{ "about": "The strategic corridors register of BuildMap: Africa's main cross-border transport and energy corridors, cut into their pieces, with each piece's stage and who pays for, owns and builds it, each with its source. Kept by hand; see build_corridors.py for the rules.", "compiled": "2026-10-12", "corridors": [ { "id": "lobito", "name": "Lobito Corridor", "short": "Lobito Corridor", "kind": "rail", "region": "south", "countries": [ "AO", "CD", "ZM" ], "length_km": 1289, "length_note": "The Benguela Railway, Lobito to Luau; about 1,000 km more on the DR Congo line and about 830 km on the planned line into Zambia", "cost": null, "status": "operating", "status_note": "The Benguela Railway has run under the Lobito Atlantic Railway concession since January 2024, and its USD 753 m debt package closed in July 2026. The DR Congo signed its line to Mota-Engil in August 2026; the new railway into Zambia has an AfDB loan approved but no builder yet.", "status_date": "2026-08", "summary": "A railway from Angola's Atlantic port of Lobito to the copper and cobalt mines of DR Congo's Katanga and Zambia's Copperbelt: the 1,289 km Benguela Railway, the DR Congo's line on to Kolwezi and Lubumbashi, and a new line planned into Zambia.", "strategic": "The flagship of the G7's Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment and the EU's Global Gateway: Washington and Brussels' answer to Chinese-built infrastructure, meant to carry critical minerals west to the Atlantic rather than east to Chinese buyers through Dar es Salaam and Durban.", "named_by": [ { "list": "EU Global Gateway strategic corridor 12 (Lobito–Kolwezi–Lubumbashi/Solwezi–Ndola–Lusaka)", "source": "https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-10/GG_Factsheet_Africa_Strategic%20Corridors.pdf" }, { "list": "G7 PGII flagship (Lobito Trans-Africa Corridor)", "source": "https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/12/03/fact-sheet-partnership-for-global-infrastructure-and-investment-in-the-lobito-trans-africa-corridor" } ], "deep_dive": "../lobito/", "deep_dive_label": "34 projects and 53 financing lines on the Lobito page", "segments": [ { "name": "Benguela Railway, Lobito to Luau", "mode": "rail", "status": "operating", "length_km": 1289, "status_note": "Run by the Lobito Atlantic Railway concession since January 2024; floods cut it for two months from April 2026.", "geometry": { "type": "osm_lobito", "lines": [ "cfb" ] }, "funded_by": [ "US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)", "Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)", "Afreximbank", "China Eximbank" ], "source": "https://www.africafc.org/news-and-insights/news/afc-achieves-financial-close-on-landmark-us-753-mm-lobito-corridor-railway-project-marking-a-major-milestone-for-regional-integration-and-economic-transformation" }, { "name": "DR Congo railway, Dilolo to Kolwezi, Lubumbashi and Sakania", "mode": "rail", "status": "approved", "length_km": 1004.5, "status_note": "The line runs; a 30-year concession to rebuild and run it was signed with Mota-Engil Africa in August 2026, with no loan for the works yet.", "geometry": { "type": "osm_lobito", "lines": [ "drc" ] }, "funded_by": [ "Mota-Engil Africa" ], "source": "https://www.ecofinagency.com/news-infrastructures/2708-58372-drc-grants-mota-engil-30-year-rail-concession-with-1-25-billion-investment" }, { "name": "Zambia–Lobito railway, Luacano to Chingola (new line)", "mode": "rail", "status": "approved", "length_km": 830, "status_note": "AfDB loan of USD 255 m approved in August 2026; no works contract awarded; financial close aimed for late 2027.", "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Luacano", 21.64, -11.22 ], [ "Jimbe", 24.02, -11.12 ], [ "Mwinilunga", 24.43, -11.74 ], [ "Solwezi", 26.39, -12.17 ], [ "Chingola", 27.85, -12.53 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "African Development Bank Group", "Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), guaranteed by SACE", "Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)" ], "source": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202608070250.html" }, { "name": "Port of Lobito, container terminal", "mode": "port", "status": "approved", "status_note": "Concession to MSC's Africa Global Logistics signed in December 2023; the mineral terminal is the railway's.", "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Lobito", "lon": 13.548, "lat": -12.338 }, "funded_by": [ "Africa Global Logistics (MSC)" ], "source": "https://maritimafrica.com/en/agl-signs-concession-contract-for-multipurpose-and-container-terminal-at-port-of-lobito-angola/" } ], "backers": [ { "name": "US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)", "funder_country": "US", "role": "lender", "what": "Loan to the Lobito Atlantic Railway", "segment": "Benguela Railway, Lobito to Luau", "amount": 553000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "source": "https://www.africafc.org/news-and-insights/news/afc-achieves-financial-close-on-landmark-us-753-mm-lobito-corridor-railway-project-marking-a-major-milestone-for-regional-integration-and-economic-transformation" }, { "name": "Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)", "funder_country": "DBSA", "role": "lender", "what": "Loan to the Lobito Atlantic Railway", "segment": "Benguela Railway, Lobito to Luau", "amount": 200000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "source": "https://www.africafc.org/news-and-insights/news/afc-achieves-financial-close-on-landmark-us-753-mm-lobito-corridor-railway-project-marking-a-major-milestone-for-regional-integration-and-economic-transformation" }, { "name": "Afreximbank", "funder_country": "Afreximbank", "role": "lender", "what": "Loan to the Lobito Atlantic Railway", "segment": "Benguela Railway, Lobito to Luau", "amount": 175000000, "currency": "EUR", "year": 2023, "source": "https://en.amwalalghad.com/?p=145038" }, { "name": "China Eximbank", "funder_country": "CN", "role": "lender", "what": "Loan for the rebuilding of the Benguela Railway, completed in 2017 (AidData record 39153)", "segment": "Benguela Railway, Lobito to Luau", "amount": 362000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2004, "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/39153/" }, { "name": "China Railway 20 Bureau Group (CRCC)", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "builder", "what": "Rebuilt the Benguela Railway, 2006–2014", "segment": "Benguela Railway, Lobito to Luau", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/39153/" }, { "name": "Lobito Atlantic Railway (Trafigura, Mota-Engil, Vecturis)", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "CH", "role": "concessionaire", "what": "30-year concession to run the Benguela Railway and the port's mineral terminal, signed November 2022", "segment": "Benguela Railway, Lobito to Luau", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2022, "source": "https://www.trafigura.com/news-and-insights/press-releases/2023/concession-for-railway-services-transferred-to-lobito-atlantic-railway-in-angola/" }, { "name": "Mota-Engil Africa", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "PT", "role": "concessionaire", "what": "30-year concession for the DR Congo line, signed August 2026", "segment": "DR Congo railway, Dilolo to Kolwezi, Lubumbashi and Sakania", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2026, "source": "https://news.metal.com/newscontent/104083327-drc-signs-30-year-dilolo%E2%80%93sakania-railway-concession-to-advance-lobito-corridor" }, { "name": "African Development Bank Group", "funder_country": "AfDB", "role": "lender", "what": "Loan for Zambia's section of the new railway", "segment": "Zambia–Lobito railway, Luacano to Chingola (new line)", "amount": 255000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "source": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202608070250.html" }, { "name": "Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), guaranteed by SACE", "funder_country": "IT", "role": "lender", "what": "Loan to the Africa Finance Corporation for the corridor", "segment": "Zambia–Lobito railway, Luacano to Chingola (new line)", "amount": 250000000, "currency": "EUR", "year": 2025, "source": "https://www.africafc.org/news-and-insights/news/cassa-depositi-e-prestiti-and-sace-provide-eur250-million-to-africa-finance-corporation" }, { "name": "Africa Finance Corporation (AFC)", "funder_country": "AFC", "role": "concessionaire", "what": "Holds both governments' concessions to finance, build, own and run the new line (September 2024)", "segment": "Zambia–Lobito railway, Luacano to Chingola (new line)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2024, "source": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202608070250.html" }, { "name": "Africa Global Logistics (MSC)", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "CH", "role": "concessionaire", "what": "Concession of the port's multipurpose and container terminal", "segment": "Port of Lobito, container terminal", "amount": 100000000, "currency": "EUR", "year": 2023, "source": "https://maritimafrica.com/en/agl-signs-concession-contract-for-multipurpose-and-container-terminal-at-port-of-lobito-angola/" }, { "name": "European Union (Global Gateway)", "funder_country": "EU", "role": "grant", "what": "Grants and technical assistance across the corridor, under a Team Europe pledge of more than EUR 2 bn", "segment": null, "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2023, "source": "https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/policies/global-gateway/connecting-democratic-republic-congo-zambia-and-angola-global-markets-through-lobito-corridor_en" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/12/03/fact-sheet-partnership-for-global-infrastructure-and-investment-in-the-lobito-trans-africa-corridor", "publisher": "The White House (archived)" }, { "url": "https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/policies/global-gateway/connecting-democratic-republic-congo-zambia-and-angola-global-markets-through-lobito-corridor_en", "publisher": "European Commission" }, { "url": "https://www.africafc.org/news-and-insights/news/afc-achieves-financial-close-on-landmark-us-753-mm-lobito-corridor-railway-project-marking-a-major-milestone-for-regional-integration-and-economic-transformation", "publisher": "AFC" } ] }, { "id": "lapsset", "name": "Lamu Port–South Sudan–Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET)", "short": "LAPSSET", "kind": "multimodal", "countries": [ "KE", "ET", "SS" ], "length_km": null, "length_note": "No single official spine length. The LAPSSET Corridor Development Authority lists highways of 530 km (Lamu–Garissa–Isiolo), 505 km (Isiolo–Moyale–Hawassa) and 700 km (Isiolo–Lokichar–Nadapal–Torit–Juba); Reuters (Aug 2023) put the planned railway network at about 3,000 km.", "cost": { "amount": 22000000000, "currency": "USD", "note": "Approximate cost of the whole programme (port, roads, railway, pipelines, refinery, power plant, airports) as reported by Reuters in Aug 2023. Older estimates differ and there is no current official total.", "source": "https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/kenya-revives-plans-for-138bn-railway-line-to-ethiopia-2023-08-23" }, "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "Lamu's three berths are in service and on 3 Oct 2026 handled the port's largest single-vessel discharge (about 5,200 TEUs). The Garissa–Isiolo road was 64% built in April 2026 and the railway is still at feasibility stage. On 1 Oct 2026 President Ruto said Dangote had agreed to help build a Turkana–Lamu crude pipeline; Kenya's February 2026 oil plan relied on trucks and rail instead.", "status_date": "2026-10", "summary": "A Kenyan-led corridor from a new deep-water port at Lamu through Garissa to Isiolo, branching north to Moyale on the Ethiopian border and north-west through Turkana to Nakodok on the South Sudan border. It bundles a port, highways, a planned standard gauge railway and a planned crude oil pipeline, with airports, resort cities and a refinery site at Lamu.", "strategic": "Kenya pitches LAPSSET as an additional route to the sea for Ethiopia, which relies on Djibouti, and as an export outlet for South Sudan, which ships its oil through Sudan. Its oil case weakened when Uganda chose the Tanzanian EACOP route; China's CCCC built the port and the Lamu–Garissa road, both paid for from Kenya's own budget.", "named_by": [ { "list": "PIDA PAP2 (2021-2030): LAPSSET Railway Project (transport no. 2) and LAPSSET Crude Oil Pipeline (energy no. 3)", "source": "https://www.au-pida.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EN-NEPAD-PIDA-PAP2-Project-Prospectus-Web.pdf" } ], "segments": [ { "name": "Lamu Port, berths 1-3", "mode": "port", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Phase I berths (17.5 m deep) in service; on 3 Oct 2026 the Kenya Ports Authority began its largest single-vessel discharge, about 5,200 TEUs from the 14,500-TEU MV Hamouna.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Lamu Port (Manda Bay)", "lon": 40.88, "lat": -2.18 }, "funded_by": [ "Government of Kenya" ], "source": "https://chimpreports.com/lamu-port-welcomes-giant-vessel-plans-record-5200-container-discharge/" }, { "name": "Lamu–Garissa–Isiolo road", "mode": "road", "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "CCCC holds the KSh 17.9 bn Lamu–Ijara–Garissa contract (2021, due 2023, behind schedule). The roads ministry put the 160 km Garissa–Isiolo section at 64.26% complete in April 2026.", "length_km": 530, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Lamu Port", 40.88, -2.18 ], [ "Ijara", 40.52, -1.6 ], [ "Garissa", 39.65, -0.45 ], [ "Isiolo", 37.58, 0.35 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Government of Kenya" ], "source": "https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/122389-garissa-isiolo-road-under-lapsset-project-64-complete-ministry-says" }, { "name": "Isiolo–Moyale road (Ethiopia link)", "mode": "road", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Upgraded to bitumen in three sections (Merille–Marsabit–Turbi–Moyale) and commissioned by President Kenyatta in July 2017.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Isiolo", 37.58, 0.35 ], [ "Marsabit", 37.99, 2.33 ], [ "Moyale", 39.05, 3.52 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "African Development Bank (AfDB)", "China Exim Bank" ], "source": "https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/africa/kenya-commissions-420m-key-road-in-northern-region-2598208" }, { "name": "Lokichar–Lodwar–Nakodok road (South Sudan link)", "mode": "road", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Lokichar–Lodwar–Nadapal highway built under the World Bank-funded Eastern Africa transport facilitation project; Turkana County was taking over the works in May 2025. The last 11 km Nadapal–Nakodok link was reported stalled in April 2026; the Isiolo–Lokichar link was still being realigned at last report.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Lokichar", 35.65, 2.38 ], [ "Lodwar", 35.6, 3.12 ], [ "Lokichogio", 34.35, 4.2 ], [ "Nakodok", 34.25, 4.42 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "World Bank" ], "source": "https://turkana.go.ke/?p=10968" }, { "name": "LAPSSET railway (Lamu–Isiolo–Moyale/Nakodok)", "mode": "rail", "status": "announced", "status_note": "PIDA PAP2 lists the Kenyan segment at feasibility stage, Ethiopia at pre-feasibility and South Sudan at needs assessment, cost USD 12 bn. Kenya had aimed to start in 2025; no financing or contract is known as of Oct 2026.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Lamu Port", 40.88, -2.18 ], [ "Garissa", 39.65, -0.45 ], [ "Isiolo", 37.58, 0.35 ], [ "Marsabit", 37.99, 2.33 ], [ "Moyale", 39.05, 3.52 ] ] }, "funded_by": [], "source": "https://www.au-pida.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EN-NEPAD-PIDA-PAP2-Project-Prospectus-Web.pdf" }, { "name": "Lokichar–Lamu crude oil pipeline", "mode": "pipeline", "status": "announced", "status_note": "In Feb 2026 the government told Parliament the pipeline is a long-term component not ready for first Turkana oil, which will move by truck and later rail. On 1 Oct 2026 Ruto said Kenya and Dangote agreed to invest in a Turkana–Lamu pipeline; no agreement has been published. The South Sudan–Lokichar segment has no feasibility study.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "gem", "name": "Lamu Port-South Sudan (LAPSSET) Pipeline · South Sudan–Lokichar Oil Pipeline Segment", "note": "GEM's two LAPSSET records carry each other's routes; this one runs Lamu to Lokichar" }, "funded_by": [], "source": "https://www.kbc.co.ke/ruto-kenya-dangote-agree-on-turkana-lamu-oil-pipeline/" } ], "backers": [ { "name": "Government of Kenya", "funder_country": "KE", "role": "sponsor", "what": "Paid for the first three Lamu berths from the national budget; Treasury releases were irregular and slowed works (2019)", "segment": "Lamu Port, berths 1-3", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2019-07-30-dredging-financing-slows-lamu-port-construction" }, { "name": "China Communications Construction Company (CCCC)", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "builder", "what": "Built Lamu berths 1-3 under a USD 478.9 m contract awarded in Aug 2014", "segment": "Lamu Port, berths 1-3", "amount": 478900000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2014, "source": "https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2019-07-30-dredging-financing-slows-lamu-port-construction" }, { "name": "China Communications Construction Company (CCCC)", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "builder", "what": "KeNHA contract for 453 km of roads incl. the 257 km Lamu–Ijara–Garissa road, paid from Kenya's development budget", "segment": "Lamu–Garissa–Isiolo road", "amount": 17900000000, "currency": "KES", "year": 2021, "source": "https://www.constructionkenya.com/9003/lamu-ijara-garissa-road-project/" }, { "name": "African Development Bank (AfDB)", "funder_country": "AfDB", "role": "lender", "what": "Co-financed the USD 420 m Isiolo–Moyale upgrade with China Exim Bank and the Kenyan government", "segment": "Isiolo–Moyale road (Ethiopia link)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/africa/kenya-commissions-420m-key-road-in-northern-region-2598208" }, { "name": "China Exim Bank", "funder_country": "CN", "role": "lender", "what": "Co-financed the USD 420 m Isiolo–Moyale upgrade", "segment": "Isiolo–Moyale road (Ethiopia link)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/africa/kenya-commissions-420m-key-road-in-northern-region-2598208" }, { "name": "World Bank", "funder_country": "WB", "role": "lender", "what": "USD 500 m loan for the Lokichar–Nakodok road under the Eastern Africa transport facilitation programme", "segment": "Lokichar–Lodwar–Nakodok road (South Sudan link)", "amount": 500000000, "currency": "USD", "year": null, "source": "https://map.au-pida.org/projects/show/21510001" }, { "name": "Dangote Group", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "NG", "role": "equity", "what": "Named by President Ruto (Oct 2026) as partner to invest in a Turkana–Lamu crude pipeline feeding its planned Lamu refinery; no terms published", "segment": "Lokichar–Lamu crude oil pipeline", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2026, "source": "https://www.kbc.co.ke/ruto-kenya-dangote-agree-on-turkana-lamu-oil-pipeline/" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.lapsset.go.ke/highways/", "publisher": "LAPSSET Corridor Development Authority" }, { "url": "https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/kenya-revives-plans-for-138bn-railway-line-to-ethiopia-2023-08-23", "publisher": "Reuters via Engineering News" }, { "url": "https://www.fanamc.com/english/lapsset-to-provide-ethiopia-with-additional-access-to-the-sea-kenyas-prime-cabinet-secretary/", "publisher": "Fana Media Corporation" }, { "url": "https://www.parliament.go.ke/node/25140", "publisher": "Parliament of Kenya" }, { "url": "https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2026-10-01-ruto-reveals-crude-sources-for-lamu-refinery", "publisher": "The Star (Kenya)" } ], "region": "east", "deep_dive": "../lapsset/", "deep_dive_label": "40 projects on the LAPSSET page" }, { "id": "northern-corridor-sgr", "name": "Northern Corridor Standard Gauge Railway (Mombasa–Nairobi–Malaba–Kampala–Kigali)", "short": "Northern Corridor SGR", "kind": "rail", "countries": [ "KE", "UG", "RW" ], "length_km": null, "length_note": "Built: Mombasa–Nairobi 472 km and Nairobi–Naivasha 120 km. Planned: Naivasha–Kisumu about 264 km, Kisumu–Malaba about 107 km, Malaba–Kampala 272 km, then on to Kigali (no official total).", "cost": { "amount": 19200000000, "currency": "USD", "note": "PIDA PAP2 cost estimate for the Mombasa–Nairobi–Malaba–Kampala–Kigali line with the Malaba–Nimule–Juba branch.", "source": "https://www.au-pida.