 trillion by 2040, the World Forum for Africa (WOFA) and other experts have called for improved dialogue towards integration of labeling and certification ahead of infrastructure development in the continent. The experts, who said there is enormous need for infrastructure, noted that the move would boost ...
Mozambique Eyes $100 Billion LNG Windfall As It Prepares To Ship Its First Cargo
For years, Mozambique has been eagerly looking forward to reaping the windfall from the discovery of mammoth natural gas reserves off its west coast nearly a decade ago. Last year, experts estimated that the southeast African nation could generate $12bn annually by exporting 30 million tons from its three existing LNG projects by European energy ...
Government of Rwanda Regains Control of Upper Airspace After 30 Years
Rwanda will now have full control over her upper aerial space, after more than three decades in the hands of the government of Tanzania. A handover deed was signed last week by both governments after Rwanda notified of her intention to withdraw and directly discharge her responsibility of providing air traffic services in her upper ...
One year on, the $260 million Kazungula Bridge has transformed Africa’s most unusual border crossing
Kazungula Bridge is a road and rail bridge constructed over the Zambezi River between Zambia and Botswana at Kazungula. Its completion is largely expected to divert traffic passing through Beitbridge to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Malawi, constricting the country’s revenue base. The US$259,3 million project was mulled in August 2007 by the governments ...
South Africa and Botswana to improve rail freight links
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 ...
The Mano River Union: African Development Fund Commits $88.2 Million For Road Development And Transport Facilitation In Liberia And Sierra Leone
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 ...
EACOP submits construction application to Uganda
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 gearing up to connect countries through rail and roads.
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 ...
Ethiopian Airlines, Air Djibouti partner for China-Africa sea to air transport
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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