Category Archives: African High Speed Railway

Made in Africa: Historic Moment for Economic Integration

Made in Africa:

Historic Moment for Economic Integration 

by PD Lawton   4 February 2024

“South African automotive companies source leather car seats from a factory in Lesotho employing close to a thousand workers and wiring harnesses from Botswana at two plants employing several thousand workers. They source copper wire from Read the rest

Transforming Railways In Tanzania: An Exclusive Interview With TRC’s Director General, Masanja Kadogosa

Progress Report of Tanzanian section of Central Corridor of African Integrated High Speed Railway Network (AIHSRN : DAR ES SALAAM – BURUNDI – RWANDA -EASTERN DRC

Railways Africa Magazine in conversation with Masanja K. Kadogosa, the Director General of Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC)

Image: courtesy of tanzaniainvest.com

Central Corridor Tanzania

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Advancing Africa’s Rail Network: The Africa Integrated High Speed Railway Network Workshop

Recent technical workshop held in Addis,12-14th December 2023, to discuss success of flagship projects, challenges and needs such as railway technical skills training in universities.Eric Ntagengerwa from the African Union talked to Philippa Dean

Jan 9,
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Tanzania: Progress Video Standard Gauge Railway Line From Morogoro to Makutupora

Yapi Merkezi is the Turkish construction company that is constructing a major part of the HIGH SPEED Standard Gauge Railway connecting Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – Burundi, Rwanda and eastern DRC. This is the CENTRAL CORRIDOR of the AFRICAN INTEGRATED HIGHSPEED RAILWAY NETWORK (AIHSRN) It will eventually traverse DRC and … Read the rest

Investing in Cameroon’s Railways: An Exclusive Interview with Camrail’s Director of Transport

great news from Cameroon and great news for the  Yaoundé and Douala sections of the integrated continental network!

Source: Railways Africa Magazine

Investing in Cameroon’s Railways: An Exclusive Interview with Camrail’s Director of Transport

16 November 2023

In this ‘Coffee with the Editor’, filmed during the International Railway Safety Council’s Read the rest

Lobito Atlantic Railway concession launched

re posted from                           RAILWAY GAZETTE INTERNATIONAL

Image: Angola`s railway network, courtesy: Wikipedia

Highlighting the importance of the railway for Angola, President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço said ‘the Lobito Corridor, which links Angola to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and whose concession we have given today … will certainly boost Read the rest

Nigerian Railway : Rowland Ataguba Response to China Funding News

As reported in the Nigerian press recently, China are pledging to funding of Abuja-Kano and Port Harcourt-Maiduguri railway projects

 

https://www.thecable.ng/fg-china-promises-to-refinance-abuja-kano-pharcourt-maiduguri-railway-projects

re posted from                  ROWLAND ATAGUBA on LINKEDIN

This would be wonderful news but hard to believe would come to pass. China has been making such noises for quite some Read the rest

Musina- Makhado: Economic Integration and Mineral Beneficiation for SADC

Musina- Makhado: Economic Integration and Mineral Beneficiation for SADC

by PD Lawton, 18 October 2023

WHY DO IT?

Musina- Makhado Special Economic Zone (MMSEZ) is a proposed industrial park in South Africa, designated with tax incentives as a special economic zone (SEZ). It is an initiative of the Limpopo Province … Read the rest