Agreement signed between Botswana Railways (BR) and National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ)
Botswana Railways (BR) and National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recently signed an agreement to improve the efficiency of services offered…
Category: Rail
Ghana Easing urban traffic: Kumasi to get electric rail system
The first electric light rail transportation, also known as the Tram System, is to be launched in Kumasi, the Ashanti…
Sitarail receives its new tamper to maintain the railway between Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso
(Press release Bolloré – 19 august 2022) On 19 August 2022, SITARAIL took delivery at the Port of Abidjan of…
South Africa and Botswana join forces to improve trade between the two countries through rail freights
Transnet Freight Rail (South Africa) will collaborate with Botswana Rail to upgrade 126 km of rail between Swartruggens, in South…
Kenya : President Kenyatta Commissions Kisumu Railway Station
The restoration of the rail transport in Kisumu will not only lower the cost of ferrying goods along the line…
The role of railways in empowering AfCFTA’s success
Trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) commenced in January 2021, creating a huge single market of 54…
WFP and partners bring first-of-its-kind transport training centre to West Africa
DAKAR – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is partnering with global corporations to build a world-class Transport Training…
Ghana: Government and Thelo DB Consortium to Sign US$3.2 Billion Rail Project Contract
The signing ceremony of this contract which will take place during a ministerial program organized by the Secretariat of the…
Senegal: The Great Trains of Senegal (Gts-Sa), to use the Indian experience to revive rail transport
On a visit to India last week, the General Manager of GTS-SA, Mr. Samba NDIAYE, signed in the presence of…
EGYPT : CABINET APPROVES KOREAN FINANCE DEAL FOR UPGRADING LUXOR-HIGH DAM RAILWAYS
The Cabinet approved during its weekly meeting under Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli a draft presidential decree on a financing agreement…