Category: Road Transport

Enhancing the Trans-Saharan Road corridor to boost trade and economic development

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© Abdelrahman Hassanein/Shutterstock | Economic corridors enable regions and countries to offer high-capacity transport systems that foster trade. UNCTAD and the Islamic Development Bank launch a roadmap for supporting economic development and regional integration through Africa’s Trans-Saharan corridor. Trade and transport corridors, the major routes that facilitate the movement of people and goods between regions and countries, have existed for millennia. The Trans-Saharan Road (TSR) corridor, one of the oldest in Africa, comprises a 4,500-kilometre main road that links Algeria, Niger and Nigeria with an additional 4,600 kilometres of highways connecting…

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Central African Republic : Agreement with the Saudi Fund for Development, for a project of road lighting of the capital with solar energy

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The Minister of State in Charge of economy, Planning and International Corporation of the Central African Republic Mr Felix Moloua, has signed today Wednesday 13 october 2022, with the CEO of the Saudi Fund for Development, Mr Sultan bin Abdulrahman Al-Marshad, an agreement to finance a public lighting project using solar energy in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic.   This signature made on the sidelines of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in Washington, includes according to a press release “the…

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Côte d’Ivoire: The Ferkessedougou dry port will be delivered within the next 24 months

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A Government Mission composed of the Minister of Transport Amadou Koné and the Minister of State, Minister of Defense Tené Birahima Ouattara President of the Regional Council of Tchologo; visited on Friday, September 16, 2022, the construction site of the dry port of Ferkessedougou.   Following the guided tour to see the progress of work, Minister Amadou Kone said that the infrastructure “should be delivered within the next 24 months. He also said “its commissioning will create nearly 2,000 direct jobs and 30,000 indirect jobs for an investment of 300…

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DRC: Transco puts 100 new buses on the road in Kinshasa, in the face of transport difficulties

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The country has been facing a fuel shortage since last September 5. In order to help the population to face the transport difficulties linked to this situation, the government has decided to put 100 new buses in circulation in the capital Kinshasa.   This decision to reinforce the fleet of the public company of public transport (Transco) was made public on Wednesday, September 07, 2022, last by the minister of hydrocarbons, Didier Budimbu.   “TRANSCO aligns 160 buses in Kinshasa. But with the measures which were taken by the Government,…

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Working session for the fluidity of traffic on the Lome-Ouagadougou Corridor

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The Togolese capital hosted from Thursday 1 to Friday, September 2, 2022, two days of work between Togo and Burkina Faso in order to further facilitate the transit of goods on the corridor Lome-Cinkasse-Ouagadougou. Organized during the visit of the Burkinabe Minister of Transport, Urban Mobility and Road Safety, Mahamoudou Zampaligre, in Lomé, these days were attended by the Togolese Minister of Road, Air and Rail Transport, Affoh Atcha-Dedji; the Minister of Trade, Industry and Local Consumption, Kodjo Adedze; and the Minister of Public Works, Zouréhatou Tcho-Kondo Kassa Traoré. In…

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Côte d’Ivoire: Strong measures against road incivism

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In order to reinforce the fight against road incivism, the Ivorian Government adopted on August 3, a new decree to provide itself with dissuasive legal instruments, capable of improving the behavior of road users and preserving the lives of the population. “Adopted with a view to strengthening the fight against road insecurity, Decree No. 2022-631 of August 3, 2022 amending Decree No. 2016-864 of November 3, 2016 regulating the use of roadways open to public traffic uses information technology and communication (ICT), including the digitization of procedures for the establishment…

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ROAM LAUNCHES FIRST ELECTRIC MASS TRANSIT BUS IN KENYA

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Nairobi, Kenya Roam (prev. Opibus), today announced the launch of a new electric Mass Transit Bus, the Roam Rapid, which is specifically designed to address the unique challenges of public transport in Nairobi and Africa as a whole. It offers a solution for the growing number of cities implementing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems across the continent and is the first of its kind in Kenya.   Roam Rapid is the first bus in Kenya designed for mass transit. With a high capacity of 90 passengers the bus allows for…

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New Whitepaper Outlines Growth for Ghana, Ivory Coast Auto Aftermarkets

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The paper outlined that while Ghana and Ivory Coast are both smaller markets than the likes of African heavyweights Egypt, Nigeria, and South Africa, they hold enormous potential DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, August 18, 2022/APO Group/ —‘Enormous potential’ for aftermarket suppliers of two African countries’ as importation of vehicles, spare parts ‘skyrocket’; Report by German consultancy Africon indicates high demand from USA, Europe, or UAE – host of Automechanika Dubai  (www.AutomechanikaDubai.com) 2022Download document:  https://bit.ly/3AmaO3M A new whitepaper authored by Africon, the German consultancy firm that supports companies worldwide with business expansion…

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Yamaha Partners MAX – Africa’s Largest, Low-to-Zero Emission Vehicle Platform

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To Provide Vehicle Subscriptions, Electric Vehicles and Service Centres to 50,000 GIG Drivers in Nigeria Moto Business Service Nigeria (MBSN), a subsidiary of Japan’s Yamaha Motor Corporation,  has announced a strategic partnership with Metro Africa Xpress Inc. (MAX) – Africa’s first mobility technology platform,  to finance and maintain over 50,000 vehicles over the next two years. The partnership will expand Max’s operations in Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon and fast track their goal to serve 100,000 independent commercial drivers by the end of 2023. MBSN provides services for tech startup companies…

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WFP and partners bring first-of-its-kind transport training centre to West Africa

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DAKAR – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is partnering with global corporations to build a world-class Transport Training Centre in Accra, Ghana, aimed at enhancing transport and logistics capacities across West Africa. The centre will inject new expertise into local transport markets, equipping them to deliver life-saving goods like food and medicine more efficiently throughout the region. Bringing together leading players in the sector, such as Carrier Global Corporation, Renault Trucks and Toyota Tsusho, the Government of Ghana and WFP will set up a first-of-its-kind centre which will…

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