Transport & Logistics | Infrastructure news - Part 104

Transport & Logistics

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Africa a land worth exploring

Africa Day 2015 is an opportunity to celebrate the development of the African continent as well as consider the various opportunities that it offers. This is according to Charles Brewer, Managing Director of DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA),...
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Uganda

Uganda’s road network consists of approximately 10 000 km of national or trunk roads (of which some 2 200 km are bituminised, and the rest gravel), 25 000 km of district or feeder roads, 2 800 km of urban roads (comprising roads in Kampala City,...
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Tanzania

In 2004, Tanzania had an estimated 85 000 km of classified roads, of which some 5 169 km were paved. A 1 930 km main road links Zambia and Tanzania, and there is a road link with Rwanda. A 10-year integrated roads programme, funded by international...
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Rwanda

Rwanda’s external trade is heavily dependent on the ports of Mombasa (Kenya), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and Matadi (DRC), and about 80% of Rwandan exports and imports pass through Uganda and Kenya. There are no railways in Rwanda, although plans...