Roads and rail

South Africa plans new high speed rail projects

Thursday, 02 September 2010 14:08

The South African Department of Transport says it is working on a massive rail investment programme to improve the country's aging rail network.

(3 Votes)

Tags: George Mahlalela - high speed rail - Sibusiso Ndebele - Liu - Zhijun - China - investment - South Africa

Railway to boost Malawi, Zambia trade

Tuesday, 31 August 2010 14:06

Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique stand to effectively benefit from the newly commissioned railway line linking Chipata and Mchinji, Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika said.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Chipata - Mchinji - Bingu wa Mutharika - Armando Guebuza - Paulo Zikura - Kenneth Kaunda - Nacara Corridor - Mozambique - Zambia - Malawi

South Africa's Standard Bank to work with China rail

Wednesday, 25 August 2010 15:43

South Africa's Standard Bank Group said on Tuesday it has signed memorandum of understanding with China Railway Group to cooperate on funding for rail and infrastructure projects in Africa.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Standard Bank Group - China Railway Group - China - high-speed train - Gautrain - Li Changjin - Sibusisu Ndebele - South Africa

East Africa plans $25 bln rail upgrade

Wednesday, 18 August 2010 13:36

East Africa needs to raise up to $25 billion, or nearly two-thirds of Kenya's annual output, over the next decade to upgrade its railways to boost trade, a senior regional official said on Tuesday.

(3 Votes)

Tags: East African Community - rail upgrade - common market - African Development Bank - Alloys Butabingwa - infrastructure - Kenya - Uganda - Tanzanzia - Rwanda - Burundi - East Africa

New bridge links Mozambique, Tanzania

Thursday, 13 May 2010 13:47

Mozambique and Tanzania opened a bridge that will allow the first road traffic between the countries, part of Maputo's drive to improve transport nationally, state media said Thursday.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Armando Guebuza - Jakaya Kikwete - Unity Bridge - Ruvuma River - Tanzania - Mozambique

Africa's first high-speed train to open ahead of World Cup

Monday, 10 May 2010 12:36

The Gautrain, Africa's first high-speed rail line, will launch on June 8 in South Africa three days before the opening match of the 2010 football World Cup, the developers said Friday.

(2 Votes)

Tags: Gautrain - Bouygues - OR Tambo International Airport - Sandton - FIFA World Cup - Christian Gazaignes - Bombela Consortium - South Africa

Morocco to have 1,400 km of motorways

Wednesday, 14 April 2010 11:23

The motorway network in Morocco will have a total of 1417 kilometres in June 2011, according to Moroccan Minister of Equipment and Transport. Investments in the motorway network amount to some € 3.4 billion.

(1 Vote)

Tags: road - motorway - network - Minister of Equipment and Transport - Marrakech-Agadir motorway - Berrechid-Béni Mellal - Morocco

AfDB lends Tanzania $235m for roads, rail

Tuesday, 06 April 2010 13:28

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has lent Tanzania $235,45-million to finance infrastructure projects in east Africa's second largest economy, the finance ministry said on Wednesday.

(1 Vote)

Tags: AfDB - East Africa - loan - road - rail - Tanzania-Rwanda-Burundi railway project - Tanzania

New railway links north and south Sudan

Friday, 12 March 2010 13:59

Sudan on Thursday inaugurated a railway linking the north and south for the first time since decades of civil war ripped Africa's largest country apart.

(1 Vote)

Tags: North Sudan - South Sudan - Railway - Babanusa - Wau town - Port Sudan - Mohammed Bashir - Nhial BOl - World Bank - Multi-Donor Trust Fund - Juba - Sudan

Egyptian firm to invest $150 million in East African rail

Wednesday, 24 February 2010 15:20

The Egyptian firm Citadel Capital said Tuesday it plans to invest 150 million dollars (111 million euros) over five years to improve the railway line from Kenya to Uganda.

(1 Vote)

Tags: railway - company - Citadel Capital - investment - Kenya - Uganda - Rift Valley Railways - Egypt

Inter-state rail link to get finances

Friday, 11 December 2009 12:09

The World Bank and the African Development Bank will finance the rail link between Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi to enhance trade among East African nations. The construction works of the railway line is likely be completed by 2014.

(2 Votes)

Tags: World Bank - African Development Bank - Rail link - Tanzania - Rwanda - Burundi - East Africa - Africa

China injects $349 million into Ethiopia's road link

Wednesday, 11 November 2009 12:44

Ethiopia became one of the first beneficiaries of the new China-Africa development funding when it signed a $349 million loan agreement to build the country's first modern highway road. The 80km road will link Addis Ababa with Nazeret.

(3 Votes)

Tags: China-Africa development funding - Addis Ababa - Nazeret - Export-Import Bank of China - China Road and Bridge Corporation - road - highway - Ethiopia

Mozambique revives historic railway line

Tuesday, 27 October 2009 18:09

As the locomotive rolls into dusty Savane, children drop their games to chase the train and a colorful palette of vendors converges on the station.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Mozambique

Chinese begin work on Congo Republic coast link road

Thursday, 22 October 2009 16:28

Chinese engineers have started work on a $500 million road linking Congo Republic's oil hub of Pointe-Noire on the coast to the capital, Brazzaville, some 600 km (375 miles) away.

(4 Votes)

Tags: Pointe-Noire - oil - Brazzaville - China - roads - development - Jean Jacques Bouya - Congo

Mozambique to build $500m railway line by 2015

Tuesday, 06 October 2009 15:12

Mozambique plans to build a $500-million railway line by 2015 to ship coal from its Moatize mines to the deepwater port of Nacala, a government minister said on Sunday.

(3 Votes)

Tags: Transport - Railway - Coal - Mining - Moatize - Nacala - Paolo Zucula - Malawi - Mozambique

Ethiopia plans new rail system

Wednesday, 17 June 2009 14:26

The Ethiopian government has confirmed it plans to build an extensive railway system, despite some of the world's most challenging terrain. The plan involves the construction of 5,000km (3,000 miles) of track, mainly for carrying goods.

(2 Votes)

Tags: railway system - construction - transport - trade - Ethiopia

Better roads a boon for Cameroon's cocoa output

Wednesday, 15 April 2009 14:14

Cocoa_Pods Favourable weather and improved roads have boosted the quality of cocoa beans delivered to market in Cameroon's leading South-West production zone. Cameroon is the world's fifth-largest cocoa producer after Ivory Coast, Ghana, Indonesia and neighbouring Nigeria. It exported 162,222 tonnes of cocoa beans in the 2007/2008 season from a total production of 187,355 tonnes.

(1 Vote)

Equatorial Guinea to invest to double port size

Friday, 27 March 2009 15:04

Equatorial Guinea aims to double its port capacity and turn the tiny oil-rich nation into a shipping hub and the Dubai of Africa by investing billions of dollars in its harbours, a senior official said on Wednesday.

Tags: Equatorial Guinea

Infrastructure development to stimulate Kenya growth

Monday, 02 March 2009 18:46

Kenya's economy will be stimulated by infrastructure development this year and should expand by at least 4-4.5 percent, the east African country's finance minister said on Monday.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Kenya

Britain joins rush to rebuild Africa's transport network

Friday, 20 February 2009 09:51

Britain is joining the latest scramble in Africa – to reverse decades of decay and even the disappearance of large parts of road and rail systems – with a US$1bn project to rebuild the transport network across the south of the continent.

(1 Vote)