It is estimated that Uganda loses approximately Shs900 billion ($360 million) annually on road due to limited railway functionality, a National Planning Authority official has said. While presenting a revised draft of the National Vision 2040, Dr...
New system will increase operational capacity, provide a higher level of flexibility and safety, and reduce train delays. Siemens, under the leadership of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), is busy with execution of the Gauteng...
Coal imports from Tanzania to Uganda will be boosted by the arrival of the new railway line currently in the planning stages by Kenyan and Chinese authorities. China plan to invest $20 billion in Africa over the next three years with this rail...
The upcoming East African Community’s Heads of States Summit will place great emphasis on railway, energy and inland water ways transport in the region in a bid to ease trade between the member states. Dr. Sezibera revealed this when speaking to...
FORMER Finance minister Ng’andu Magande says he agrees with a Southern African Development Community (SADC) technical report that railway concessions in the region have generally been characterised by declining performance. The report further...
The Southern Africa Railway Association (SARA) plans for governments in the region to invest in developing rail and port infrastructure, said the president of the association, Mozambique’s Rosário Mualeia. Speaking at the ceremony to launch the...
Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and its surrounding areas will soon be benefiting from a new railway system, thanks to a loan agreement signed between the Nigerian government and the Chinese Export-Import bank (Exim), the ccountry’s...
Regulations, cartels and crumbling infrastructure raise the cost and delivery times of imports and exports across the continent. New railway plans will help to bring more competition to the transport sector. Pity the East African truck driver, upon...
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) spokesman, Lawrence Venkile, said a power failure late on Wednesday caused railway signaling and over head power lines to be affected, thus resulting in the cancellation of five long distance trips. The...