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EN-NEPAD-PIDA-PAP2-Project-Prospectus-Web.pdf" }, "status": "operating", "status_note": "Mombasa–Naivasha has run since 2017/2019 and made its first operating profit in FY2025/26 (reported Sept 2026). Kenya declared works on Naivasha–Kisumu–Malaba started on 1 Jul 2026 (CCCC/CRBC), but in Aug 2026 they were still at land acquisition and only KSh 30 bn of the KSh 502.9 bn needed is committed; Uganda's Malaba–Kampala line won IsDB approval in Jun 2026 and targets financial close in Nov 2026.", "status_date": "2026-09", "summary": "A standard gauge railway from the port of Mombasa to Nairobi and Naivasha, built by China and in service, meant to continue via Kisumu to Malaba on the Uganda border, then to Kampala and on to Rwanda. It carries containers and passengers alongside the colonial-era metre-gauge line on East Africa's busiest trade route.", "strategic": "Kenya's line is China's flagship Belt and Road railway in East Africa: China Exim lent about USD 4.9 bn for Mombasa–Naivasha, then declined to fund the next leg, and Kenya converted those loans to yuan in Oct 2025. Uganda dropped its Chinese contractor for Turkey's Yapı Merkezi with Islamic, African and European export credit money, and the EU lists the route as a Global Gateway corridor.", "named_by": [ { "list": "PIDA PAP2 (2021-2030): Construction of SGR Mombasa–Nairobi–Malaba–Kampala–Kigali line with Malaba–Nimule–Juba (transport no. 13)", "source": "https://www.au-pida.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EN-NEPAD-PIDA-PAP2-Project-Prospectus-Web.pdf" }, { "list": "EU Global Gateway strategic corridor 8 (Mombasa–Kisangani)", "source": "https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-10/GG_Factsheet_Africa_Strategic%20Corridors.pdf" } ], "segments": [ { "name": "Mombasa–Nairobi SGR (Phase 1)", "mode": "rail", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Opened 31 May 2017. With the Naivasha leg it hauled a record 8.2 m tonnes in FY2025/26 and posted a KSh 3.2 bn operating profit, its first (Sept 2026).", "length_km": 472, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Mombasa", 39.67, -4.04 ], [ "Voi", 38.56, -3.4 ], [ "Mtito Andei", 38.17, -2.69 ], [ "Emali", 37.47, -2.08 ], [ "Athi River", 36.98, -1.45 ], [ "Nairobi", 36.82, -1.29 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "China Exim Bank" ], "source": "https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/shipping-logistics/sgr-posts-first-operating-profit-since-launch-in-2017-5588484" }, { "name": "Nairobi–Naivasha SGR (Phase 2A)", "mode": "rail", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Opened 16 Oct 2019, ending at the Naivasha inland container depot near Mai Mahiu.", "length_km": 120, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Nairobi", 36.82, -1.29 ], [ "Ngong", 36.66, -1.35 ], [ "Naivasha ICD (Mai Mahiu)", 36.47, -1.02 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "China Exim Bank" ], "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/47025" }, { "name": "Naivasha–Kisumu–Malaba SGR (Phases 2B and 2C)", "mode": "rail", "status": "approved", "status_note": "Contract awarded to CCCC/CRBC; ground broken at Suswa on 19 Mar 2026 and Kenya Railways says works began 1 Jul 2026, but in Aug 2026 they were still at land survey and acquisition stage, with major civil works to follow. About 264 km to Kisumu (plus a port branch) and about 107 km on to Malaba.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Naivasha ICD (Mai Mahiu)", 36.47, -1.02 ], [ "Narok", 35.87, -1.08 ], [ "Bomet", 35.34, -0.78 ], [ "Sotik", 35.12, -0.68 ], [ "Ahero", 34.92, -0.17 ], [ "Kisumu", 34.76, -0.09 ], [ "Yala", 34.53, 0.1 ], [ "Mumias", 34.49, 0.34 ], [ "Malaba", 34.28, 0.64 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Government of Kenya" ], "source": "https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/125794-kenya-railways-explains-why-construction-naivasha-kisumu-sgr-appears-delayed" }, { "name": "Malaba–Kampala SGR (Uganda eastern route)", "mode": "rail", "status": "approved", "status_note": "Yapı Merkezi EPC contract signed Oct 2024; only preliminary works (camps, sleeper factories) under way while financing from Uganda's own funds, Citibank-arranged export credit and multilateral loans is closed. On 16 Jun 2026 army chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba said the contract was cancelled; the Works ministry had not confirmed it.", "length_km": 272, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Malaba", 34.28, 0.64 ], [ "Tororo", 34.18, 0.69 ], [ "Iganga", 33.47, 0.61 ], [ "Jinja", 33.2, 0.44 ], [ "Lugazi", 32.94, 0.37 ], [ "Kampala", 32.58, 0.32 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)", "African Development Bank (AfDB)" ], "source": "https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/confusion-over-sgr-project-as-muhoozi-orders-protests-against-turkish-firm-weeks-after-afdb-funding-boost-5498544" }, { "name": "Kampala–Mirama Hills–Kigali extension", "mode": "rail", "status": "announced", "status_note": "Uganda's western line (Kampala–Bihanga–Kasese–Mpondwe, DRC border) and south-western line (Bihanga–Mirama Hills, Rwanda border) have no contract or financing; the newest detail found dates from Oct 2024.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Kampala", 32.58, 0.32 ], [ "Mbarara", 30.66, -0.61 ], [ "Mirama Hills", 30.45, -1.05 ], [ "Kigali", 30.06, -1.95 ] ] }, "funded_by": [], "source": "https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/inside-uganda-s-sgr-deal-with-turkish-firm-4794406" } ], "backers": [ { "name": "China Exim Bank", "funder_country": "CN", "role": "lender", "what": "Buyer's credit (USD 1.90 bn after revision) and preferential buyer's credit (USD 1.6 bn) signed May 2014 for Mombasa–Nairobi", "segment": "Mombasa–Nairobi SGR (Phase 1)", "amount": 3503404827, "currency": "USD", "year": 2014, "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/37103" }, { "name": "China Exim Bank", "funder_country": "CN", "role": "lender", "what": "Buyer's credit for Nairobi–Naivasha signed Dec 2015, secured on railway levy revenues", "segment": "Nairobi–Naivasha SGR (Phase 2A)", "amount": 1397927373, "currency": "USD", "year": 2015, "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/47025" }, { "name": "China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC)", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "builder", "what": "EPC contractor for Mombasa–Nairobi under two contracts signed in 2012 (civil works; facilities, locomotives and rolling stock); also built Nairobi–Naivasha", "segment": "Mombasa–Nairobi SGR (Phase 1)", "amount": 3804192785, "currency": "USD", "year": 2012, "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/37103" }, { "name": "China Communications Construction Company (CCCC)", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "builder", "what": "Contractor, with its subsidiary CRBC, for Naivasha–Kisumu–Malaba under a KSh 700 bn contract", "segment": "Naivasha–Kisumu–Malaba SGR (Phases 2B and 2C)", "amount": 700000000000, "currency": "KES", "year": 2026, "source": "https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/125794-kenya-railways-explains-why-construction-naivasha-kisumu-sgr-appears-delayed" }, { "name": "Government of Kenya", "funder_country": "KE", "role": "sponsor", "what": "Committed KSh 30 bn from the exchequer against KSh 502.9 bn needed; not a PPP, Panda bond suspended, levy-backed bond stalled", "segment": "Naivasha–Kisumu–Malaba SGR (Phases 2B and 2C)", "amount": 30000000000, "currency": "KES", "year": 2026, "source": "https://www.zawya.com/en/economy/africa/uganda-locks-funds-for-joint-sgr-as-kenya-plan-stalls-ur5u2mrz" }, { "name": "Yapı Merkezi", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "TR", "role": "builder", "what": "EPC contract for the electrified Malaba–Kampala line, incl. stations and rolling stock, signed 14 Oct 2024; replaced China Harbour Engineering", "segment": "Malaba–Kampala SGR (Uganda eastern route)", "amount": 2700000000, "currency": "EUR", "year": 2024, "source": "https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/confusion-over-sgr-project-as-muhoozi-orders-protests-against-turkish-firm-weeks-after-afdb-funding-boost-5498544" }, { "name": "Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)", "funder_country": "IsDB", "role": "lender", "what": "Board approved EUR 650.75 m for the Malaba–Kampala line on 16 Jun 2026", "segment": "Malaba–Kampala SGR (Uganda eastern route)", "amount": 650750000, "currency": "EUR", "year": 2026, "source": "https://www.isdb.org/news/isdb-board-of-executive-directors-approves-us-28-billion-in-major-development-financing-at-2026-isdb-group-annual-meetings-in-baku" }, { "name": "African Development Bank (AfDB)", "funder_country": "AfDB", "role": "lender", "what": "Tentatively allocated USD 650 m under ADF-17 (May 2026), pending appraisal", "segment": "Malaba–Kampala SGR (Uganda eastern route)", "amount": 650000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "source": "https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/confusion-over-sgr-project-as-muhoozi-orders-protests-against-turkish-firm-weeks-after-afdb-funding-boost-5498544" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.au-pida.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EN-NEPAD-PIDA-PAP2-Project-Prospectus-Web.pdf", "publisher": "AUDA-NEPAD (PIDA PAP2 prospectus)" }, { "url": "https://capitalfm.africa/ruto-launches-construction-of-naivasha-kisumu-malaba-sgr-extension/", "publisher": "Capital FM" }, { "url": "https://www.zawya.com/en/economy/africa/uganda-locks-funds-for-joint-sgr-as-kenya-plan-stalls-ur5u2mrz", "publisher": "The EastAfrican via Zawya" }, { "url": "https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/116904-kenya-converts-sgr-loan-china-yuan-cut-interest-amid-global-shift-us-dollar", "publisher": "Kenyans.co.ke" }, { "url": "https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/shipping-logistics/sgr-posts-first-operating-profit-since-launch-in-2017-5588484", "publisher": "Business Daily" } ], "region": "east" }, { "id": "central-corridor-sgr", "name": "Central Corridor Standard Gauge Railway (Dar es Salaam–Mwanza/Kigoma, with Burundi and Rwanda links)", "short": "Central Corridor SGR", "kind": "rail", "countries": [ "TZ", "BI", "RW" ], "length_km": null, "length_note": "Lots 1-2 Dar es Salaam–Makutupora 722 km; Lots 3-4 Makutupora–Isaka about 430 km; Lot 5 Isaka–Mwanza 249 km main line; Tabora–Kigoma 411 km (PIDA) or 506 km (government); Uvinza–Musongati 240 km main line; Isaka–Kigali 532-571 km planned. No official total.", "cost": { "amount": 7500000000, "currency": "USD", "note": "PIDA investment prospectus figure for the whole Central Corridor SGR network (Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, DRC links); press reports in 2026 cite about USD 10 bn for Tanzania's SGR.", "source": "https://au-pida.org/prospectus/project.php?id=60" }, "status": "operating", "status_note": "Dar es Salaam–Dodoma–Makutupora has carried passengers since mid-2024 and freight since June 2025. Lots 3-5 to Mwanza are under construction after Standard Chartered arranged a USD 2.33 bn package (Apr 2026), and President Samia laid the Tabora–Kigoma foundation stone on 20 Jul 2026; in Sept 2026 the Burundi link was still awaiting AfDB financing and the Rwanda link has none.", "status_date": "2026-09", "summary": "An electrified standard gauge railway from the port of Dar es Salaam via Morogoro, Dodoma and Tabora to Mwanza on Lake Victoria, with a branch from Tabora to Kigoma on Lake Tanganyika and links planned to Musongati and Gitega in Burundi and to Kigali in Rwanda. It runs alongside the old metre-gauge Central Line, for freight and passengers.", "strategic": "Tanzania's bid to win the transit trade of Rwanda, Burundi and eastern DRC from Kenya's Northern Corridor. Turkey's Yapı Merkezi builds the trunk with European export credit agencies (Sweden, Italy, Poland) and Standard Chartered, while Chinese state firms build the Mwanza, Kigoma and Burundi lots; the Burundi branch targets Musongati's nickel.", "named_by": [ { "list": "PIDA PAP2 (2021-2030): Construction of Central Corridor SGR Dar es Salaam–Isaka–Mwanza and Isaka–Kigali/Keza–Gitega–Musongati/Tabora–Kigoma/Uvinza–Musongati–Gitega (transport no. 11)", "source": "https://www.au-pida.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EN-NEPAD-PIDA-PAP2-Project-Prospectus-Web.pdf" } ], "segments": [ { "name": "Dar es Salaam–Morogoro–Makutupora (Lots 1-2)", "mode": "rail", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Electric passenger trains since mid-2024 (5.5 m passengers by March 2026); freight services started 27 Jun 2025.", "length_km": 722, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Dar es Salaam", 39.28, -6.82 ], [ "Morogoro", 37.66, -6.82 ], [ "Dodoma", 35.74, -6.17 ], [ "Makutupora", 35.77, -5.98 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Standard Chartered", "EKN and SEK (Sweden)", "SACE (Italy)" ], "source": "https://thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/tanzania-sgr-freight-service-starts-after-successful-trials-5096266" }, { "name": "Makutupora–Tabora–Isaka (Lots 3-4)", "mode": "rail", "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "Built by Yapı Merkezi; USD 1.32 bn of export credit agency loans (signed 2025-26) plus USD 462 m of commercial and DFI loans (2023) confirmed in Standard Chartered's Apr 2026 package.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Makutupora", 35.77, -5.98 ], [ "Manyoni", 34.84, -5.75 ], [ "Tabora", 32.8, -5.02 ], [ "Isaka", 32.93, -3.9 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Standard Chartered", "EKN and SEK (Sweden)", "SACE (Italy)" ], "source": "https://www.sc.com/uk/2026/04/28/standard-chartered-arranges-usd2-33-billion-syndicated-financing/" }, { "name": "Isaka–Mwanza (Lot 5)", "mode": "rail", "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "CCECC and CRCC building 249 km of main line plus 92 km of loops; about 68% complete in early 2026 (Apr 2026 report).", "length_km": 249, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Isaka", 32.93, -3.9 ], [ "Shinyanga", 33.42, -3.66 ], [ "Mwanza", 32.9, -2.52 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Sinosure", "Standard Chartered" ], "source": "https://constructionreviewonline.com/tanzanias-mwanza-isaka-sgr-63-complete/" }, { "name": "Tabora–Kigoma (Lot 6)", "mode": "rail", "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "President Samia laid the foundation stone on 20 Jul 2026; the government says works are over 10% done, cost TZS 7.5 trillion and finish in 2030.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Tabora", 32.8, -5.02 ], [ "Kaliua", 31.8, -5.06 ], [ "Uvinza", 30.39, -5.1 ], [ "Kigoma", 29.63, -4.88 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "African Development Bank (AfDB)" ], "source": "https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/samia-launches-sh7-5-trillion-sgr-lot-linking-tabora-kigoma-5532176" }, { "name": "Uvinza–Musongati–Gitega (Burundi link)", "mode": "rail", "status": "approved", "status_note": "Contract signed Jan 2025 and foundation stone laid 16 Aug 2025, but in Sept 2026 the Burundian side was still in preparatory works, awaiting AfDB authorisation of the next financing. Musongati–Gitega (34 km) is a later extension.", "length_km": 240, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Uvinza", 30.39, -5.1 ], [ "Musongati", 30.1, -3.75 ], [ "Gitega", 29.93, -3.43 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "African Development Bank (AfDB)" ], "source": "https://andikamagazine.net/uvinza-musongati-railway-where-does-burundis-landmark-project-stand/" }, { "name": "Isaka–Kigali (Rwanda link)", "mode": "rail", "status": "announced", "status_note": "Feasibility studies done but no financing closed and no construction as of Apr 2026; estimated about USD 1.8 bn for the Tanzanian and Rwandan sections.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Isaka", 32.93, -3.9 ], [ "Rusumo", 30.78, -2.38 ], [ "Kigali", 30.06, -1.95 ] ] }, "funded_by": [], "source": "https://uchumi360.com/inf/l/isaka-kigali-sgr-most" } ], "backers": [ { "name": "Yapı Merkezi", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "TR", "role": "builder", "what": "Contractor for Lots 3-4 (Makutupora–Isaka) and earlier Lots 1-2 (Dar es Salaam–Makutupora)", "segment": "Makutupora–Tabora–Isaka (Lots 3-4)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://www.sc.com/uk/2026/04/28/standard-chartered-arranges-usd2-33-billion-syndicated-financing/" }, { "name": "Standard Chartered", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "GB", "role": "lender", "what": "Coordinator, arranger and lender of the USD 2.33 bn package for Lots 3-5 (Apr 2026); earlier arranged USD 1.46 bn ECA-led financing for Lots 1-2 (2020)", "segment": null, "amount": 2330000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "source": "https://www.sc.com/uk/2026/04/28/standard-chartered-arranges-usd2-33-billion-syndicated-financing/" }, { "name": "EKN and SEK (Sweden)", "funder_country": "SE", "role": "guarantor", "what": "Swedish export credit agency EKN and lender SEK are fronting ECAs, with Poland's KUKE and Italy's SACE, for USD 1.32 bn of ECA loans to Lots 3-4; EKN also backed Lots 1-2", "segment": "Makutupora–Tabora–Isaka (Lots 3-4)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2026, "source": "https://www.sc.com/uk/2026/04/28/standard-chartered-arranges-usd2-33-billion-syndicated-financing/" }, { "name": "SACE (Italy)", "funder_country": "IT", "role": "guarantor", "what": "Fronting export credit agency for the Lots 3-4 ECA loans after backing Lots 1-2", "segment": "Makutupora–Tabora–Isaka (Lots 3-4)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2026, "source": "https://www.sc.com/uk/2026/04/28/standard-chartered-arranges-usd2-33-billion-syndicated-financing/" }, { "name": "Sinosure", "funder_country": "CN", "role": "guarantor", "what": "China's export credit insurer covers a USD 559 m facility for Lot 5, drawn in 2025", "segment": "Isaka–Mwanza (Lot 5)", "amount": 559000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "source": "https://www.sc.com/uk/2026/04/28/standard-chartered-arranges-usd2-33-billion-syndicated-financing/" }, { "name": "CCECC and CRCC joint venture", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "builder", "what": "Builds Lot 5 (Isaka–Mwanza) and holds the USD 2.21 bn Tabora–Kigoma contract signed Dec 2022", "segment": "Tabora–Kigoma (Lot 6)", "amount": 2210000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2022, "source": "https://www.railjournal.com/freight/tanzania-signs-us-2-21bn-contract-for-tabora-kigoma-sgr/" }, { "name": "African Development Bank (AfDB)", "funder_country": "AfDB", "role": "lender", "what": "Approved USD 696.41 m in Dec 2023 (USD 597.79 m loans and guarantees to Tanzania, USD 98.62 m grants to Burundi) for Tabora–Kigoma and Uvinza–Musongati, and aims to mobilise up to USD 3.2 bn more", "segment": "Tabora–Kigoma (Lot 6)", "amount": 696410000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2023, "source": "https://thechanzo.com/2023/12/13/afdb-approves-over-600m-for-650-kilometre-tanzania-burundi-rail-infrastructure/" }, { "name": "China Railway Engineering Group (CREC)", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "builder", "what": "With China Railway Engineering Design & Consulting Group, holds the USD 2.15 bn Uvinza–Musongati contract signed Jan 2025", "segment": "Uvinza–Musongati–Gitega (Burundi link)", "amount": 2150000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "source": "https://www.railwaygazette.com/infrastructure/construction-of-tanzania-burundi-railway-launched-to-strength-friendship-co-operation-and-solidarity/69411.article" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.au-pida.