Tag: road transport

Uganda : Parliament to debate ways of curbing road accidents

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Legislators will hold a comprehensive debate on how to curb the increasing road accidents which have claimed many lives. In a sitting of the House on Friday, 06 January 2023, the Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa directed the Minister for Works and Transport to present a statement on the road accidents and what the enforcing agencies are doing to curb the carnage. Tayebwa cited the many accidents over the festive season which claimed many lives. Some of the people killed in the accidents included, the former Member of Parliament for Serere…

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Senegal: African Development Bank to invest over €166 million in construction of highway to open up the country’s north

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The construction of a highway between Dakar and Saint Louis will open up Senegal’s northern regions, considered the country’s rice granary and an area with high mining potential. The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank, has approved a loan of  €166.36 million to Senegal for construction of the Dakar-Tivaouane-Saint Louis highway, which will enhance access to the north of the country. The financing comprises €119.69 million from the African Development Bank and €46.67 million from the Africa Growing Together Fund, a facility sponsored by the People’s Bank of China.…

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Uganda : Rehabilitation of Bulindo-Nsasa-Namugongo Roads

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Residents of Bulindo, Nsasa and Namugongo in Kira Municipality relieved as rehabilitation works for the 4.56 Km road that links them commences. The 4.56 Km stretch has been characterized by dust during the dry season and excess mad and gullies during the rainy season. The residents are therefore greatly relieved at the prospect of upgrading the road to bitumen standard. The Hon Minister of State for Works, Musa Ecweru officiated at the launch of the works in Kira Municipality. The rehabilitation works contract was awarded to M/S King Albert Construction…

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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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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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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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