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The Lobito Atlantic Railway is a joint venture between Trafigura, Mota-Engil, and Vecturis, an independent rail operator. Trafigura plans to invest $455 million in Angola and up to $100 million in DR Congo. [2] [3] We see the Lobito rail corridor as a partnership between the private and public sectors.
The initiative aims to create an efficient transport link from Africa’s mineral-rich interior to the port of Lobito on its west coast for export. A rejuvenated railway could change how minerals ...
The Lobito–Dar es Salaam Railway is a planned narrow gauge railway line that connects the Angolan port city of Lobito to the Tanzanian port city of Dar es Salaam, through the Zambian city of Kapiri Mposhi. [1] It is an African transcontinental railroad connecting the Atlantic and Indian oceans and it is financed by China. [2]
In June, Zambia's international bondholders voted through their part of a $13.4 billion debt restructuring deal, making Zambia the first to complete a full-blown rework under the G20-led "Common ...
Rail transport in Zambia is primarily provided by two systems: . TAZARA Railway; Zambia Railways Limited (sub-systems: Cape to Cairo Railway and Sena railway); Zambia Railways operates a number of rail lines, including the Mulobezi Railway; as of early 2012, it was still in operation, but in poor repair.
the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has an extensive network of road projects and trade corridors in southern Africa. TAH 9 and the southern ends of TAH 3 and 4 utilize regional highways developed by SADC or its forerunners. In particular SADC manages road and rail corridors from landlocked areas to ports. Trans-Kalahari Corridor.
It starts in Lobito, Angola (north-east of Benguela), as part of the EN100 route.After a few kilometres north-east, it becomes the EN250 route eastwards. It is the EN250 route for the remainder of the Angolan section, through Cuíto, to Luau, Moxico Province, where it crosses the Kasai River Borderline into the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and the town of Dilolo.
The Lobito Corridor project, with $250 million in U.S. financial investment, would construct around 550 km (350 miles) of railway in Zambia along the Zambia-DRC border, with feeder roads connecting DRC copper mines to the new railway. [55] The East African Rift is the largest seismically active rift system on Earth today.