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EN-NEPAD-PIDA-PAP2-Project-Prospectus-Web.pdf", "publisher": "AUDA-NEPAD (PIDA PAP2 prospectus)" }, { "url": "https://www.sc.com/uk/2026/04/28/standard-chartered-arranges-usd2-33-billion-syndicated-financing/", "publisher": "Standard Chartered" }, { "url": "https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/samia-launches-sh7-5-trillion-sgr-lot-linking-tabora-kigoma-5532176", "publisher": "The Citizen (Tanzania)" }, { "url": "https://www.railwaygazette.com/infrastructure/construction-of-tanzania-burundi-railway-launched-to-strength-friendship-co-operation-and-solidarity/69411.article", "publisher": "Railway Gazette International" }, { "url": "https://thechanzo.com/2026/04/27/sweden-turns-from-aid-to-export-finance-in-tanzanias-10bn-sgr-rail-push", "publisher": "The Chanzo" } ], "region": "east" }, { "id": "eacop", "name": "East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)", "short": "EACOP", "kind": "pipeline", "countries": [ "UG", "TZ" ], "length_km": 1443, "length_note": "296 km in Uganda and 1,147 km in Tanzania, from Kabaale (Hoima) to the Chongoleani terminal near Tanga.", "cost": { "amount": 5000000000, "currency": "USD", "note": "Project cost as reported in March 2025; BankTrack cites USD 5.6 bn as of July 2025. Owners provide about USD 2 bn of equity, with USD 2.4-3 bn of debt initially sought.", "source": "https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/eacop-secures-funding-as-uganda-eyes-oil-production-next-year--4980326" }, "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "UNOC put the pipeline at over 90% complete in Sept 2026, with 1,414 of 1,443 km laid and buried. On 11 Oct 2026 Ugandan officials said it will be ready to take crude by mid-December 2026, but first commercial oil slipped to before end-June 2027, blamed on delayed equipment shipments from the Middle East.", "status_date": "2026-10", "summary": "A buried, heated 24-inch crude oil pipeline from the Lake Albert oil fields (Tilenga and Kingfisher) in western Uganda to a marine storage terminal and jetty at Chongoleani near Tanga, Tanzania. Capacity is up to 246,000 barrels a day.", "strategic": "EACOP is landlocked Uganda's export route for its first oil, chosen over a route through Kenya to Lamu. Western banks and insurers have refused to fund it under climate pressure, so debt has come from African and Islamic lenders, Chinese lenders have been reported but not confirmed, and TotalEnergies and CNOOC carry most of the cost.", "named_by": [], "segments": [ { "name": "EACOP main pipeline, Kabaale (Hoima)–Chongoleani (Tanga)", "mode": "pipeline", "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "Over 90% complete (UNOC, Sept 2026); ready to receive crude by mid-December 2026, first commercial oil now before end-June 2027 (Oct 2026).", "length_km": 1443, "geometry": { "type": "gem", "name": "East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)" }, "funded_by": [ "TotalEnergies", "CNOOC", "Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC)", "Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC)", "Afreximbank", "Standard Bank", "Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD)" ], "source": "https://energy-news-network.com/industry-news/eacop-pipeline-to-take-crude-by-december-as-first-oil-moves-to-2027/" }, { "name": "Chongoleani marine storage terminal and jetty, Tanga", "mode": "port", "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "Jetty 88.1% complete in April 2026; marine loading arms installed.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Chongoleani, Tanga", "lon": 39.05, "lat": -5.0 }, "funded_by": [ "TotalEnergies", "CNOOC", "Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC)", "Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC)" ], "source": "https://www.tanzaniainvest.com/energy/eacop-construction-update-april-2026" } ], "backers": [ { "name": "TotalEnergies", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "FR", "role": "equity", "what": "62% shareholder of EACOP Ltd", "segment": null, "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://www.eacop.com/publication/press-release-eacop-ltd-announces-the-closing-of-the-first-financing-tranche-for-the-east-african-crude-oil-pipeline-project/" }, { "name": "CNOOC", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "equity", "what": "8% shareholder of EACOP Ltd", "segment": null, "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://www.eacop.com/publication/press-release-eacop-ltd-announces-the-closing-of-the-first-financing-tranche-for-the-east-african-crude-oil-pipeline-project/" }, { "name": "Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC)", "funder_country": "UG", "nationality": "UG", "role": "equity", "what": "15% shareholder of EACOP Ltd", "segment": null, "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://www.eacop.com/publication/press-release-eacop-ltd-announces-the-closing-of-the-first-financing-tranche-for-the-east-african-crude-oil-pipeline-project/" }, { "name": "Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC)", "funder_country": "TZ", "nationality": "TZ", "role": "equity", "what": "15% shareholder of EACOP Ltd", "segment": null, "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://www.eacop.com/publication/press-release-eacop-ltd-announces-the-closing-of-the-first-financing-tranche-for-the-east-african-crude-oil-pipeline-project/" }, { "name": "Afreximbank", "funder_country": "Afreximbank", "role": "lender", "what": "Member of the syndicate (listed first by EACOP Ltd, with Standard Bank, Stanbic Bank Uganda, KCB Bank Uganda and ICD) that closed the first debt tranche in March 2025, reported at USD 755 m", "segment": "EACOP main pipeline, Kabaale (Hoima)–Chongoleani (Tanga)", "amount": 755000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "source": "https://www.banktrack.org/download/eacop_finance_risk_update_6" }, { "name": "Standard Bank", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "ZA", "role": "lender", "what": "Standard Bank of South Africa and its subsidiary Stanbic Bank Uganda lend in the first tranche syndicate (March 2025)", "segment": "EACOP main pipeline, Kabaale (Hoima)–Chongoleani (Tanga)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2025, "source": "https://www.eacop.com/publication/press-release-eacop-ltd-announces-the-closing-of-the-first-financing-tranche-for-the-east-african-crude-oil-pipeline-project/" }, { "name": "Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD)", "funder_country": "IsDB", "nationality": "SA", "role": "lender", "what": "IsDB Group's private-sector arm, lender in the first tranche syndicate (March 2025)", "segment": "EACOP main pipeline, Kabaale (Hoima)–Chongoleani (Tanga)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2025, "source": "https://www.eacop.com/publication/press-release-eacop-ltd-announces-the-closing-of-the-first-financing-tranche-for-the-east-african-crude-oil-pipeline-project/" }, { "name": "China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering (CPP)", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "builder", "what": "Tier-one contractor for the pipeline, feeder line and above-ground installations in Uganda and Tanzania", "segment": "EACOP main pipeline, Kabaale (Hoima)–Chongoleani (Tanga)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://www.eacop.com/media/2022/09/Local-Content-Regional-Engagement-Workshop-March-2022-3.pdf" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.eacop.com/publication/press-release-eacop-ltd-announces-the-closing-of-the-first-financing-tranche-for-the-east-african-crude-oil-pipeline-project/", "publisher": "EACOP Ltd" }, { "url": "https://energy-news-network.com/industry-news/eacop-pipeline-to-take-crude-by-december-as-first-oil-moves-to-2027/", "publisher": "Energy News Network" }, { "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202609140165.html", "publisher": "The Independent (Uganda) via AllAfrica" }, { "url": "https://www.banktrack.org/download/eacop_finance_risk_update_6", "publisher": "BankTrack" }, { "url": "https://www.tanzaniainvest.com/energy/eacop-construction-update-april-2026", "publisher": "TanzaniaInvest" } ], "region": "east" }, { "id": "tazara", "name": "TAZARA revitalisation (Tanzania–Zambia Railway, Dar es Salaam–Kapiri Mposhi)", "short": "TAZARA", "kind": "rail", "countries": [ "TZ", "ZM" ], "length_km": 1860, "length_note": "Dar es Salaam to New Kapiri Mposhi, Cape gauge (1,067 mm); 975 km in Tanzania, 885 km in Zambia", "cost": { "amount": 1400000000, "currency": "USD", "note": "CCECC's investment under the 30-year concession: about USD 1.0 bn for track, bridges and workshops and USD 0.4 bn for 32 locomotives and 762 wagons (later reports: about 34 locomotives, 760 wagons, 18 coaches). An April 2026 report values the project at USD 1.24 bn.", "source": "https://tazarasite.com/press-release-ccecc-invest-usd-14-billion-tazara-revitalisation" }, "status": "operating", "status_note": "The line runs at a fraction of capacity while it is rebuilt. The concession with CCECC was signed on 29 Sep 2025 (some reports say Nov 2025) and launched in Lusaka on 20 Nov 2025 with China's Premier Li Qiang. In April 2026 the Chinese side said final designs were almost ready and restated a three-year build; in July 2026 CCECC was mobilising and broke ground on a training centre and control centre in Dar es Salaam. No report yet of main track works.", "status_date": "2026-07", "summary": "A 1,860 km railway built with Chinese finance and technical support in 1970-75, linking Zambia's Copperbelt to the Indian Ocean port of Dar es Salaam. China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) will spend about USD 1.4 bn to rehabilitate track and bridges and buy new rolling stock, then run the line for 30 years. It is meant to lift freight from about 200,000 t to 2.4 Mt a year, mainly Copperbelt minerals for export.", "strategic": "China's flagship corridor in the region: the original line was financed by an interest-free Chinese loan, and the revival was agreed at the 2024 FOCAC summit before Xi Jinping, Samia Suluhu Hassan and Hakainde Hichilema. It is widely reported as Beijing's answer to the US/EU-backed Lobito Corridor, competing for the same Zambian and Congolese copper, with Chinese miners CMOC and Zijin reported to be taking stakes.", "named_by": [ { "list": "FOCAC Beijing Summit 2024 (TAZARA revitalisation MoU signed 4 Sep 2024)", "source": "https://2024focacsummit.mfa.gov.cn/eng/ttxx_3/202409/t20240904_11485041.htm" } ], "segments": [ { "name": "Dar es Salaam–New Kapiri Mposhi main line", "mode": "rail", "status": "operating", "status_note": "In service at low volumes. CCECC holds a 30-year concession signed Sep 2025: about 3 years of rehabilitation (track, bridges, culverts, signalling, power, telecoms) then 27 years of operation. Engineering assessments and designs were under way in April-July 2026; Tanzania's deputy transport minister told parliament in May 2026 the project was under way.", "length_km": 1860, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Dar es Salaam", 39.27, -6.82 ], [ "Kidatu", 36.95, -7.7 ], [ "Makambako", 34.82, -8.85 ], [ "Mbeya", 33.46, -8.9 ], [ "Tunduma", 32.77, -9.3 ], [ "Kasama", 31.18, -10.21 ], [ "Mpika", 31.45, -11.83 ], [ "Serenje", 30.23, -13.23 ], [ "Kapiri Mposhi", 28.68, -13.97 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC)" ], "source": "https://www.railwaygazette.com/infrastructure/china-backed-tazara-revitalisation-officially-launched/70087.article" }, { "name": "TAZARA training centre and operations control centre, Dar es Salaam", "mode": "other", "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "Groundbreaking on 17 July 2026: a 21,800 m2 training centre and a control centre to supervise traffic along the whole line. The Government of China is financing the training centre.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Dar es Salaam", "lon": 39.27, "lat": -6.82 }, "funded_by": [ "Government of China", "China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC)" ], "source": "https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/work-gathers-pace-in-tazara-s-1-4billion-revitalisation-plan-5532020" } ], "backers": [ { "name": "China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC)", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "concessionaire", "what": "State-owned subsidiary of China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC). Invests about USD 1.4 bn to rehabilitate and then operate the line under a 30-year PPP concession signed 29 Sep 2025. An April 2026 report says Zijin Mining, CMOC, Jiayou International and COSCO Shipping would each take 5% of the project company (CCECC 80%), pending Chinese government approval.", "segment": null, "amount": 1400000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "source": "https://www.railwaygazette.com/infrastructure/china-backed-tazara-revitalisation-officially-launched/70087.article" }, { "name": "Government of China", "funder_country": "CN", "role": "sponsor", "what": "Brokered the revival (MoU signed at FOCAC in Sep 2024, launch attended by Premier Li Qiang in Nov 2025) and finances construction of the TAZARA training centre; loan or grant terms not published.", "segment": "TAZARA training centre and operations control centre, Dar es Salaam", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2026, "source": "https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/work-gathers-pace-in-tazara-s-1-4billion-revitalisation-plan-5532020" }, { "name": "Government of Tanzania", "funder_country": "TZ", "role": "owner", "what": "Co-owner of the Tanzania–Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) and co-grantor of the concession. Railways Africa reports a fixed concession fee of USD 15 m a year from CCECC; The Chanzo cites USD 30 m.", "segment": null, "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2025, "source": "https://www.railwaysafrica.com/news/tazara-to-receive-us-15m-a-year-under-ccecc-concession" }, { "name": "Government of Zambia", "funder_country": "ZM", "role": "owner", "what": "Co-owner of TAZARA and co-grantor of the concession (Zambia's government describes it as 31 years); says all TAZARA workers will be kept.", "segment": null, "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2025, "source": "https://diggers.news/local/2025/11/17/tazara-workers-will-be-retained-assures-tayali-as-govt-finalises-31-year-concession/" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.railwaygazette.com/infrastructure/china-backed-tazara-revitalisation-officially-launched/70087.article", "publisher": "Railway Gazette International" }, { "url": "https://tazarasite.com/press-release-ccecc-invest-usd-14-billion-tazara-revitalisation", "publisher": "TAZARA" }, { "url": "https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/work-gathers-pace-in-tazara-s-1-4billion-revitalisation-plan-5532020", "publisher": "The Citizen (Tanzania)" }, { "url": "https://www.ecofinagency.com/news/0704-54444-chinese-miners-back-tazara-upgrade-seen-as-rival-to-u-s-led-lobito-corridor", "publisher": "Ecofin Agency" }, { "url": "https://www.globalconstructionreview.com/chinas-ccecc-to-invest-1-4bn-in-africas-tazara-line-for-30-year-concession/", "publisher": "Global Construction Review" } ], "region": "south" }, { "id": "nacala", "name": "Nacala Logistics Corridor (Moatize–Malawi–Nacala railway and ports)", "short": "Nacala Corridor", "kind": "multimodal", "countries": [ "MZ", "MW", "ZM" ], "length_km": 912, "length_note": "Railway from the Moatize coal mines (Tete) through southern Malawi to the coal terminal at Nacala-a-Velha; the World Bank describes the wider multimodal corridor, into eastern Zambia, as 1,600 km", "cost": { "amount": 6200000000, "currency": "USD", "note": "World Bank estimate (May 2025) of investment in the corridor over the past decade: USD 4.2 bn for the Moatize mine, new and rehabilitated railway and Nacala-a-Velha coal terminal; USD 600 m for Malawi and Mozambique rail branch lines; about USD 1 bn of public road works; plus a USD 350 m Japanese package for Nacala port", "source": "https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099051725111539162/pdf/P510427-c8847e57-5d3a-4a5a-880c-7219c66e11f6.pdf" }, "status": "operating", "status_note": "The railway and ports are in service (about 13.6 Mt of coal in 2023; a monthly record of 1.4 Mt in May 2025). In Dec 2025 Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia and DR Congo signed a ministerial declaration to extend the corridor by about 2,400 km of new railway, and on 24 Apr 2026 Zambia Railways and Nacala Logistics signed an MoU to revive the dormant Chipata–Mchinji link.", "status_date": "2026-04", "summary": "A heavy-haul railway built by Vale and Mitsui from the Moatize coal basin in Mozambique's Tete province, across southern Malawi, to a deep-water coal terminal at Nacala-a-Velha, plus Nacala's general cargo port and Malawi's rail network. It carries mainly coking coal for export (capacity 18 Mt a year), plus fuel and general cargo to and from Malawi. Since April 2022 it is owned and run by Vulcan, part of India's Jindal group, as Nacala Logistics.", "strategic": "Japan's corridor: Japanese lenders financed the railway in 2017 and JICA rebuilt Nacala port, and at TICAD 9 (Aug 2025) Tokyo launched 'Strengthening the Global Supply Chain through Nacala Corridor Development' for Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia, aimed at minerals supply chains. A link to Zambia would give Copperbelt cargo a short route to the Indian Ocean, competing with TAZARA and Lobito.", "named_by": [], "segments": [ { "name": "Moatize–Nacala-a-Velha railway (via Malawi)", "mode": "rail", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Inaugurated by Vale in May 2017 (new line through Malawi plus rebuilt track in Mozambique). About 13.6 Mt of coal moved in 2023; Nacala Logistics reported 1.4 Mt in May 2025 alone. Owned by Vulcan (Jindal) since April 2022.", "length_km": 912, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Moatize", 33.73, -16.12 ], [ "Mwanza (Malawi)", 34.52, -15.6 ], [ "Nkaya", 35.18, -15.07 ], [ "Entre Lagos", 35.6, -14.8 ], [ "Cuamba", 36.54, -14.8 ], [ "Nampula", 39.27, -15.12 ], [ "Nacala-a-Velha", 40.63, -14.55 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Vale", "Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)", "African Development Bank (AfDB)" ], "source": "https://clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambique-over-13-million-tons-of-coal-transported-to-port-of-nacala-via-malawi/" }, { "name": "Nacala-a-Velha coal terminal", "mode": "port", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Deep-water coal export terminal built with the railway; Nacala Logistics gives an annual shipping capacity of 18 Mt.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Nacala-a-Velha", "lon": 40.63, "lat": -14.55 }, "funded_by": [ "Vale", "Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)" ], "source": "https://www.nacalalogistics.com/en/operacoes-portuarias/" }, { "name": "Nacala general cargo and container port", "mode": "port", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Redeveloped with a 2012 Japanese grant and soft-loan package of about USD 350 m (JICA yen loans in 2013 and 2015); delayed by COVID-19, fully operational by 2023.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Nacala", "lon": 40.67, "lat": -14.54 }, "funded_by": [ "Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)" ], "source": "https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099051725111539162/pdf/P510427-c8847e57-5d3a-4a5a-880c-7219c66e11f6.pdf" }, { "name": "Malawi line Nkaya–Lilongwe–Mchinji", "mode": "rail", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Branch upgraded by the corridor's private sponsors (part of USD 600 m spent on branch lines). Fuel trains from Nacala to Lilongwe resumed in July 2024 after 21 years, about 15 m litres a month; first coal train reached Lilongwe the same month.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Nkaya", 35.18, -15.07 ], [ "Balaka", 34.96, -14.98 ], [ "Salima", 34.46, -13.78 ], [ "Lilongwe", 33.79, -13.97 ], [ "Mchinji", 32.88, -13.8 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Vale" ], "source": "https://clubofmozambique.com/news/malawi-nacala-logistics-welcomes-arrival-in-lilongwe-of-first-block-train-of-fuel-from-nacala-port-mozambique/" }, { "name": "Chipata–Mchinji link to Zambia", "mode": "rail", "status": "stalled", "status_note": "Short cross-border line idle for years after flood damage and COVID-19. On 24 Apr 2026 Zambia Railways and Nacala Logistics (CEAR) signed an MoU to rehabilitate and operate it, targeting over 100,000 t a month. A Dec 2025 four-country declaration envisages about 2,400 km of new railway beyond Chipata; a strategic partner was due to be chosen in Q1 2026, not confirmed.