Nigeria wants to revamp its railway network. Four things it needs to do to succeed: Nigeria’s railway network serves only a small portion of the country. The country is 923,770km², with a railway network of 3,505km colonial narrow gauge and 669km modern standard gauge. Egypt, not that much larger than Nigeria, has a network of …
China in Africa: Kenya railway study shows investment projects aren’t a one-way street: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images China is an important economic player in Africa. In 2021 alone, China accounted for nearly US$ 5 billion in foreign direct investment in African countries. The rapidly increasing Chinese presence across Africa has become a contentious issue …
Kenya Standard Gauge Railway contracts: What released documents say, and what they don’t: A freight train runs on the Mombasa-Nairobi railway track in July 2022. Photo by Dong Jianghui/Xinhua via Getty Images A media frenzy has erupted in Kenya over the November 5, 2022 release of three Chinese loan contracts signed between the Kenyan government …
Kenya’s big railway project makes life even harder for the poor by ignoring their reality: Truck drivers, clearing agents, business owners and activists protest over job losses in Mombasa, Kenya. Stringer/AFP via Getty Images People’s responses to large infrastructure projects – railways, bridges, highways – are rarely neutral. To some, these projects represent powerful social …
Tanzania and Zambia want to upgrade the ‘Uhuru Railway’ – but can they?: July 1976: President Nyerere (right) watches as President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia greets Chinese Vice-Premier Sun Chien at the handing over ceremony of the Tanzania-Zambia railway. Photo by Keystone/Getty Images Half a century ago, the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (Tazara) stood out as a …
Mombasa Port: how Kenya’s auditor-general misread China’s Standard Gauge Railway contracts: A general view shows the Standard Gauge Railway train constructed by the Chinese Communications Construction Company and financed by Chinese government. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images In December 2018, a leaked letter from the Kenyan auditor-general’s office sparked a rumour that Kenya had staked …
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Projects like Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway can unlock development: shutterstock Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway, which links Nairobi and Mombasa, East Africa’s largest port, was built to ease the pressure on the road network. Construction started in 2013 and was completed in 2017, with an extension in 2019. The line transports passengers as well as cargo. …
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South Africa in the news: Global Railway Management System Is Expected to Reach USD 85.3 Billion by 2028 : Fior Markets: Service (Consulting, Support and Maintenance, System Integration and Deployment), Region, Global Industry Analysi …: “South Africa” – BingNews South Africa’s former president FW de Klerk dies at 85: The former President of South Africa, …
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