Category: Road Transport

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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Gambia: 33 new buses for urban transport in Banjul and its suburbs

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On Tuesday, July 19, Gambian President Adama Barrow took delivery of 33 new buses worth $2.7 million to expand the fleet of the Gambia Transport Services Corporation (GTSC). “The Greater Banjul region is home to the majority of the country’s population and must meet the mobility needs of the region’s residents in the face of rapid urbanization and population growth. It has become one of the main challenges of the national transport policy,” said President Adama Barrow at the ceremony. This purchase comes at the right time because “the demand…

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DP World’s Imperial obtains approval for acquisition of 100% stake in Africa-based J&J Group

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Dubai, UAE,19 July 2022 This acquisition strengthens DP World’s position in Africa as an end-to-end logistics provider, by adding J&J’s significant presence along these key corridors in Africa.  Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and CEO of DP World Imperial, owned by DP World, announced today that all the requirements relating to its 100% acquisition of the J&J Group have now been fulfilled. The transaction relating to the acquisition of the first tranche of shares (51%) of the J&J Group, which was announced on 29 July 2021, was closed on 18 July…

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Kenya: African Development Bank approves $150 million for Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Summit Highway Project

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The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group approved approved on July 14, 2022, in Abidjan, financing of $150 million to Kenya to support a major highway development project under the government’s First Mover Public-Private Partnership (PPP) programme. The project will see the development of the A8 and A8 South highways. The existing 175km A8 road from Rironi to Mau Summit will be transformed into a four-lane carriageway and the 57.8 km two-lane A8 South, from Rironi to Naivasha will be strengthened and maintained over a period of…

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PRESS RELEASE : BOLLORÉ TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS SENEGAL TRANSPORTS AN OUTSIZE METAL STRUCTURE AS PART OF THE GTA PROJECT

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In April this year, Bolloré Transport & Logistics Senegal shipped a large metal structure on behalf of Eiffage GC Marine Senegal as part of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim (GTA) project. This special convoy, 14.1 m long, 4.6 m wide and 6.9 m high, set off from the ro-ro terminal at Dakar Terminal and took the Arsenal – Route de Rufisque route to the customer’s site at mole 8 of the Dakar Port Authority. The logistics operations were scheduled to take place at night to avoid inconveniencing road users. A special…

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TAQA ARABIA AND EQUATORIAL GUINEA INTRODUCE CNG VEHICLES: A KEY STEP TOWARDS OPTIMIZING DOMESTIC GAS UTILIZATION

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The African Energy Chamber strongly supports the move taken by Equatorial Guinea to optimize its gas market through the introduction of compressed natural gas-powered vehicles. Egyptian company, TAQA Arabia, has delivered its first five compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered vehicles in Equatorial Guinea as part of an agreement signed between the firm and the Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons to collaborate on the development and expansion of the gas market in the central African country. The African Energy Chamber (AEC), as the voice of the African energy sector, would like to…

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EAST AFRICAN CRUDE OIL PIPELINE (EACOP) LTD. MAIN LOGISTICS CONTRACTOR SERVICES AWARD

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Bolloré Logistics is proud to announce that it has been awarded a contract for the Main Logistics Contractor Services (MLC) for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. This award follows an extensive and detailed tendering process. The EACOP project will construct a 1,443 Kilometre buried pipeline that will transport Uganda’s crude oil from Kabaale in Uganda to the Chongoleani peninsula on the Tanzanian coast. The project will include the world’s longest electrically heated pipeline which will be thermally insulated throughout the entire route. Above-ground pumping stations and pressure…

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SENEGAL: THE ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK FINANCES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DAKAR-TIVAOUANE-SAINT LOUIS HIGHWAY FOR AN AMOUNT OF 238 MILLION EUROS

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On Sunday 17 April 2022, the Government of Senegal and the Islamic Development Bank signed a financing agreement in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for the Dakar-Tivaouane-Saint Louis motorway construction project. The Islamic Development Bank is contributing 238 million euros to the construction of the motorway, which will link Dakar to Saint Louis and is about 200 km long. This motorway will pass through Lac Rose, which is home to the new city designed to relieve Dakar’s congestion and will be the capital’s second gateway to and from the northern cities. Eventually,…

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“OPIBUS” REBRANDS – BECOMES “ROAM”

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Opibus, a Swedish-Kenyan technology company that develops, designs and manufactures electric vehicles with a bid to lead the transition to sustainable  transport has rebranded to ROAM.  The purpose of the change is to better represent the values the company stands for. ROAM means to travel over a wide area, signifying the company’s exploration of Africa. The new name is intended to reflect the company’s ambition to electrify Africa’s transportation sector, as well as its grand ambition to deliver disruptive technologies optimized for the local use case all over the continent. …

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