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Mchinji", 32.88, -13.8 ], [ "Chipata", 32.65, -13.64 ] ] }, "funded_by": [], "source": "https://zrl.com.zm/zrl-cear-sign-mou-to-operationalise-chipata-mchinji-railway-line/" } ], "backers": [ { "name": "Vulcan Resources (Jindal group)", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "IN", "role": "owner", "what": "Bought the Moatize mine and the Nacala Logistics Corridor (railway, ports, Malawi concession) from Vale for USD 270 m plus a 10-year royalty; deal announced Dec 2021, closed April 2022. Runs it as Nacala Logistics (CDN, CLN, CEAR, VLL).", "segment": null, "amount": 270000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2022, "source": "https://vale.com/w/vale-announces-the-sale-of-its-coal-assets-1" }, { "name": "Vale", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "BR", "role": "owner", "what": "Built and owned the corridor with Mitsui; bought out Mitsui and prepaid about USD 2.5 bn of outstanding project finance in June 2021 before selling to Vulcan.", "segment": null, "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2021, "source": "https://saladeimprensa.vale.com/w/vale-informs-on-prepayment-of-nacala-logistics-corridor-project-finance-and-conclusion-of-the-acquisition-of-mitsui-s-stake" }, { "name": "Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC)", "funder_country": "JP", "role": "lender", "what": "Lent USD 1.03 bn of a USD 2.73 bn project financing signed Nov 2017 (with commercial banks covered by NEXI and South Africa's ECIC); repaid early by Vale in June 2021.", "segment": "Moatize–Nacala-a-Velha railway (via Malawi)", "amount": 1030000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2017, "source": "https://www.jbic.go.jp/en/business-areas/sectors/image/000002633.pdf" }, { "name": "African Development Bank (AfDB)", "funder_country": "AfDB", "role": "lender", "what": "USD 300 m loan in the 2017 project financing; repaid early in June 2021.", "segment": "Moatize–Nacala-a-Velha railway (via Malawi)", "amount": 300000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2017, "source": "https://www.mining-technology.com/news/vale-mitsui-sign-2-73bn-financing-deal-nacala-logistic-corridor-project" }, { "name": "Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)", "funder_country": "JP", "role": "lender", "what": "ODA yen loans to Mozambique for the Nacala Port Development Project: up to JPY 7.889 bn (Phase I, Mar 2013) and JPY 29.235 bn (Phase II, Jun 2015), for dredging, wharf repair, container yard and cranes.", "segment": "Nacala general cargo and container port", "amount": 37124000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2015, "source": "https://www2.jica.go.jp/yen_loan/pdf/en/6550/20150612.pdf" }, { "name": "World Bank (IDA)", "funder_country": "WB", "role": "grant", "what": "USD 123.3 m IDA grant for Transport Corridors for Economic Resilience – Mozambique SOP2 (P510427): about 124 km of feeder roads, climate resilience and road safety along the Nacala corridor; appraised May 2025.", "segment": null, "amount": 123300000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "source": "https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099051725111539162/pdf/P510427-c8847e57-5d3a-4a5a-880c-7219c66e11f6.pdf" }, { "name": "Zambia Railways Limited", "funder_country": "ZM", "role": "owner", "what": "Signed an MoU with Nacala Logistics on 24 Apr 2026 to rehabilitate and operate the Chipata–Mchinji line.", "segment": "Chipata–Mchinji link to Zambia", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2026, "source": "https://zrl.com.zm/zrl-cear-sign-mou-to-operationalise-chipata-mchinji-railway-line/" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099051725111539162/pdf/P510427-c8847e57-5d3a-4a5a-880c-7219c66e11f6.pdf", "publisher": "World Bank" }, { "url": "https://www.jbic.go.jp/en/business-areas/sectors/image/000002633.pdf", "publisher": "JBIC" }, { "url": "https://clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambique-malawi-zambia-and-dr-congo-agree-to-extend-the-nacala-railway-corridor/", "publisher": "Club of Mozambique" }, { "url": "https://idsa.in/publisher/issuebrief/ticad-9-and-the-indian-ocean-prospects-for-india-japan-collaboration", "publisher": "Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses" }, { "url": "https://vale.com/w/vale-announces-the-sale-of-its-coal-assets-1", "publisher": "Vale" } ], "region": "south" }, { "id": "maputo", "name": "Maputo Development Corridor (Gauteng–Mpumalanga–Maputo)", "short": "Maputo Corridor", "kind": "multimodal", "countries": [ "ZA", "MZ", "SZ" ], "length_km": 630, "length_note": "N4 toll route from Pretoria to Maputo; the railway from Pretoria via Komatipoort and Ressano Garcia runs roughly parallel", "cost": null, "status": "operating", "status_note": "In late September 2026 South African and Mozambican border agencies, with the World Bank, were working to clear multi-day truck queues at Lebombo/Ressano Garcia (up to 1,800 trucks a day), with a one-stop border post as the long-term aim. Maputo port handled a record 32.0 Mt in 2025, and in Feb 2026 Mozambique decided to tender the N4 concession that TRAC holds until 2028.", "status_date": "2026-09", "summary": "Road, rail and port corridor from South Africa's industrial heartland (Gauteng and Mpumalanga) to the port of Maputo, via the N4 toll road, the Pretoria–Komatipoort–Ressano Garcia–Maputo railway and the Lebombo/Ressano Garcia border. It carries chrome ore, ferrochrome, coal and magnetite exports from South Africa's north-east, plus containers and citrus. The private corridor body (MCLI) also covers Eswatini.", "strategic": "Bottlenecks in South Africa's Transnet logistics have diverted mining exports to Maputo, which hit record volumes in 2025. The port is run by MPDC, controlled by Dubai's DP World and South Africa's Grindrod with Mozambique's CFM, under a concession extended to 2058. EU Global Gateway lists it within corridor 9 (Maputo–Gaborone–Walvis Bay), which continues west via the Trans-Kalahari road to Namibia.", "named_by": [ { "list": "EU Global Gateway strategic corridor 9 (Maputo–Gaborone–Walvis Bay)", "source": "https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-10/GG_Factsheet_Africa_Strategic%20Corridors.pdf" } ], "segments": [ { "name": "Port of Maputo (MPDC concession)", "mode": "port", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Record 32.0 Mt in 2025 (+3.4%), 11.7 Mt of it by rail (+17%). Concession extended in Feb 2024 from 2033 to 2058, with nearly USD 1.1 bn of investment due by 2033. Under way: DP World container terminal expansion to 530,000 TEU, bulk terminal to 16 Mt, Grindrod's magnetite and coal terminal to 12 Mt.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Maputo", "lon": 32.55, "lat": -25.97 }, "funded_by": [ "DP World", "Grindrod", "Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM)" ], "source": "https://www.grindrod.com/press-release/30215-port-of-maputo-achieves-historic-records-in-volumes-and-strengthens-its-contribution-to-national-development" }, { "name": "Ressano Garcia railway line (Maputo–Ressano Garcia)", "mode": "rail", "status": "operating", "status_note": "88 km CFM line. Doubling from Maputo to Secongene finished Sep 2024; AFD loans and an EU grant (project started July 2025, to 2030) fund doubling of the last single-track section, Movene–Ressano Garcia, a longer yard at the Ressano Garcia dry port and new signalling on the whole line.", "length_km": 88, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Maputo", 32.57, -25.97 ], [ "Moamba", 32.24, -25.6 ], [ "Ressano Garcia", 32.0, -25.44 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Agence française de développement (AFD)", "European Union" ], "source": "https://india.afd.fr/en/projects/modernization-and-capacity-increase-maputo-ressano-garcia-railway" }, { "name": "Pretoria–Komatipoort railway (Transnet)", "mode": "rail", "status": "operating", "status_note": "South African section run by Transnet Freight Rail. In Sep 2024 TFR said it could run at least 21 chrome trains a week to Maputo and that the line was under-used by chrome exporters. No newer Transnet capacity figure found.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Pretoria", 28.19, -25.75 ], [ "eMalahleni", 29.23, -25.87 ], [ "Mbombela", 30.97, -25.47 ], [ "Komatipoort", 31.95, -25.43 ] ] }, "funded_by": [], "source": "https://www.miningweekly.com/article/not-enough-chrome-shipments-to-fill-maputo-corridor-capacity-tfr-says-2024-09-12" }, { "name": "N4 Toll Route (Pretoria–Maputo)", "mode": "road", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Cross-border toll concession held by TRAC since 1997, operating since 2000, ending in 2028. On 17 Feb 2026 Mozambique's cabinet decided to tender for a new concessionaire for its section; TRAC wants to bid. TRAC began rehabilitating 66 km between Ressano Garcia and Tchumene in June 2025.", "length_km": 630, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Pretoria", 28.19, -25.75 ], [ "eMalahleni", 29.23, -25.87 ], [ "Mbombela", 30.97, -25.47 ], [ "Komatipoort", 31.95, -25.43 ], [ "Ressano Garcia", 32.0, -25.44 ], [ "Maputo", 32.57, -25.97 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Trans African Concessions (TRAC)" ], "source": "https://clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambique-to-open-tender-for-new-n4-concessionaire-linking-maputo-and-south-africa/" }, { "name": "Lebombo / Ressano Garcia border post", "mode": "border", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Chronic truck congestion: 1,339-1,734 trucks a day processed on 21-24 Sep 2026, peaks above 1,800. SARS is automating the KM7 truck staging site; a one-stop border post was discussed with the World Bank on 15-17 Sep 2026 but has no start date.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Lebombo", "lon": 31.99, "lat": -25.44 }, "funded_by": [], "source": "https://clubofmozambique.com/news/south-africa-mozambique-move-to-resolve-lebombo-border-congestion-as-truck-volumes-surge/" } ], "backers": [ { "name": "DP World", "funder_country": "AE", "nationality": "AE", "role": "equity", "what": "Dubai state-owned port group; co-owns the Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC) with Grindrod through Portus Indico and is expanding its Maputo container terminal to 530,000 TEU.", "segment": "Port of Maputo (MPDC concession)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2026, "source": "https://www.grindrod.com/press-release/30215-port-of-maputo-achieves-historic-records-in-volumes-and-strengthens-its-contribution-to-national-development" }, { "name": "Grindrod", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "ZA", "role": "equity", "what": "Holds 24.7% of MPDC, whose port concession was extended to 2058 in Feb 2024 with nearly USD 1.1 bn of investment due from MPDC and its shareholders by 2033; also runs the Matola coal and magnetite terminal.", "segment": "Port of Maputo (MPDC concession)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2024, "source": "https://www.grindrod.com/article/384-the-extension-of-the-mpdc-concession-is-official" }, { "name": "Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM)", "funder_country": "MZ", "nationality": "MZ", "role": "owner", "what": "Mozambique's state ports and rail company: state shareholder in MPDC and owner-operator of the Ressano Garcia line, borrowing from AFD for its doubling.", "segment": "Ressano Garcia railway line (Maputo–Ressano Garcia)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2025, "source": "https://india.afd.fr/en/projects/modernization-and-capacity-increase-maputo-ressano-garcia-railway" }, { "name": "Agence française de développement (AFD)", "funder_country": "FR", "role": "lender", "what": "Two non-sovereign loans to CFM, described as USD 133.4 m (the project summary says USD 163.4 m), for doubling Movene–Ressano Garcia and new signalling; project 2025-2030.", "segment": "Ressano Garcia railway line (Maputo–Ressano Garcia)", "amount": 133400000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "source": "https://india.afd.fr/en/projects/modernization-and-capacity-increase-maputo-ressano-garcia-railway" }, { "name": "European Union", "funder_country": "EU", "role": "grant", "what": "EUR 30 m grant alongside the AFD loans for the Ressano Garcia line.", "segment": "Ressano Garcia railway line (Maputo–Ressano Garcia)", "amount": 30000000, "currency": "EUR", "year": 2025, "source": "https://india.afd.fr/en/projects/modernization-and-capacity-increase-maputo-ressano-garcia-railway" }, { "name": "Trans African Concessions (TRAC)", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "ZA", "role": "concessionaire", "what": "30-year build-operate-transfer concession for the N4 signed 1997, capital value ZAR 3 bn, financed 20% equity and 80% debt from mainly South African banks, with debt guaranteed by the two governments; original sponsors Bouygues, Basil Read and Stocks & Stocks.", "segment": "N4 Toll Route (Pretoria–Maputo)", "amount": 3000000000, "currency": "ZAR", "year": 1997, "source": "https://cdn.gihub.org/umbraco/media/3555/n4-toll-route.pdf" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.grindrod.com/press-release/30215-port-of-maputo-achieves-historic-records-in-volumes-and-strengthens-its-contribution-to-national-development", "publisher": "Grindrod / MPDC" }, { "url": "https://cdn.gihub.org/umbraco/media/3555/n4-toll-route.pdf", "publisher": "Global Infrastructure Hub" }, { "url": "https://india.afd.fr/en/projects/modernization-and-capacity-increase-maputo-ressano-garcia-railway", "publisher": "AFD" }, { "url": "https://clubofmozambique.com/news/south-africa-mozambique-move-to-resolve-lebombo-border-congestion-as-truck-volumes-surge/", "publisher": "Club of Mozambique" }, { "url": "https://clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambiques-maputo-port-volumes-hit-record-32-million-metric-tons/", "publisher": "Club of Mozambique (Reuters)" } ], "region": "south" }, { "id": "north-south", "name": "North–South Corridor (Durban–Johannesburg–Beitbridge/Kazungula–Lusaka–Lubumbashi)", "short": "North–South Corridor", "kind": "road", "countries": [ "ZA", "ZW", "BW", "ZM", "CD" ], "length_km": null, "length_note": "No official end-to-end length found. Sections: Beitbridge–Harare 580 km, Harare–Chirundu about 350 km, Lusaka–Ndola 327 km", "cost": null, "status": "operating", "status_note": "Zimbabwe reached financial close on the Chirundu one-stop border post upgrade in early Oct 2026 and CBZ Bank committed USD 100 m to the Harare–Chirundu road in Aug 2026. By mid-July 2026, 550 of 580 km of the Beitbridge–Harare road were upgraded and open; Zambia's Lusaka–Ndola dual carriageway was 78% complete in June 2026.", "status_date": "2026-10", "summary": "One of southern Africa's main road freight routes, from the port of Durban through Johannesburg to the Zambian and Congolese Copperbelt (Kasumbalesa, Lubumbashi). It splits into two branches: through Zimbabwe via the Beitbridge and Chirundu border posts, or through Botswana via the Kazungula Bridge into Zambia. It links South Africa's ports with the Zambia–DRC Copperbelt.", "strategic": "A patchwork of national and donor projects rather than one sponsor: Japan (JICA) and the AfDB paid for Kazungula, South African banks and Afreximbank for Beitbridge, Zimbabwe's own budget for its highway, and a Chinese state-owned consortium builds Zambia's Lusaka–Ndola toll road. Lobito, TAZARA and Nacala are pitched as alternatives to this route and South Africa's congested ports; COMESA, EAC and SADC treat it as a Tripartite trade-facilitation corridor.", "named_by": [ { "list": "EU Global Gateway strategic corridor 10 (Durban–Lusaka)", "source": "https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-10/GG_Factsheet_Africa_Strategic%20Corridors.pdf" } ], "segments": [ { "name": "Beitbridge border post (Zimbabwe side)", "mode": "border", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Rebuilt under a 17.5-year build-operate-transfer concession by the Zimborders consortium (reported cost USD 240-300 m); the new terminal was commissioned in Sep 2022 according to Zimbabwe's Herald. Zimborders says it clears about 500-750 trucks a day.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Beitbridge", "lon": 30.0, "lat": -22.22 }, "funded_by": [ "Zimborders Consortium", "Afreximbank" ], "source": "https://zimborders.com/news/" }, { "name": "Beitbridge–Harare road (A4)", "mode": "road", "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "Rehabilitation and widening by five local contractors: 550.1 of 580 km upgraded and open as of 14 July 2026; the last 31.9 km due by end-2026.", "length_km": 580, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Beitbridge", 30.0, -22.22 ], [ "Masvingo", 30.83, -20.07 ], [ "Chivhu", 30.9, -19.02 ], [ "Harare", 31.05, -17.83 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Government of Zimbabwe" ], "source": "https://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-266325.html" }, { "name": "Harare–Chirundu road (A1)", "mode": "road", "status": "approved", "status_note": "Full rehabilitation estimated at about USD 900 m. CBZ Bank committed USD 100 m in Aug 2026, ring-fenced against road toll revenue; no start date for the main works reported.", "length_km": 356, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Harare", 31.05, -17.83 ], [ "Chinhoyi", 30.2, -17.36 ], [ "Karoi", 29.69, -16.81 ], [ "Makuti", 29.25, -16.3 ], [ "Chirundu", 28.85, -16.03 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "CBZ Bank" ], "source": "https://www.newzimbabwe.com/cbz-bank-commits-us100m-for-harare-chirundu-highway-rehabilitation/" }, { "name": "Chirundu one-stop border post upgrade (Zimbabwe–Zambia)", "mode": "border", "status": "approved", "status_note": "Southern Africa's first one-stop border post (opened 2009). A PPP with the Chirundu Border Consortium to upgrade and run the Zimbabwean side reached financial close in early Oct 2026, with Standard Bank and Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe as lead arrangers; construction yet to start. Zimbabwe's cabinet earlier put the cost at USD 66.8 m.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Chirundu", "lon": 28.85, "lat": -16.03 }, "funded_by": [ "Standard Bank / Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe" ], "source": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202610060096.html" }, { "name": "Kazungula Bridge and one-stop border post (Botswana–Zambia)", "mode": "bridge", "status": "operating", "status_note": "923 m road-rail bridge over the Zambezi replacing a ferry; opened by the presidents of Botswana and Zambia in May 2021. Total cost USD 259.3 m.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Kazungula", "lon": 25.27, "lat": -17.79 }, "funded_by": [ "Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)", "African Development Bank (AfDB)" ], "source": "https://infra.global/cross-border-kazungula-bridge-opens/" }, { "name": "Lusaka–Ndola dual carriageway", "mode": "road", "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "327 km toll road PPP signed Feb 2023, works from 2024; 78% complete on the main carriageway in June 2026, with completion expected in 2026 ahead of a 2027 deadline.", "length_km": 327, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Lusaka", 28.28, -15.42 ], [ "Kabwe", 28.45, -14.45 ], [ "Kapiri Mposhi", 28.68, -13.97 ], [ "Ndola", 28.64, -12.97 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Macro Ocean Investment Consortium" ], "source": "https://diggers.news/local/2026/06/22/lusaka-ndola-dual-carriageway-roadworks-reach-78/" } ], "backers": [ { "name": "Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)", "funder_country": "JP", "role": "lender", "what": "ODA loans of up to JPY 8.735 bn to Botswana and JPY 2.877 bn to Zambia (signed Oct 2012) for the Kazungula Bridge, co-financed with the AfDB.", "segment": "Kazungula Bridge and one-stop border post (Botswana–Zambia)", "amount": 11612000000, "currency": "JPY", "year": 2012, "source": "https://www2.jica.go.jp/yen_loan/pdf/en/6248/20121012_03.pdf" }, { "name": "African Development Bank (AfDB)", "funder_country": "AfDB", "role": "lender", "what": "USD 76.5 m loan for the Kazungula Bridge (project approved Dec 2011), alongside JICA, the two governments and the EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund.", "segment": "Kazungula Bridge and one-stop border post (Botswana–Zambia)", "amount": 76500000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2011, "source": "https://infra.global/cross-border-kazungula-bridge-opens/" }, { "name": "Zimborders Consortium", "funder_country": "private", "role": "concessionaire", "what": "Financed, built and runs the modernised Beitbridge border post under a 17.5-year BOT concession; senior debt arranged by Absa, Nedbank, RMB, Standard Bank and Afreximbank, about USD 81 m equity; reported cost USD 240-300 m.", "segment": "Beitbridge border post (Zimbabwe side)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://zimborders.com/news/" }, { "name": "Afreximbank", "funder_country": "Afreximbank", "role": "lender", "what": "Mandated lead arranger, lender and insurer in the Beitbridge border post financing.", "segment": "Beitbridge border post (Zimbabwe side)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://zimborders.com/news/" }, { "name": "Government of Zimbabwe", "funder_country": "ZW", "role": "sponsor", "what": "Funds the Beitbridge–Harare road rehabilitation from its own resources (amount not given); told a SADC ministerial round table in Feb 2025 it had committed substantial resources and planned the 350 km to Chirundu next.", "segment": "Beitbridge–Harare road (A4)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2025, "source": "https://www.sadc.int/latest-news/sadc-ministers-infrastructure-reaffirm-strategic-transportation-infrastructure" }, { "name": "CBZ Bank", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "ZW", "role": "lender", "what": "Committed USD 100 m to the Harare–Chirundu highway in Aug 2026, part of a USD 400 m road loan facility, repaid from road toll collections.", "segment": "Harare–Chirundu road (A1)", "amount": 100000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "source": "https://www.newzimbabwe.com/cbz-bank-commits-us100m-for-harare-chirundu-highway-rehabilitation/" }, { "name": "Standard Bank / Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "ZA", "role": "lender", "what": "Lead arrangers and lenders for the Chirundu border post upgrade PPP (financial close early Oct 2026); amount not disclosed.", "segment": "Chirundu one-stop border post upgrade (Zimbabwe–Zambia)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2026, "source": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202610060096.html" }, { "name": "Macro Ocean Investment Consortium", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "concessionaire", "what": "Chinese state-owned firms AVIC International Project Engineering, Zhenjiang Communications Construction Group and China Railway Seventh Group; 25-year design-finance-build-operate concession (USD 650 m) signed Feb 2023, repaid from tolls. Zambia says no state money or guarantee; one project tracker says Zambian pension funds NAPSA and WCFCB provide finance.", "segment": "Lusaka–Ndola dual carriageway", "amount": 650000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2023, "source": "https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese-consortium-build-us-650-093000541.html" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.sadc.int/latest-news/sadc-ministers-infrastructure-reaffirm-strategic-transportation-infrastructure", "publisher": "SADC" }, { "url": "https://www2.jica.go.jp/yen_loan/pdf/en/6248/20121012_03.pdf", "publisher": "JICA" }, { "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202610060096.html", "publisher": "allAfrica / The Herald" }, { "url": "https://bulawayo24.com/index-id-news-sc-national-byo-266325.html", "publisher": "Bulawayo24" }, { "url": "https://diggers.news/local/2026/06/22/lusaka-ndola-dual-carriageway-roadworks-reach-78/", "publisher": "News Diggers" } ], "region": "south" }, { "id": "abidjan-lagos", "name": "Abidjan–Lagos Corridor Highway", "short": "Abidjan–Lagos Highway", "kind": "road", "countries": [ "CI", "GH", "TG", "BJ", "NG" ], "length_km": 1028, "length_note": "AfDB and PIDA PAP2 prospectus figure, Bingerville (Abidjan) to Lagos; ECOWAS and the PIDA project page cite about 1,080 km. AfDB country split (2024): Côte d'Ivoire 144, Ghana 520, Togo 90, Benin 127, Nigeria 82 km, which sums to 963 km.", "cost": { "amount": 15600000000, "currency": "USD", "note": "Construction cost in the PIDA PAP2 prospectus; the same figure was announced as investment interest at the 2022 Africa Investment Forum. The PIDA PAP2 project page lists capex of USD 7 bn and 2026 ECOWAS coverage cites about USD 15 bn.", "source": "https://au-pida.org/prospectus/project.php?id=46" }, "status": "announced", "status_note": "The board of the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Management Authority (ALCoMA) held its first meeting in Lagos in June 2026, named a chair and admitted the AfDB as a non-voting member and lead arranger; the AfDB is discussing USD 500 m of catalytic capital. Feasibility and structuring work was 'near completion' in February 2026; no construction financing or works contract has been reported, and PIDA schedules the first construction phase for 2027-2030.", "status_date": "2026-06", "summary": "A planned six-lane coastal highway of about 1,028 km from Abidjan through Accra, Lomé and Cotonou to Lagos, with eight border posts. It would upgrade West Africa's busiest trade route, which carries more than 50 million tonnes of freight a year and where trucks can take up to 17 days end to end.", "strategic": "An ECOWAS project with the AfDB as lead arranger and EU grants behind its studies, and the first of the EU's Global Gateway strategic corridors in Africa. It links the coastal economies and the ports that serve landlocked Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger; China built the first finished piece, the Abidjan–Grand-Bassam motorway.", "named_by": [ { "list": "EU Global Gateway strategic corridor 1 (Abidjan–Lagos)", "source": "https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-10/GG_Factsheet_Africa_Strategic%20Corridors.pdf" }, { "list": "PIDA PAP2 (2021-2030): Abidjan-Lagos Corridor Highway", "source": "https://www.au-pida.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EN-NEPAD-PIDA-PAP2-Project-Prospectus-Web.pdf" } ], "segments": [ { "name": "Abidjan–Grand-Bassam motorway", "mode": "road", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Six-lane motorway opened to traffic in September 2015; the PIDA PAP2 prospectus counts it as the first built part of the corridor.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Abidjan", -4.02, 5.32 ], [ "Grand-Bassam", -3.74, 5.21 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "China Exim Bank" ], "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/33663" }, { "name": "Côte d'Ivoire section (Abidjan–Noé)", "mode": "road", "status": "announced", "status_note": "Design studies only; no works contract reported as of June 2026.", "length_km": 144, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Abidjan", -4.02, 5.32 ], [ "Grand-Bassam", -3.74, 5.21 ], [ "Aboisso", -3.21, 5.47 ], [ "Noé", -2.78, 5.29 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "African Development Bank (AfDB)", "European Union" ], "source": "https://constructafrica.com/news/work-to-begin-in-2026-on-abidjan-lagos-highway" }, { "name": "Ghana section (Elubo–Takoradi–Accra–Aflao)", "mode": "road", "status": "announced", "status_note": "Design studies only; no works contract reported as of June 2026.", "length_km": 520, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Elubo", -2.76, 5.29 ], [ "Takoradi", -1.76, 4.9 ], [ "Cape Coast", -1.25, 5.1 ], [ "Accra", -0.19, 5.6 ], [ "Tema", 0.0, 5.67 ], [ "Aflao", 1.19, 6.12 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "African Development Bank (AfDB)", "European Union" ], "source": "https://constructafrica.com/news/work-to-begin-in-2026-on-abidjan-lagos-highway" }, { "name": "Togo and Benin sections (Lomé–Cotonou–Kraké)", "mode": "road", "status": "announced", "status_note": "Design studies only (Togo 90 km, Benin 127 km); no works contract reported as of June 2026.", "length_km": 217, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Lomé", 1.22, 6.13 ], [ "Aného", 1.59, 6.23 ], [ "Hillacondji", 1.66, 6.22 ], [ "Ouidah", 2.09, 6.36 ], [ "Cotonou", 2.42, 6.37 ], [ "Kraké", 2.7, 6.37 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "African Development Bank (AfDB)", "European Union" ], "source": "https://constructafrica.com/news/work-to-begin-in-2026-on-abidjan-lagos-highway" }, { "name": "Nigeria section: Lagos–Badagry–Seme expressway rebuild", "mode": "road", "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "The federal government is rebuilding Agbara–Badagry (24.3 km) and Badagry–Seme (21.8 km) as a six-lane road, described as part of the ECOWAS Lagos–Abidjan corridor; the first section was due in April 2025 and the stretch was listed for commissioning on 31 May 2025. No later update was found.", "length_km": 46, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Seme", 2.71, 6.38 ], [ "Badagry", 2.88, 6.42 ], [ "Agbara", 3.1, 6.5 ], [ "Lagos", 3.39, 6.45 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Federal Government of Nigeria" ], "source": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2025/02/22/fg-plans-to-complete-reconstruction-of-six-lane-lagos-badagry-roads-first-section-by-april/" } ], "backers": [ { "name": "African Development Bank (AfDB)", "funder_country": "AfDB", "role": "lender", "what": "Mandated lead arranger for the highway's financing (with EBID); has put about USD 25 m into technical assistance and preparation, and in June 2026 was discussing USD 500 m of catalytic capital (not committed).", "segment": null, "amount": 25000000, "currency": "USD", "year": null, "source": "https://www.ecofinagency.com/news-infrastructures/2906-56900-abidjan-lagos-highway-moves-toward-investment-phase-with-new-corridor-authority-in-place" }, { "name": "European Union", "funder_country": "EU", "role": "grant", "what": "EUR 9.1 m grant, channelled through the AfDB, for the feasibility and detailed design studies (2019 agreement; total study package USD 22.7 m).", "segment": null, "amount": 9100000, "currency": "EUR", "year": 2019, "source": "https://guardian.ng/business-services/ecowas-afdb-sign-22-7m-abidjan-lagos-highway-agreement/" }, { "name": "European Union", "funder_country": "EU", "role": "grant", "what": "Reported EUR 45 m commitment at the Abidjan business forum (30 March-1 April 2026), shared between the Abidjan–Lagos and Abidjan–Ouagadougou corridors (Global Gateway support project GGSP-CALAO).", "segment": null, "amount": 45000000, "currency": "EUR", "year": 2026, "source": "https://fr.apanews.net/cote-divoire/afrique-de-louest-45-millions-deuros-de-lue-pour-2-corridors/" }, { "name": "China Exim Bank", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "lender", "what": "USD 114.77 m loan to Côte d'Ivoire for the Abidjan–Grand-Bassam motorway (signed October 2011).", "segment": "Abidjan–Grand-Bassam motorway", "amount": 114770000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2011, "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/33663" }, { "name": "China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC)", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "builder", "what": "Built the Abidjan–Grand-Bassam motorway, completed in June 2015.", "segment": "Abidjan–Grand-Bassam motorway", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2015, "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/33663" }, { "name": "Federal Government of Nigeria", "funder_country": "NG", "role": "sponsor", "what": "Paying for the Agbara–Badagry–Seme rebuild under a NGN 71 bn contract first awarded in 2018 (NGN 50 bn paid by early 2025).", "segment": "Nigeria section: Lagos–Badagry–Seme expressway rebuild", "amount": 71000000000, "currency": "NGN", "year": 2018, "source": "https://leadership.ng/tinubu-to-unveil-lagos-badagry-expressway-in-may-says-umahi/" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.ecofinagency.com/news-infrastructures/2906-56900-abidjan-lagos-highway-moves-toward-investment-phase-with-new-corridor-authority-in-place", "publisher": "Ecofin Agency" }, { "url": "https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/press-releases/abidjan-lagos-highway-megaproject-enters-new-phase-authority-board-meets-and-appoints-chair-94873", "publisher": "African Development Bank" }, { "url": "https://au-pida.org/prospectus/project.php?id=46", "publisher": "AU PIDA" }, { "url": "https://pp2.au-pida.org/approved-project/?entry=398u3", "publisher": "AU PIDA PAP2" } ], "region": "west" }, { "id": "nigeria-morocco-gas", "name": "African Atlantic Gas Pipeline (Nigeria–Morocco Gas Pipeline)", "short": "Nigeria–Morocco Gas", "kind": "pipeline", "countries": [ "NG", "BJ", "TG", "GH", "CI", "LR", "SL", "GN", "GW", "GM", "SN", "MR", "EH", "MA" ], "length_km": 6900, "length_note": "ONHYM's 2026 figure for the hybrid offshore-onshore route through 13 countries; earlier figures range from 5,660 to 7,000 km. The Moroccan section is 2,220 km (1,830 km onshore, 390 km offshore), running from the Mauritanian maritime border through Western Sahara.", "cost": { "amount": 25000000000, "currency": "USD", "note": "Whole-project estimate cited by ONHYM; one 2026 report gives about USD 27 bn.", "source": "https://pgjonline.com/news/2026/april/25-billion-nigeria-morocco-gas-pipeline-agreement-expected-in-2026-official-says" }, "status": "approved", "status_note": "ECOWAS heads of state signed the intergovernmental agreement in Freetown on 19 July 2026; Morocco and Mauritania are to sign separately later in 2026. Feasibility and FEED studies are complete, but no financing is committed and the final investment decision, targeted for Q4 2026, was still pending at end-September 2026; ONHYM expects construction from 2028 and first gas in 2031.", "status_date": "2026-09", "summary": "A planned 48-inch gas pipeline from Nigeria along the Atlantic coast to Morocco, with up to 30 bcm a year of capacity, about half for Morocco and export to Europe through the Maghreb-Europe pipeline and the rest for West African markets. It is to be built in independently financed sections, starting with a northern section bringing Senegal and Mauritania gas to Morocco; a project company in Morocco (ONHYM-NNPC joint venture) and a governing authority in Abuja are still to be set up.", "strategic": "Morocco's rival to Algeria's Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline: both promise Nigerian gas to Europe. The Moroccan section runs through Western Sahara (Dakhla, Boujdour), whose status is disputed, and the UAE has said it will help fund the project.", "named_by": [], "segments": [ { "name": "Main line, Nigeria to Morocco", "mode": "pipeline", "status": "approved", "status_note": "Intergovernmental agreement signed by ECOWAS states on 19 July 2026; FID targeted Q4 2026, first gas 2031.", "length_km": 6900, "geometry": { "type": "gem", "name": "Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline" }, "funded_by": [ "Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)", "Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM)", "OPEC Fund", "Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)" ], "source": "https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2026/west-africas-ecowas-bloc-signs-agreement-backing-nigeria-morocco-atlantic-gas-pipeline-statement-reports" }, { "name": "Moroccan section, Dakhla–Ouazzane (phase 1B)", "mode": "pipeline", "status": "announced", "status_note": "Environmental study published July 2026: 2,220 km with four compressor stations (Boujdour, Tan-Tan, Agadir, Safi) and a link to the Maghreb-Europe pipeline in Ouazzane province; construction (about 2.5 years) to start after the FID. A 2025 plan to start works on a first Nador–Dakhla portion that summer did not materialise.", "length_km": 2220, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Dakhla", -15.94, 23.71 ], [ "Boujdour", -14.49, 26.13 ], [ "Tan-Tan", -11.1, 28.44 ], [ "Agadir", -9.6, 30.42 ], [ "Safi", -9.24, 32.3 ], [ "Ouazzane", -5.58, 34.8 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM)", "Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)" ], "source": "https://kapitalis.com/tunisie/2026/07/15/le-gazoduc-nigeria-maroc-va-entrer-dans-sa-phase-de-construction/" }, { "name": "West African Gas Pipeline (existing, Nigeria–Ghana)", "mode": "pipeline", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Existing line from Nigeria to Ghana; reported plans for the first phase would extend it west to San Pédro in Côte d'Ivoire (sources differ on phase numbering).", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "gem", "name": "West African Gas Pipeline · WAGP" }, "funded_by": [], "source": "https://afrique.le360.ma/economie/la-cedeao-signera-en-decembre-prochain-a-abuja-laccord-pour-la-construction-du-gazoduc-africain_SM5LFM57CBDE7D55V3NNKONO7E/" } ], "backers": [ { "name": "Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)", "funder_country": "NG", "nationality": "NG", "role": "owner", "what": "Co-developer; to be partner with ONHYM in the project company that will lead execution, financing and construction.", "segment": null, "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2026, "source": "https://pgjonline.com/news/2026/april/25-billion-nigeria-morocco-gas-pipeline-agreement-expected-in-2026-official-says" }, { "name": "Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM)", "funder_country": "MA", "nationality": "MA", "role": "owner", "what": "Co-developer and executing agency for the FEED studies; to be partner with NNPC in the project company based in Morocco.", "segment": null, "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2026, "source": "https://pgjonline.com/news/2026/april/25-billion-nigeria-morocco-gas-pipeline-agreement-expected-in-2026-official-says" }, { "name": "OPEC Fund", "funder_country": "OPEC Fund", "role": "lender", "what": "USD 14.3 m loan to Morocco, approved September 2021, co-financing FEED phase II surveys for the North Area (Senegal, Mauritania, Morocco); total study cost USD 90.1 m.", "segment": null, "amount": 14300000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2021, "source": "https://opecfund.org/operations/list/nigeria-morocco-gas-pipeline-nmgp-front-end-engineering-study-feed-phase-ii-project" }, { "name": "Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)", "funder_country": "IsDB", "role": "lender", "what": "Service Ijara financing to ONHYM for FEED-phase work (environmental and social impact assessment, land acquisition study, audit); press reports put IsDB support at USD 15.4 m for Morocco's share and USD 29.7 m for Nigeria's, not confirmed by the bank.", "segment": null, "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://www.isdb.org/project-procurement/node/1614" }, { "name": "United Arab Emirates", "funder_country": "AE", "role": "lender", "what": "Agreed with Morocco to help fund the pipeline through a mix of capital investment, concessional loans and grants; no amount disclosed.", "segment": null, "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://northafricapost.com/73482-uae-backs-morocco-nigeria-pipeline.html" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://msgbcoilgasandpower.com/news/ecowas-approval-puts-msgbc-gas-first-atlantic-pipeline-sequence", "publisher": "MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbcafrica.com/2026/west-africas-ecowas-bloc-signs-agreement-backing-nigeria-morocco-atlantic-gas-pipeline-statement-reports", "publisher": "CNBC Africa (Reuters)" }, { "url": "https://www.moroccomail.fr/2026/09/30/algerie-maroc-niger-nigeria-gazoducs-transaharien/", "publisher": "Maghreb Online" }, { "url": "https://www.maroc.ma/en/news/nigeria-morocco-gas-pipeline-route-now-finalized", "publisher": "Maroc.ma (Government of Morocco)" }, { "url": "https://wsrw.org/en/news/opec-funding-controversial-gas-study", "publisher": "Western Sahara Resource Watch" } ], "region": "west" }, { "id": "trans-saharan-gas", "name": "Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (Nigeria–Niger–Algeria, NIGAL)", "short": "Trans-Saharan Gas", "kind": "pipeline", "countries": [ "NG", "NE", "DZ" ], "length_km": 4128, "length_note": "Warri (Nigeria) to Hassi R'Mel (Algeria): about 1,037 km in Nigeria, 841 km in Niger and 2,310-2,424 km in Algeria, of which 1,210 km is new line to the existing network at Aoulef; the country figures do not sum exactly to the total.", "cost": { "amount": 13000000000, "currency": "USD", "note": "Whole-pipeline estimate cited in 2026; other estimates run from USD 10 bn.", "source": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/06/algeria-begins-work-trans-saharan-gas-pipeline-europe" }, "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "Sonatrach began welding the new 1,210 km Algerian section at Aoulef (Adrar) on 4 June 2026, the day after the three partners adopted an updated feasibility study. Niger said topographic surveys of its 841 km section would start in early October 2026, with works in early 2027 with Sonatrach; the Nigerian section has no date and no final investment decision or financing for the whole line has been announced.", "status_date": "2026-09", "summary": "A planned 30 bcm/yr gas pipeline from Warri in Nigeria's Niger Delta through Niger to Algeria's Hassi R'Mel hub, where gas would join Algeria's network and its export pipelines to Europe. Nigeria's 614 km Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano (AKK) line, phase one of the Trans-Nigeria Gas Pipeline, is the first step on the Nigerian side.", "strategic": "Algeria's rival to the Morocco-backed Atlantic pipeline for Nigerian gas to Europe; it moved after Algiers and Niger's military government repaired relations in 2026. Algeria is building its own section and has said Sonatrach will also finance and build the Niger section.", "named_by": [], "segments": [ { "name": "Algerian section, Niger border–Aoulef (new build)", "mode": "pipeline", "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "First welds made at Aoulef on 4 June 2026; the new line follows the Trans-Saharan Road corridor from the Niger border and ties into the existing network toward Hassi R'Mel.", "length_km": 1210, "geometry": { "type": "gem", "name": "Trans-Sahara Gas Pipeline", "lat": [ 19.4, 33.5 ] }, "funded_by": [ "Sonatrach" ], "source": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/06/algeria-begins-work-trans-saharan-gas-pipeline-europe" }, { "name": "Niger section, with the link south to Kano", "mode": "pipeline", "status": "announced", "status_note": "Topographic surveys announced for early October 2026, works for early 2027. Algeria's president said Sonatrach will finance and build it; Niger-side reporting in September 2026 said financing was not yet published.", "length_km": 841, "geometry": { "type": "gem", "name": "Trans-Sahara Gas Pipeline", "lat": [ 11.9, 19.4 ] }, "funded_by": [ "Sonatrach" ], "source": "https://maghrebemergent.news/fr/gazoduc-transsaharien-le-niger-donne-une-date-pour-son-troncon/" }, { "name": "Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano (AKK) pipeline, Nigeria", "mode": "pipeline", "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "NNPC's July 2026 report (published September) put AKK at 95%, with early gas to Abuja targeted in 2026; main-line welding and the River Niger crossing were finished by December 2025. Earlier targets (2022, Q1 2025, Q1 2026) were missed.", "length_km": 614, "geometry": { "type": "gem", "name": "Trans Nigeria Gas Pipeline · Phase 1: Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano Pipeline (AKK Pipeline)" }, "funded_by": [ "Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)", "Bank of China and ICBC" ], "source": "https://parrotnigeria.com/2026/09/03/ob3-pipeline-ready-for-first-gas-akk-hits-95-nnpc/" } ], "backers": [ { "name": "Sonatrach", "funder_country": "DZ", "nationality": "DZ", "role": "builder", "what": "Algeria's state energy company; building the 1,210 km Algerian section and, per Algeria's president, to finance and build the Niger section. Sonatrach and NNPC are to hold 90% of the project, SONIDEP 10%.", "segment": "Algerian section, Niger border–Aoulef (new build)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2026, "source": "https://www.enerdata.net/publications/daily-energy-news/algeria-begins-building-section-30-bcmyear-trans-saharan-gas-pipeline.html" }, { "name": "Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)", "funder_country": "NG", "nationality": "NG", "role": "owner", "what": "Co-developer of the trunk line and owner of the AKK pipeline; funded AKK works from its own resources while Chinese loan disbursements were delayed (from 2021).", "segment": null, "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://www.naturalgasworld.com/chinese-funds-for-nigerias-akk-pipe-fall-through-press-90377" }, { "name": "SONIDEP", "funder_country": "NE", "nationality": "NE", "role": "owner", "what": "Niger's state oil company; partner in the project with a 10% share.", "segment": "Niger section, with the link south to Kano", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2026, "source": "https://www.enerdata.net/publications/daily-energy-news/algeria-begins-building-section-30-bcmyear-trans-saharan-gas-pipeline.html" }, { "name": "Bank of China and ICBC", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "lender", "what": "USD 2.46 bn syndicated loan to NNPC for AKK (2020), with a Nigerian sovereign guarantee and Sinosure cover; Bank of China reportedly withheld disbursements in 2021.", "segment": "Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano (AKK) pipeline, Nigeria", "amount": 2456944166, "currency": "USD", "year": 2020, "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/67052" }, { "name": "Oilserv", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "NG", "role": "builder", "what": "Led the consortium (with Oando and China First Highway Engineering) building the Ajaokuta–Abuja segment of AKK.", "segment": "Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano (AKK) pipeline, Nigeria", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/67052" }, { "name": "China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering (CPP)", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "builder", "what": "Built the northern part of AKK with Brentex Petroleum Services.", "segment": "Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano (AKK) pipeline, Nigeria", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/67052" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/06/algeria-begins-work-trans-saharan-gas-pipeline-europe", "publisher": "Al-Monitor" }, { "url": "https://www.enerdata.net/publications/daily-energy-news/algeria-begins-building-section-30-bcmyear-trans-saharan-gas-pipeline.html", "publisher": "Enerdata" }, { "url": "https://maghrebemergent.news/fr/gazoduc-transsaharien-le-niger-donne-une-date-pour-son-troncon/", "publisher": "Maghreb Emergent" }, { "url": "https://www.offshore-technology.com/projects/akk-natural-gas-pipeline-project/", "publisher": "Offshore Technology" } ], "region": "west" }, { "id": "niger-benin-pipeline", "name": "Niger–Benin Oil Pipeline (Agadem–Sèmè) and the Cotonou–Niamey corridor", "short": "Niger–Benin Oil Pipeline", "kind": "pipeline", "countries": [ "NE", "BJ" ], "length_km": 1980, "length_note": "AidData figure from the loan record, of which 1,293 km in Niger; press reports cite 1,930-2,000 km.", "cost": { "amount": 1300000000, "currency": "USD", "note": "Niger section only (1,293 km), financed 80:20 debt to equity; no sourced figure for the whole line.", "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/58435" }, "status": "operating", "status_note": "Exporting through the Sèmè offshore terminal since 2024, after a May-August 2024 halt over the Benin-Niger border dispute and a June 2024 rebel attack. On 18 May 2026 Niger and CNPC agreed to cut the transport tariff from USD 27 to 15 a barrel and give Niger a 45% stake in operator WAPCO; in August 2026 Sonatrach and SONIDEP jointly sold a Nigerien cargo loaded at the Benin terminal. The land border, closed by Niger since 2023, was still under talks to reopen in June 2026.", "status_date": "2026-08", "summary": "A crude oil pipeline built by CNPC from the Agadem oilfields in eastern Niger to an offshore loading terminal about 15 km off Sèmè-Kpodji, east of Cotonou, designed for about 90,000-110,000 barrels a day. It is landlocked Niger's export outlet for crude; the parallel Cotonou–Niamey railway, begun by Bolloré, stopped after a 140 km Niamey–Dosso stretch that has never carried traffic.", "strategic": "China's main asset in the Sahel: CNPC built, financed and runs the line through its subsidiary WAPCO, and Niger's oil revenue depends on transit through Benin, a neighbour it fell out with after the July 2023 coup. The route matches the EU's Global Gateway Cotonou–Niamey corridor.", "named_by": [ { "list": "EU Global Gateway strategic corridor 4 (Cotonou–Niamey)", "source": "https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-10/GG_Factsheet_Africa_Strategic%20Corridors.pdf" }, { "list": "PIDA PAP2 (2021-2030): Abidjan–Ouagadougou–Niamey–Cotonou–Lomé Regional Rail Loop (covers the Niamey–Cotonou railway, 1,101 km)", "source": "https://www.au-pida.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EN-NEPAD-PIDA-PAP2-Project-Prospectus-Web.pdf" } ], "segments": [ { "name": "Pipeline, Agadem–Sèmè", "mode": "pipeline", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Niger section completed November 2023; exports running since August 2024 after the 2024 halt; tariff cut agreed May 2026.", "length_km": 1980, "geometry": { "type": "gem", "name": "Niger–Benin Oil Pipeline" }, "funded_by": [ "China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)", "CNPC Finance (HK)" ], "source": "https://www.ecofinagency.com/news/1905-55741-a-billion-dollar-handshake-niger-and-china-settle-a-year-of-oil-tensions" }, { "name": "Sèmè-Kpodji offshore loading terminal", "mode": "port", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Loading crude for export; a Sonatrach-SONIDEP cargo was loaded there in August 2026.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Sèmè-Kpodji offshore terminal", "lon": 2.61, "lat": 6.25 }, "funded_by": [ "China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)" ], "source": "https://maghrebemergent.news/fr/gazoduc-transsaharien-le-niger-donne-une-date-pour-son-troncon/" }, { "name": "Benin–Niger land border (Malanville–Gaya)", "mode": "border", "status": "stalled", "status_note": "Closed by Niger since August 2023; Presidents Wadagni and Tiani agreed on 2 June 2026 to work toward reopening and an expert committee reported on 21 June 2026, with Niamey setting security preconditions. No reopening confirmed since.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Malanville–Gaya", "lon": 3.4, "lat": 11.87 }, "funded_by": [], "source": "https://www.africanews.com/2026/06/18/benin-and-niger-formalise-commitment-to-reopening-shared-border/" }, { "name": "Niamey–Dosso railway (Cotonou–Niamey line)", "mode": "rail", "status": "stalled", "status_note": "About 140 km built by Bolloré and inaugurated in January 2016 but never used for traffic; Benin courts halted the Benin side after a challenge by Petrolin, and Bolloré gave up the rail loop in a July 2022 settlement with Benin and Niger. The track is now badly degraded.", "length_km": 140, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Niamey", 2.11, 13.51 ], [ "Dosso", 3.19, 13.05 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Bolloré" ], "source": "https://www.trtafrika.com/francais/article/13880150?_rt=1" } ], "backers": [ { "name": "China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "owner", "what": "Built and operates the pipeline through its subsidiary West African Oil Pipeline Company (WAPCO); under the May 2026 deal it cut the tariff to USD 15 a barrel and agreed USD 1 bn of upstream investment.", "segment": "Pipeline, Agadem–Sèmè", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2026, "source": "https://www.ecofinagency.com/news/1905-55741-a-billion-dollar-handshake-niger-and-china-settle-a-year-of-oil-tensions" }, { "name": "CNPC Finance (HK)", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "lender", "what": "Loan of about USD 1.04 bn to WAPCo-Niger (then 85% CNPC, 15% Niger) for the Niger section; face value not published.", "segment": "Pipeline, Agadem–Sèmè", "amount": 1040000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2019, "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/58435" }, { "name": "China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering (CPP)", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "builder", "what": "Contractor for the Niger section (with CNPC's planning institute CPPEI); works started September 2019 and ended November 2023.", "segment": "Pipeline, Agadem–Sèmè", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2019, "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/58435" }, { "name": "China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "lender", "what": "USD 400 m advance to Niger's government against future crude sales shipped through the pipeline, signed April 2024 (reported 7% interest, repayable within a year).", "segment": null, "amount": 400000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2024, "source": "https://pgjonline.com/news/2024/april/niger-signs-400-million-crude-oil-deal-with-chinese-firm-cnpc" }, { "name": "Government of Niger", "funder_country": "NE", "role": "equity", "what": "Agreed in May 2026 to take a 45% stake in WAPCO (agreement in principle); Ecofin says the state previously held none, while AidData lists 15% in WAPCo-Niger.", "segment": "Pipeline, Agadem–Sèmè", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2026, "source": "https://www.ecofinagency.com/news/1905-55741-a-billion-dollar-handshake-niger-and-china-settle-a-year-of-oil-tensions" }, { "name": "Bolloré", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "FR", "role": "builder", "what": "Won the Cotonou–Niamey rail contract in 2013 and built the Niamey–Dosso track (2014-2016); withdrew from the rail loop in a July 2022 settlement.", "segment": "Niamey–Dosso railway (Cotonou–Niamey line)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2013, "source": "https://www.trtafrika.com/francais/article/13880150?_rt=1" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/58435", "publisher": "AidData" }, { "url": "https://www.ecofinagency.com/news/1905-55741-a-billion-dollar-handshake-niger-and-china-settle-a-year-of-oil-tensions", "publisher": "Ecofin Agency" }, { "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3263395/after-talks-china-benin-eases-oil-export-ban-against-niger", "publisher": "South China Morning Post" }, { "url": "https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/niger_stops_oil_exports_through_benin_amid_border_feud-17-jun-2024-177117-article/", "publisher": "Rigzone (Bloomberg)" }, { "url": "https://pgjonline.com/news/2024/august/niger-resumes-oil-exports-via-benin-after-suspension-amid-dispute", "publisher": "Pipeline & Gas Journal" } ], "region": "west" }, { "id": "trans-saharan-highway", "name": "Trans-Saharan Highway (Algiers–Lagos)", "short": "Trans-Saharan Highway", "kind": "road", "countries": [ "DZ", "NE", "NG", "TN", "ML", "TD" ], "length_km": 4498, "length_note": "Main Algiers–Lagos axis (AfDB); the full network with branches to Tunisia, Mali and Chad is 9,022 km.", "cost": null, "status": "operating", "status_note": "At its 77th session in Algiers on 8-9 June 2026 the Trans-Saharan Road Liaison Committee (CLRT) said the network is over 90% built and the Algiers–Lagos axis almost complete; the last unpaved stretch of the main axis, PK0–Assamaka on the Niger side of the Algerian border, was in works for completion in 2026. About 400 km remain on the Mali branch and two sections (97 and 85 km) in Chad; in July 2026 EBID approved USD 260 m for a 123 km section in Nigeria.", "status_date": "2026-07", "summary": "A road network first proposed by UNECA in 1962, running from Algiers across the Sahara via Ghardaïa, In Salah, Tamanrasset, Arlit and Agadez to Kano and Lagos, with branches to Tunisia, to Mali and to N'Djamena. A trans-Saharan fibre-optic backbone is being laid along it: Niger finished its 1,031 km in November 2025 and the Algeria–Niger link was launched at Assamaka in October 2026.", "strategic": "Algeria's road to the Sahel: it gives Niger, Mali and Chad access to Algerian ports and the Mediterranean, and Algiers now also builds road sections in Chad. No permanent body has the powers to coordinate it (UNCTAD wants the liaison committee, CLRT, turned into one), and its member states sit in different regional blocs.", "named_by": [ { "list": "PIDA PAP2 (2021-2030): Modernization of the RN01 (Trans-Saharan) between Ghardaia and Tamenrasset", "source": "https://www.au-pida.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EN-NEPAD-PIDA-PAP2-Project-Prospectus-Web.pdf" }, { "list": "PIDA PAP2 (2021-2030): Trans-Saharan Optic Fibre Broadband Project (Lagos–Kongolam, Nigeria–Zinder, Niger–Algiers, Algeria)", "source": "https://www.au-pida.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/EN-NEPAD-PIDA-PAP2-Project-Prospectus-Web.pdf" } ], "segments": [ { "name": "Algeria: Algiers–Tamanrasset–In Guezzam (RN1)", "mode": "road", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Paved to In Guezzam on the Niger border; maintenance and modernisation of 727 km in the far south under way (June 2026). PIDA lists the Ghardaïa–Tamanrasset modernisation (USD 500 m) at structuring stage.", "length_km": 2400, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Algiers", 3.06, 36.75 ], [ "Laghouat", 2.87, 33.8 ], [ "Ghardaïa", 3.67, 32.49 ], [ "El Meniaa", 2.88, 30.58 ], [ "In Salah", 2.47, 27.2 ], [ "Tamanrasset", 5.52, 22.79 ], [ "In Guezzam", 5.77, 19.57 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Government of Algeria" ], "source": "https://algerie-eco.com/2026/06/10/mohamed-ould-mohammedi-la-route-transsaharienne-est-realisee-a-plus-de-90/" }, { "name": "Niger: Assamaka–Arlit", "mode": "road", "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "Arlit–PK125 finished and the second lot in its final phase at 85% overall (August 2025, end-2025 target); in June 2026 the CLRT said the PK0–Assamaka stretch was well advanced and due in 2026.", "length_km": 225, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Assamaka", 5.78, 19.35 ], [ "Arlit", 7.39, 18.74 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "BADEA", "Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED)", "OPEC Fund" ], "source": "https://www.journalduniger.com/route-arlit-assamaka-85-realises-le-niger-bientot-relie-a-lalgerie/" }, { "name": "Niger: Arlit–Agadez–Zinder", "mode": "road", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Paved; the CLRT said in June 2026 that Niger's stretch between the Algerian and Nigerian borders is broadly finished apart from PK0–Assamaka.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Arlit", 7.39, 18.74 ], [ "Agadez", 7.99, 16.97 ], [ "Tanout", 8.88, 14.97 ], [ "Zinder", 8.99, 13.8 ] ] }, "funded_by": [], "source": "https://algerie-eco.com/2026/06/10/mohamed-ould-mohammedi-la-route-transsaharienne-est-realisee-a-plus-de-90/" }, { "name": "Nigeria: (Zinder)–Kano–Kaduna–Abuja–Lagos", "mode": "road", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Paved throughout. The Abuja–Kaduna–Kano dual carriageway is being rebuilt in concrete: first 118 km section finished June 2026, last 164 km due November 2026. EBID approved USD 260 m for a 123 km Trans-Saharan section in Nigeria on 6 July 2026.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Zinder", 8.99, 13.8 ], [ "Kano", 8.52, 12.0 ], [ "Kaduna", 7.44, 10.52 ], [ "Abuja", 7.49, 9.06 ], [ "Lagos", 3.39, 6.45 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID)" ], "source": "https://www.channelstv.com/2026/06/30/fg-completes-first-section-of-n257bn-abuja-kaduna-kano-highway/" }, { "name": "Mali branch: Tamanrasset–Kidal–Gao", "mode": "road", "status": "announced", "status_note": "The biggest gap in the network; the CLRT said in June 2026 that about 400 km remain on the axis toward Bamako and that it is helping Mali look for financing.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Tamanrasset", 5.52, 22.79 ], [ "Kidal", 1.41, 18.44 ], [ "Gao", -0.04, 16.27 ] ] }, "funded_by": [], "source": "https://algerie-eco.com/2026/06/10/mohamed-ould-mohammedi-la-route-transsaharienne-est-realisee-a-plus-de-90/" }, { "name": "Chad branch: Zinder–Nguigmi–N'Djamena", "mode": "road", "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "Long delays on contracts in Chad; Algerian contractors were to start two remaining sections of 97 km and 85 km in June 2026. The World Bank's Chad Connectivity and Integration Project (USD 170 m, 2025) aims to finish Chad's section.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Zinder", 8.99, 13.8 ], [ "Diffa", 12.61, 13.32 ], [ "Nguigmi", 13.11, 14.25 ], [ "N'Djamena", 15.04, 12.13 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "African Development Bank (AfDB)", "World Bank", "Government of Algeria" ], "source": "https://algerie-eco.com/2026/06/11/route-transsaharienne-des-entreprises-algeriennes-lanceront-prochainement-les-travaux-de-realisation-de-deux-troncons-au-tchad/" } ], "backers": [ { "name": "Government of Algeria", "funder_country": "DZ", "role": "sponsor", "what": "Built its section, paved to In Guezzam, and is modernising 727 km in the far south; Algerian public-works firms to build two Chad sections (97 km and 85 km), announced June 2026.", "segment": "Algeria: Algiers–Tamanrasset–In Guezzam (RN1)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2026, "source": "https://algerie-eco.com/2026/06/11/route-transsaharienne-des-entreprises-algeriennes-lanceront-prochainement-les-travaux-de-realisation-de-deux-troncons-au-tchad/" }, { "name": "African Development Bank (AfDB)", "funder_country": "AfDB", "role": "lender", "what": "USD 184.79 m approved December 2013 for 565 km of roads linking the main axis and the Chad branch, the Farié bridge over the Niger and border posts (total project cost USD 586 m).", "segment": null, "amount": 184790000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2013, "source": "https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/afdb-allocates-us-184-79-million-to-multinational-trans-sahara-highway-project-12689" }, { "name": "African Development Fund (AfDB Group)", "funder_country": "AfDB", "role": "lender", "what": "Funded Niger's 1,031 km component of the Trans-Saharan fibre-optic backbone and a data centre (about EUR 43 m with national counterpart funding); provisional handover November 2025.", "segment": null, "amount": 43000000, "currency": "EUR", "year": 2025, "source": "https://www.ecofinagency.com/news-digital/1711-50544-niger-completes-1-031-km-of-fiber-optic-backbone-to-link-with-neighbors" }, { "name": "ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID)", "funder_country": "EBID", "role": "lender", "what": "USD 260 m approved on 6 July 2026 for a 123 km section of the Trans-Saharan Highway in Nigeria.", "segment": "Nigeria: (Zinder)–Kano–Kaduna–Abuja–Lagos", "amount": 260000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "source": "https://www.bidc-ebid.org/en/ebid-approves-over-usd-417-million-in-strategic-investments-to-drive-sustainable-development-and-regional-competitiveness-in-west-africa/" }, { "name": "BADEA", "funder_country": "BADEA", "role": "lender", "what": "Co-financier of the Arlit–Assamaka road with the Kuwait Fund (budget reported at over EUR 326 m in 2025; the OPEC Fund gave about USD 100 m as total cost in 2021).", "segment": "Niger: Assamaka–Arlit", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://www.journalduniger.com/route-arlit-assamaka-85-realises-le-niger-bientot-relie-a-lalgerie/" }, { "name": "Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED)", "funder_country": "KW", "role": "lender", "what": "Co-financier of the Arlit–Assamaka road with BADEA.", "segment": "Niger: Assamaka–Arlit", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://www.journalduniger.com/route-arlit-assamaka-85-realises-le-niger-bientot-relie-a-lalgerie/" }, { "name": "OPEC Fund", "funder_country": "OPEC Fund", "role": "lender", "what": "USD 10 m loan for the 225 km Arlit–Assamaka road, alongside AfDB, BADEA, IsDB, the Kuwait Fund, the Saudi Fund and Niger.", "segment": "Niger: Assamaka–Arlit", "amount": 10000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2021, "source": "https://opecfund.org/news-events/news/trans-sahara-highway" }, { "name": "World Bank", "funder_country": "WB", "role": "grant", "what": "USD 170 m grant for the Chad Connectivity and Integration Project, which aims to complete Chad's section of the road (reported March 2025).", "segment": "Chad branch: Zinder–Nguigmi–N'Djamena", "amount": 170000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2025, "source": "https://constructafrica.com/news/chad-get-us170-million-trans-saharan-road-project" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.ecofinagency.com/news-infrastructures/2906-56907-alger-lagos-trans-saharan-highway-five-things-to-know-about-africas-mega-corridor", "publisher": "Ecofin Agency" }, { "url": "https://algerie-eco.com/2026/06/10/mohamed-ould-mohammedi-la-route-transsaharienne-est-realisee-a-plus-de-90/", "publisher": "Algérie Eco" }, { "url": "https://news.radioalgerie.dz/fr/node/87964", "publisher": "Radio Algérienne" }, { "url": "https://www.ecofinagency.com/news-digital/0610-59497-landlocked-niger-adds-algeria-fiber-route-to-reduce-digital-isolation", "publisher": "Ecofin Agency" } ], "region": "west" }, { "id": "addis-djibouti-railway", "name": "Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway and the Doraleh port complex", "short": "Addis Ababa–Djibouti rail", "kind": "rail", "countries": [ "ET", "DJ" ], "length_km": 752.7, "length_note": "Sebeta (Addis Ababa) to Nagad (Djibouti), as given by CREC and by FS Engineering/Italferr; AidData records give between 750 and 759 km.", "cost": { "amount": 2982553000, "currency": "USD", "note": "China Exim Bank buyer's credits only, both signed in May 2013: USD 2.49 bn to Ethiopia (three tranches covering about 70% of the Ethiopian EPC contracts and rolling stock) and USD 491.8 m to Djibouti for its 100 km section. A total build cost of about USD 4 bn is often quoted, but we found no primary source for it.", "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/70083/" }, "status": "operating", "status_note": "In commercial service since January 2018 and run since May 2024 by the bi-national Ethio-Djibouti Railway (EDR) after the Chinese builders handed over. In February 2026 the two governments agreed to rail-link the Doraleh Multipurpose Port and the HDTL oil terminal by November 2026, and EDR said in July 2026 that the line now carries 50% of Ethiopia's exports and 24% of its imports. Ethiopia announced a debt-treatment resolution with China in April 2026.", "status_date": "2026-07", "summary": "A 752.7 km electrified standard-gauge railway from Sebeta, on the edge of Addis Ababa, to Nagad near the Doraleh port complex in Djibouti, built by CREC and CCECC with China Exim Bank loans. It carries freight and passengers between landlocked Ethiopia and Djibouti, whose ports handle about 90% of Ethiopia's trade.", "strategic": "China's flagship Belt and Road railway in Africa. Both borrowers fell behind on repayments and their loans were rescheduled (Ethiopia 2018, Djibouti 2019-2020); Ethiopia's China debt is now being treated under the G20 Common Framework. Ethiopia's dependence on this one route to Djibouti drives Abiy Ahmed's push for a Red Sea outlet of its own, which he restated when sworn in for a new term on 5 October 2026.", "named_by": [ { "list": "EU Global Gateway strategic corridor 7 (Dar es Salaam–Nairobi–Addis Ababa–Berbera/Djibouti)", "source": "https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-10/GG_Factsheet_Africa_Strategic%20Corridors.pdf" }, { "list": "China Belt and Road Initiative (called a BRI flagship project on China's official BRI portal)", "source": "https://eng.yidaiyilu.gov.cn/p/326733.html" } ], "segments": [ { "name": "Ethiopian section, Sebeta–Adama–Mieso–Dire Dawa–Dewele", "mode": "rail", "status": "operating", "status_note": "CREC built Sebeta–Adama–Mieso and CCECC built Mieso–Dewele; commercial operation began 1 January 2018. EDR had 1,100 wagons and 35 electric locomotives in January 2026 and plans to double both by end-2026.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Sebeta", 38.62, 8.92 ], [ "Addis Ababa (Lebu)", 38.74, 9.03 ], [ "Adama", 39.27, 8.54 ], [ "Mieso", 40.75, 9.24 ], [ "Dire Dawa", 41.86, 9.6 ], [ "Dewele", 42.63, 11.03 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "China Exim Bank", "Government of Ethiopia" ], "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/70083/" }, { "name": "Djibouti section, Dewele/Ali Sabieh–Nagad", "mode": "rail", "status": "operating", "status_note": "About 100 km, financed by a USD 491.8 m China Exim loan to Djibouti (2013); its grace period and maturity were extended under a 2019 MoU and a restructuring signed in September 2020.", "length_km": 100, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Dewele", 42.63, 11.03 ], [ "Ali Sabieh", 42.71, 11.16 ], [ "Nagad", 43.13, 11.51 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "China Exim Bank" ], "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/70083/" }, { "name": "Doraleh Multipurpose Port and Doraleh Container Terminal", "mode": "port", "status": "operating", "status_note": "The Doraleh Multipurpose Port opened in May 2017 and is owned by Port de Djibouti SA (23.5% China Merchants Port Holdings). Djibouti seized the neighbouring Doraleh Container Terminal from DP World in February 2018; the legal fight is unresolved, with awards for DP World and an LCIA ruling against its damages claim reported in September 2025.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Doraleh", "lon": 43.07, "lat": 11.6 }, "funded_by": [ "China Merchants Port Holdings" ], "source": "https://thepeoplesmap.net/project/doraleh-multipurpose-port-phase-i" }, { "name": "Rail links to Doraleh Multipurpose Port and the HDTL oil terminal", "mode": "rail", "status": "approved", "status_note": "Agreed by the Ethio-Djibouti Joint Railway Commission on 17 February 2026 with a November 2026 target. Only the SGTD container terminal is rail-linked today; DMP is reached by a 1.9 km truck shuttle. EDR is to build the ~3 km HDTL link; a 17 km line to Damerjog liquid bulk port is also planned (USD 90 m study estimate).", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Nagad", 43.13, 11.51 ], [ "Doraleh", 43.07, 11.6 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Ethio-Djibouti Railway S.C. (EDR)" ], "source": "https://capitalethiopia.com/2026/02/22/ethiopia-and-djibouti-seal-deal-to-link-strategic-ports-to-railway-by-2026/" } ], "backers": [ { "name": "China Exim Bank", "funder_country": "CN", "role": "lender", "what": "Buyer's credit to Ethiopia in three tranches (Sebeta–Mieso, Mieso–Dewele, rolling stock); maturities extended by 16 years to 2044 in 2018", "segment": "Ethiopian section, Sebeta–Adama–Mieso–Dire Dawa–Dewele", "amount": 2490760000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2013, "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/70083/" }, { "name": "China Exim Bank", "funder_country": "CN", "role": "lender", "what": "Buyer's credit to Djibouti for the 100 km Ali Sabieh–Nagad section; restructured in 2020", "segment": "Djibouti section, Dewele/Ali Sabieh–Nagad", "amount": 491793000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2013, "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/70083/" }, { "name": "China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC)", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "builder", "what": "EPC contractor for the Sebeta–Adama–Mieso section (about 329 km); operated the line with CCECC until May 2024", "segment": "Ethiopian section, Sebeta–Adama–Mieso–Dire Dawa–Dewele", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/70083/" }, { "name": "China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC)", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "builder", "what": "EPC contractor for Mieso–Dewele (about 339 km) and the Djibouti section; now gives EDR technical support", "segment": null, "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/70083/" }, { "name": "Government of Ethiopia", "funder_country": "ET", "role": "sponsor", "what": "Paid about 30% of the Ethiopian section from its own budget", "segment": "Ethiopian section, Sebeta–Adama–Mieso–Dire Dawa–Dewele", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://www.railjournal.com/regions/africa/ethiopia-djibouti-railway-inaugurated/" }, { "name": "Ethio-Djibouti Railway S.C. (EDR)", "funder_country": "ET", "nationality": "ET", "role": "owner", "what": "Bi-national share company of Ethiopia and Djibouti set up in 2017; has run the line since May 2024 and is building the port links", "segment": null, "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2017, "source": "https://edrsc.com/" }, { "name": "China Merchants Port Holdings", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "equity", "what": "Holds 23.5% of Port de Djibouti SA, owner of the Doraleh Multipurpose Port, since December 2012", "segment": "Doraleh Multipurpose Port and Doraleh Container Terminal", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2012, "source": "https://thepeoplesmap.net/project/doraleh-multipurpose-port-phase-i" }, { "name": "China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC)", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "builder", "what": "Turnkey contractor for the USD 590 m Doraleh Multipurpose Port, opened May 2017", "segment": "Doraleh Multipurpose Port and Doraleh Container Terminal", "amount": 590000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2017, "source": "https://eng.yidaiyilu.gov.cn/qwyw/rdxw/14650.htm" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/70083/", "publisher": "AidData" }, { "url": "https://www.crec.cn/zgztywz/cs11/10210606/2025021110100622664/index.html", "publisher": "China Railway Engineering Corporation" }, { "url": "https://capitalethiopia.com/2026/02/22/ethiopia-and-djibouti-seal-deal-to-link-strategic-ports-to-railway-by-2026/", "publisher": "Capital Ethiopia" }, { "url": "https://edrsc.com/ethio-djibouti-railway-achieves-dramatic-export-growth-momentum/", "publisher": "Ethio-Djibouti Railway S.C." }, { "url": "https://www.marketscreener.com/news/ethiopia-says-reaches-resolution-with-china-on-debt-treatment-ce7e51ddd08ef02c", "publisher": "Reuters via MarketScreener" } ], "region": "east" }, { "id": "berbera-corridor", "name": "Berbera Corridor (Berbera port–Hargeisa–Wajaale/Togochale–Ethiopia)", "short": "Berbera Corridor", "kind": "multimodal", "countries": [ "SO", "ET" ], "length_km": null, "length_note": "No official length found; the Berbera–Hargeisa–Wajaale/Togochale road is reported at about 234-250 km.", "cost": { "amount": 442000000, "currency": "USD", "note": "DP World's commitment of up to USD 442 m to develop and expand Berbera port under its 2016 concession; excludes the road upgrades paid by the UAE (ADFD) and the UK.", "source": "https://www.dpworld.com/en/news/dp-world-and-somaliland-open-new-terminal-at-berbera-port-announce-second-phase-expansion-and-break-ground-for-economic-zone" }, "status": "operating", "status_note": "The port's new 500,000 TEU terminal has run since June 2021, but a DP World official said in September 2026 that Berbera works at about 30% of capacity because the expected Ethiopian cargo has not come. Ethiopia's January 2024 MoU with Somaliland has not been implemented, and on 12 January 2026 Somalia's federal government annulled its agreements with the UAE, including on Berbera; Somaliland rejected the move.", "status_date": "2026-09", "summary": "A port-and-road corridor from DP World's Berbera port on the Gulf of Aden through Hargeisa to the Ethiopian border at Wajaale/Togochale, meant to give Ethiopia a second sea outlet besides Djibouti. Berbera lies in Somaliland, a self-declared state that Somalia considers part of its territory and that only Israel recognises (since 26 December 2025); it is coded here as Somalia (SO).", "strategic": "A UAE port play (DP World, with UK development money) that competes with Djibouti for Ethiopian transit trade. It sits at the centre of Horn of Africa rivalries: Ethiopia's January 2024 MoU offered Somaliland recognition in exchange for coastal access, Turkey's Ankara Declaration of December 2024 returned Ethiopia to talks with Somalia on sea access under Somali sovereignty, and Israel's recognition of Somaliland has raised the stakes.", "named_by": [ { "list": "EU Global Gateway strategic corridor 7 (Dar es Salaam–Nairobi–Addis Ababa–Berbera/Djibouti)", "source": "https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-10/GG_Factsheet_Africa_Strategic%20Corridors.pdf" } ], "segments": [ { "name": "Berbera port, new container terminal", "mode": "port", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Phase 1 opened in June 2021: 400 m quay, 17 m draft, capacity raised from 150,000 to 500,000 TEU a year. A phase 2 quay extension to 1,000 m and 2 m TEU was announced as under way in 2021 but is still described as planned in 2026; the port ran at about 30% of capacity in September 2026.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Berbera", "lon": 45.01, "lat": 10.44 }, "funded_by": [ "DP World", "British International Investment (BII)" ], "source": "https://www.dpworld.com/en/news/dp-world-and-somaliland-open-new-terminal-at-berbera-port-announce-second-phase-expansion-and-break-ground-for-economic-zone" }, { "name": "Berbera–Hargeisa–Wajaale road (Berbera Corridor road)", "mode": "road", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Upgrade of the 234 km road began in 2019, funded by the UAE and the UK; it was 85% complete in December 2021 with completion planned for end-2022. The first bridge opened in March 2022. We found no dated confirmation that the last section to Wajaale was finished.", "length_km": 234, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Berbera", 45.01, 10.44 ], [ "Hargeisa", 44.06, 9.56 ], [ "Wajaale/Togochale", 43.34, 9.61 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD)", "UK government (DFID, now FCDO)" ], "source": "https://www.thereporterethiopia.com/12370/" }, { "name": "Hargeisa bypass", "mode": "road", "status": "operating", "status_note": "22.5 km two-lane bypass that takes corridor trucks around Hargeisa; completed in 2023 with UK funding through TradeMark Africa.", "length_km": 22.5, "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Hargeisa", "lon": 44.06, "lat": 9.56 }, "funded_by": [ "UK government (DFID, now FCDO)" ], "source": "https://trademarkafrica.com/projects/hargeisa-bypass-road-construction/" }, { "name": "Ethiopian side, Togochale–Jigjiga–Dire Dawa–Addis Ababa", "mode": "road", "status": "announced", "status_note": "DP World and Ethiopia's transport ministry signed an MoU in May 2021 to develop the Ethiopian side, with up to USD 1 bn of logistics investment envisaged over 10 years. We found no works under it; the roads exist, but Ethiopian cargo via Berbera is still small (September 2026).", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Togochale", 43.34, 9.61 ], [ "Jigjiga", 42.8, 9.35 ], [ "Harar", 42.12, 9.31 ], [ "Dire Dawa", 41.86, 9.6 ], [ "Addis Ababa", 38.74, 9.03 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "DP World" ], "source": "https://dpworld.com/somaliland/news/ministry-of-transport-of-ethiopia--dp-world-sign-mou" } ], "backers": [ { "name": "DP World", "funder_country": "AE", "nationality": "AE", "role": "concessionaire", "what": "30-year concession (with automatic 10-year extension) from 2016 to run and expand Berbera port; committed up to USD 442 m. Reported stakes have varied (65% in 2016; 51% with Somaliland 30% and Ethiopia 19% under a 2018 deal); the current split is unconfirmed", "segment": "Berbera port, new container terminal", "amount": 442000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2016, "source": "https://maritime-executive.com/article/dp-world-wins-somaliland-concession" }, { "name": "Government of Somaliland", "funder_country": "SO", "role": "equity", "what": "Joint-venture partner of DP World in the Berbera port; Somaliland is not recognised by Somalia", "segment": "Berbera port, new container terminal", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2016, "source": "https://maritime-executive.com/article/dp-world-wins-somaliland-concession" }, { "name": "British International Investment (BII)", "funder_country": "GB", "nationality": "GB", "role": "equity", "what": "UK development finance institution; minority investor in Berbera port through its partnership with DP World, and investment partner in the Berbera Economic Zone opened in 2023", "segment": "Berbera port, new container terminal", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2022, "source": "https://www.bii.co.uk/en/news-insight/news/british-international-investment-supports-inauguration-of-berbera-economic-zone/" }, { "name": "Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD)", "funder_country": "AE", "role": "grant", "what": "Manages a AED 330.5 m (USD 89.9 m) UAE grant to Somaliland from 2017, of which the Berbera–Hargeisa road project costs AED 262 m (USD 71.4 m)", "segment": "Berbera–Hargeisa–Wajaale road (Berbera Corridor road)", "amount": 262000000, "currency": "AED", "year": 2017, "source": "https://www.adfd.ae/en/media-center/news/somaliland-president-inaugurates-major-bridge-on-berbera-hargeisa-corridor" }, { "name": "UK government (DFID, now FCDO)", "funder_country": "GB", "role": "grant", "what": "Co-funded the Berbera Corridor road upgrade and paid for the Hargeisa bypass (reported as GBP 33 m or USD 23 m) through TradeMark Africa", "segment": "Hargeisa bypass", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://trademarkafrica.com/projects/hargeisa-bypass-road-construction/" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.dpworld.com/en/news/dp-world-and-somaliland-open-new-terminal-at-berbera-port-announce-second-phase-expansion-and-break-ground-for-economic-zone", "publisher": "DP World" }, { "url": "https://somaliatoday.com/news/berbera-port-operating-at-30-of-capacity-dp-world-official-says-2026-09-22/", "publisher": "Somalia Today (citing Middle East Eye)" }, { "url": "https://mfa.gov.tr/etiyopya-federal-demokratik-cumhuriyeti-ve-somali-federal-cumhuriyeti-nin-ankara-bildirisi.en.mfa", "publisher": "Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye (Ankara Declaration)" }, { "url": "https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/after-israels-recognition-of-somaliland-what-comes-next/", "publisher": "Atlantic Council" }, { "url": "https://www.adfd.ae/en/media-center/news/somaliland-president-inaugurates-major-bridge-on-berbera-hargeisa-corridor", "publisher": "Abu Dhabi Fund for Development" } ], "region": "east" }, { "id": "simandou-transguinean", "name": "Simandou Trans-Guinean Railway and Morebaya ports", "short": "Simandou Trans-Guinean rail", "kind": "rail", "countries": [ "GN" ], "length_km": 536, "length_note": "Dual-track main line built by WCS (Rio Tinto, July 2024). With the ~70 km SimFer spur and ~16 km WCS spur the system is 'more than 600 km'; other reports give 600-670 km.", "cost": { "amount": 6500000000, "currency": "USD", "note": "SimFer's funding of the rail and port infrastructure only: USD 3.5 bn for its own 70 km spur and transhipment port plus USD 3.0 bn toward the WCS-built main line, WCS spur and barge port (SimFer funds 34% of the WCS scope during construction). WCS's own spending is not published. SimFer's whole project, mine included, is USD 11.6 bn.", "source": "https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/rio-tinto--rio/conditions-on-simandou-investment-now-satisfied/8312566" }, "status": "operating", "status_note": "First ore left Morebaya in December 2025 after a start-of-operations ceremony on 11 November 2025. Rio Tinto says full rail commissioning was reached in Q1 2026, 2.2 Mt was shipped to China in H1 2026 (2026 guidance 5-10 Mt) and its own port was 85% complete in July 2026. The line carries only iron ore so far: it is designed as multi-user, and the operator CTG began building 10 passenger and freight stations in April 2026 for service by end-2026.", "status_date": "2026-09", "summary": "A heavy-haul railway across Guinea from the Simandou iron ore range in the south-east (WCS blocks 1-2 near Kérouané, Rio Tinto SimFer blocks 3-4 in Beyla prefecture) to two new export ports at Morebaya in Forécariah prefecture. It is built to carry up to 120 Mt a year of iron ore and is meant to add passenger and general freight trains.", "strategic": "Opens one of the world's largest high-grade iron ore deposits, with the ore going mainly to China; Chinese state and private firms (Baowu, Chinalco, Winning, Weiqiao) hold most of the project alongside Rio Tinto. Guinea's state holds 15% of the rail and port company and takes full ownership after 35 years of operation.", "named_by": [], "segments": [ { "name": "Trans-Guinean main line, Morebaya–Kérouané", "mode": "rail", "status": "operating", "status_note": "536 km dual-track line built by WCS, with tunnels in Kindia (11.8 km) and Mamou (8.95 km) prefectures; full rail commissioning achieved in Q1 2026. Owned and operated by the Compagnie du TransGuinéen (CTG).", "length_km": 536, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Morebaya", -13.39, 9.45 ], [ "Forécariah", -13.09, 9.43 ], [ "Kassa", -12.79, 9.98 ], [ "Ouré-Kaba", -11.66, 10.14 ], [ "Faranah", -10.74, 10.04 ], [ "Nialinko", -9.75, 9.69 ], [ "Kérouané", -9.01, 9.27 ], [ "Féredou (WCS mine, blocks 1-2)", -9.01, 9.12 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS)", "Rio Tinto SimFer" ], "source": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000863064/000086306426000035/ex991results.htm" }, { "name": "SimFer spur to Simandou blocks 3-4", "mode": "rail", "status": "operating", "status_note": "About 70 km spur (72 km per Guinéenews) built by China Railway Construction Corporation; main structure finished in September 2025, and SimFer ore is now railed along it to the main line.", "length_km": 70, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Simandou blocks 3-4 (SimFer mine)", -8.84, 8.6 ], [ "Féredou (main line)", -9.01, 9.12 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Rio Tinto SimFer" ], "source": "https://guineenews.org/2025/09/28/projet-simandou-une-importante-etape-franchie-crcc/" }, { "name": "WCS barge port, Morebaya", "mode": "port", "status": "operating", "status_note": "60 Mt/yr barge port; the first shipment left in December 2025, and SimFer ore is shipped through it until SimFer's own port is finished.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Morebaya", "lon": -13.39, "lat": 9.45 }, "funded_by": [ "Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS)", "Rio Tinto SimFer" ], "source": "https://www.riotinto.com/en/operations/africa/simandou" }, { "name": "SimFer transhipment-vessel port, Morebaya", "mode": "port", "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "60 Mt/yr transhipment-vessel port, 85% complete in July 2026, with commissioning of key infrastructure targeted through 2026.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Morebaya", "lon": -13.39, "lat": 9.45 }, "funded_by": [ "Rio Tinto SimFer" ], "source": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000863064/000086306426000035/ex991results.htm" } ], "backers": [ { "name": "Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS)", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "SG", "role": "builder", "what": "Developer of blocks 1-2; built the 536 km main line, its 16 km spur and the barge port. Owned 51% by Winning International Group and Weiqiao Aluminium (China Hongqiao Group) and 49% by China Baowu", "segment": "Trans-Guinean main line, Morebaya–Kérouané", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://www.riotinto.com/en/news/releases/2025/simandou-partners-celebrate-start-of-operations" }, { "name": "Rio Tinto SimFer", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "GB", "role": "equity", "what": "Rio Tinto holds 53% of Simfer Jersey (owner of 85% of Simfer SA) and manages SimFer, which builds the 70 km spur and its own port and holds 42.5% of CTG; Rio Tinto's share of SimFer's USD 11.6 bn capital need", "segment": null, "amount": 6200000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2024, "source": "https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/rio-tinto--rio/conditions-on-simandou-investment-now-satisfied/8312566" }, { "name": "China Baowu Steel Group", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "equity", "what": "Holds 49% of WCS and 20% of Chalco Iron Ore Holdings, Rio Tinto's partner in SimFer", "segment": null, "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://www.riotinto.com/en/news/releases/2025/simandou-partners-celebrate-start-of-operations" }, { "name": "Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco)", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "equity", "what": "Leads Chalco Iron Ore Holdings (75%; with Baowu, CRCC and CHEC), which owns 47% of Simfer Jersey; CIOH paid about USD 985 m in June-July 2024 toward SimFer spending", "segment": null, "amount": 985000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2024, "source": "https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/rio-tinto--rio/conditions-on-simandou-investment-now-satisfied/8312566" }, { "name": "Government of Guinea", "funder_country": "GN", "role": "equity", "what": "Holds 15% of the Compagnie du TransGuinéen (free carry) and 15% of Simfer SA; ownership of the rail and port passes to the state after a 35-year operations period", "segment": null, "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/rio-tinto--rio/conditions-on-simandou-investment-now-satisfied/8312566" }, { "name": "China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC)", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "builder", "what": "Built the SimFer spur", "segment": "SimFer spur to Simandou blocks 3-4", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2025, "source": "https://guineenews.org/2025/09/28/projet-simandou-une-importante-etape-franchie-crcc/" }, { "name": "Wabtec", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "US", "role": "builder", "what": "Supplies locomotives to SimFer and WCS and signed a locomotive maintenance contract worth over USD 700 m with CTG in September 2026 (about USD 1.2 bn of contracts since 2024)", "segment": "Trans-Guinean main line, Morebaya–Kérouané", "amount": 700000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2026, "source": "https://www.ecofinagency.com/news-infrastructures/2309-59179-wabtec-lands-700-million-plus-deal-to-maintain-guinea-s-simandou-rail-fleet" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.riotinto.com/en/news/releases/2025/simandou-partners-celebrate-start-of-operations", "publisher": "Rio Tinto" }, { "url": "https://www.investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/rio-tinto--rio/conditions-on-simandou-investment-now-satisfied/8312566", "publisher": "Rio Tinto (RNS)" }, { "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000863064/000086306426000035/ex991results.htm", "publisher": "Rio Tinto Q2 2026 production results (SEC filing)" }, { "url": "https://www.ecofinagency.com/news-infrastructures/1704-54775-transguinean-rail-targets-2026-station-launch-as-simandou-gains-momentum", "publisher": "Ecofin Agency" }, { "url": "https://www.railwaygazette.com/infrastructure/joint-venture-formed-to-develop-600-km-iron-ore-railway/62221.article", "publisher": "Railway Gazette International" } ], "region": "west" }, { "id": "douala-ndjamena", "name": "Douala/Kribi–N'Djamena Corridor", "short": "Douala–N'Djamena", "kind": "multimodal", "countries": [ "CM", "TD" ], "length_km": null, "length_note": "No official end-to-end length found. Rail Douala–Yaoundé–Ngaoundéré (rehabilitation covers 238 km Douala–Yaoundé and 330 km Bélabo–Ngaoundéré), then road to N'Djamena; the planned rail extension is 843-997 km depending on the route.", "cost": { "amount": 816000000, "currency": "USD", "note": "World Bank Cameroon-Chad Transport Corridor project (P167798), approved February 2022: Douala–Yaoundé rail rehabilitation and signalling (USD 368 m), road works mainly in Chad (USD 389 m), the Ngaoundéré rail/road platform and trade facilitation; USD 538 m of it is IDA money. Excludes the EIB/EU/AFD Bélabo–Ngaoundéré rail works, the AfDB Ngaoundéré–Garoua road and Kribi port.", "source": "https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099052125064036902/pdf/P167798-545747b6-126c-4af9-9075-7258430d9bac.pdf" }, "status": "operating", "status_note": "The rail-road route carries Chad's trade, but upgrades are slow: on 29 September 2026 Cameroon's transport minister told Camrail to speed up the World Bank-funded Douala–Yaoundé rail contracts (rail works expected 2027-2030), and no lot of the AfDB-funded Ngaoundéré–Garoua road was above 5% done in September 2026. The Ngaoundéré–N'Djamena railway is still unagreed: Cameroon picked a western route in June 2026, and Chad said no route had been validated.", "status_date": "2026-09", "summary": "The main supply route of landlocked Chad: cargo lands at Douala (or the new deep-water port at Kribi), Camrail's metre-gauge line carries it via Yaoundé to the railhead at Ngaoundéré, and trucks cover the rest to N'Djamena, either south via Touboro and Moundou or north via Garoua, Maroua and Kousséri. A rail extension from Ngaoundéré to N'Djamena has been studied for years.", "strategic": "Mostly Western and multilateral money (World Bank, EIB/EU, AFD, AfDB) under the EU's Global Gateway corridor 5, while China financed and built Kribi port and Chinese contractors build the roads. Gulf players are moving in: the UAE's Etihad Rail has MoUs with Chad (May 2025) and Cameroon to update the railway study and raise funds, and AD Ports took a Douala terminal concession in February 2026.", "named_by": [ { "list": "EU Global Gateway strategic corridor 5 (Libreville/Kribi/Douala–N'Djamena)", "source": "https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-10/GG_Factsheet_Africa_Strategic%20Corridors.pdf" } ], "segments": [ { "name": "Port of Douala", "mode": "port", "status": "operating", "status_note": "Cameroon's main port and Chad's usual gateway. In February 2026 AD Ports Group and two other UAE investors took 60% of a 30-year concession for a new 4 Mt/yr dry bulk terminal, to be built 2026-2028.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Douala", "lon": 9.69, "lat": 4.05 }, "funded_by": [ "AD Ports Group" ], "source": "https://www.adportsgroup.com/en/news-and-media/2026/02/12/ad-ports-group-enters-into-30-year-concession-agreement-with-africa-ports-development" }, { "name": "Kribi deep-water port", "mode": "port", "status": "operating", "status_note": "First container terminal opened in 2018; a second terminal with a 715 m quay was launched on 9 May 2025, lifting capacity above 1 m TEU a year. Built by China Harbour Engineering Company with China Exim loans; run by Kribi Conteneurs Terminal (AGL, CMA CGM, CHEC).", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Kribi", "lon": 9.86, "lat": 2.73 }, "funded_by": [ "China Exim Bank" ], "source": "https://www.businessincameroon.com/infrastructures/1205-14650-cameroon-s-kribi-port-triples-capacity-with-launch-of-second-container-terminal" }, { "name": "Camrail line Douala–Yaoundé–Bélabo–Ngaoundéré", "mode": "rail", "status": "operating", "status_note": "In service under Camrail's concession. Renewal of 238 km Douala–Yaoundé (World Bank, XAF 152 bn) and 330 km Bélabo–Ngaoundéré (EIB, EU, AFD, XAF 167.3 bn) went to tender from late 2025; works are expected from H1 2027 to 2030.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Douala", 9.7, 4.05 ], [ "Edéa", 10.13, 3.8 ], [ "Yaoundé", 11.52, 3.87 ], [ "Bélabo", 13.3, 4.93 ], [ "Ngaoundéré", 13.58, 7.32 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "World Bank (IDA)", "European Investment Bank (EIB)", "Agence Française de Développement (AFD)" ], "source": "https://www.businessincameroon.com/big-projects/2609-15094-cameroon-s-camrail-launches-cfa319-bln-consultation-for-rail-upgrades" }, { "name": "Road Ngaoundéré–Touboro–Moundou–N'Djamena", "mode": "road", "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "Rehabilitation of Chad's 596 km N'Djamena–Moundou–Koutéré road is the core of the World Bank/EIB/EU support; in May 2025 the World Bank reported work on the first 50 km and better traffic between N'Djamena and Moundou after maintenance.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Ngaoundéré", 13.58, 7.32 ], [ "Touboro", 15.36, 7.77 ], [ "Koutéré", 15.6, 7.78 ], [ "Moundou", 16.08, 8.57 ], [ "Kélo", 15.81, 9.31 ], [ "Bongor", 15.37, 10.28 ], [ "N'Djamena", 15.04, 12.11 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "World Bank (IDA)", "European Investment Bank (EIB)" ], "source": "https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099052125064036902/pdf/P167798-545747b6-126c-4af9-9075-7258430d9bac.pdf" }, { "name": "Road Ngaoundéré–Garoua (northern route)", "mode": "road", "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "Reconstruction of 246 km, financed by an AfDB loan signed in March 2025 and split into five lots, all won by Chinese contractors. Works started in 2026, but no lot was above 5% physical progress at a 23 September 2026 review.", "length_km": 246, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Ngaoundéré", 13.58, 7.32 ], [ "Garoua", 13.4, 9.3 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "African Development Bank (AfDB)" ], "source": "https://notreafrik.com/ngaoundere-garoua-avances-travaux/" }, { "name": "Ngaoundéré–N'Djamena railway extension", "mode": "rail", "status": "announced", "status_note": "An AfDB-funded feasibility study (CPCS/Zutari) was finished in 2024 with three 800+ km options. On 5 June 2026 Cameroon's presidency picked the western route via Garoua, Maroua and Kousséri (997 km, about XAF 4,829 bn, drawn here); Chad said on 11 June that no route was validated and prefers a southern one via Moundou (about 843 km). Etihad Rail (UAE) is to update the study and seek financing.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Ngaoundéré", 13.58, 7.32 ], [ "Garoua", 13.4, 9.3 ], [ "Maroua", 14.32, 10.59 ], [ "Kousséri", 15.03, 12.08 ], [ "N'Djamena", 15.04, 12.11 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "African Development Bank (AfDB)" ], "source": "https://www.koaci.com/article/2026/06/19/cameroun/economie/cameroun-tchad-chemin-de-fer-pourquoi-le-choix-du-trace-fait-deja-derailler-la-concertation_197726.html" } ], "backers": [ { "name": "World Bank (IDA)", "funder_country": "WB", "role": "lender", "what": "IDA financing approved 15 February 2022 for the Cameroon-Chad Transport Corridor project: a USD 313 m credit to Cameroon and a USD 225 m grant to Chad, closing June 2032", "segment": null, "amount": 538000000, "currency": "USD", "year": 2022, "source": "https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099052125064036902/pdf/P167798-545747b6-126c-4af9-9075-7258430d9bac.pdf" }, { "name": "European Investment Bank (EIB)", "funder_country": "EU", "role": "lender", "what": "Loans blended with EU grants: in Cameroon a EUR 243 m operation with AFD for the railway (EUR 23.6 m EU grant), in Chad a EUR 275 m operation with the World Bank for the N'Djamena–Moundou–Koutéré road (EUR 35 m EU grant)", "segment": null, "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-10/GG_Factsheet_Africa_Strategic%20Corridors.pdf" }, { "name": "Agence Française de Développement (AFD)", "funder_country": "FR", "role": "lender", "what": "Co-finances the 330 km Bélabo–Ngaoundéré rail renewal; agreement signed 8 September 2023 (about XAF 82.5-83 bn reported)", "segment": "Camrail line Douala–Yaoundé–Bélabo–Ngaoundéré", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2023, "source": "https://fr.journalducameroun.com/cameroun-825-milliards-de-f-pour-rehabiliter-la-voie-ferroviaire-belabo-ngaoundere/" }, { "name": "African Development Bank (AfDB)", "funder_country": "AfDB", "role": "lender", "what": "Loan signed 19 March 2025 for the 246 km Ngaoundéré–Garoua road (programme PAST4); also financed the Ngaoundéré–N'Djamena railway feasibility study", "segment": "Road Ngaoundéré–Garoua (northern route)", "amount": 330480000, "currency": "EUR", "year": 2025, "source": "https://african.business/2025/03/apo-newsfeed/cameroon-african-development-bank-group-approves-e330-million-loan-to-upgrade-ngaoundere-garoua-road-to-improve-connectivity-and-strengthen-regional-integration" }, { "name": "China Exim Bank", "funder_country": "CN", "role": "lender", "what": "Preferential buyer's credit for Kribi port phase 2 (2017), plus a RMB 1 bn concessional loan; it also lent USD 423 m for phase 1 (2011)", "segment": "Kribi deep-water port", "amount": 524579992, "currency": "USD", "year": 2017, "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/53396/" }, { "name": "China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC)", "funder_country": "CN", "nationality": "CN", "role": "builder", "what": "Built Kribi port phases 1 and 2 and is a shareholder of its container terminal operator; also holds lot 2 of the Ngaoundéré–Garoua road (XAF 29.2 bn)", "segment": "Kribi deep-water port", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://china.aiddata.org/projects/53396/" }, { "name": "Africa Global Logistics (AGL, MSC group)", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "CH", "role": "concessionaire", "what": "Former Bolloré Africa Logistics, bought by Swiss-based MSC in December 2022; controls Camrail, holder of Cameroon's rail concession since 1999, and is the main shareholder of Kribi Conteneurs Terminal", "segment": "Camrail line Douala–Yaoundé–Bélabo–Ngaoundéré", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://ecomatin.net/cameroun-camrail-filiale-dagl-a-transporte-859-771-personnes-en-2023-16" }, { "name": "AD Ports Group", "funder_country": "AE", "nationality": "AE", "role": "concessionaire", "what": "30-year concession (February 2026) for a new dry bulk terminal at Douala, held 60% with two other UAE investors; about EUR 73.4 m for phase 1", "segment": "Port of Douala", "amount": 73400000, "currency": "EUR", "year": 2026, "source": "https://www.adportsgroup.com/en/news-and-media/2026/02/12/ad-ports-group-enters-into-30-year-concession-agreement-with-africa-ports-development" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099052125064036902/pdf/P167798-545747b6-126c-4af9-9075-7258430d9bac.pdf", "publisher": "World Bank (implementation report, May 2025)" }, { "url": "https://www.businessincameroon.com/cooperation/3009-16874-camrail-instructed-to-speed-up-rail-contracts-for-douala-n-djamena-corridor", "publisher": "Business in Cameroon" }, { "url": "https://www.koaci.com/article/2026/06/19/cameroun/economie/cameroun-tchad-chemin-de-fer-pourquoi-le-choix-du-trace-fait-deja-derailler-la-concertation_197726.html", "publisher": "KOACI" }, { "url": "https://cpcs.ca/cameroon-chad-railroad-feasibility-study/", "publisher": "CPCS" }, { "url": "https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-10/GG_Factsheet_Africa_Strategic%20Corridors.pdf", "publisher": "European Commission" } ], "region": "south" }, { "id": "dakhla-atlantic-sahel", "name": "Morocco's Atlantic Initiative for the Sahel and Dakhla Atlantic port", "short": "Dakhla Atlantic–Sahel", "kind": "multimodal", "countries": [ "MA", "EH", "MR" ], "length_km": null, "length_note": "No route to the Sahel has been defined; the Tiznit–Dakhla expressway alone is 1,055 km.", "cost": { "amount": 1200000000, "currency": "USD", "note": "Dakhla Atlantic port only, as reported by CNN. Morocco's Ministry of Equipment and Water figures cited by The North Africa Post put it at over USD 1 bn (MAD 12.5-13 bn); a 2021 estimate was nearly USD 1.4 bn.", "source": "https://edition.cnn.com/world/africa/new-atlantic-port-of-dakhla-africa-trade-spc-intl" }, "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "Dakhla Atlantic port was 62% complete in June 2026 and is due for completion at end-2028, with operations from 2029. The Tiznit–Dakhla expressway has been fully open since January 2025, and on 21 September 2026 Morocco and Mauritania signed a framework agreement to rehabilitate and widen the 480 km Nouadhibou–Nouakchott road. We found no defined or financed route onward to Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger or Chad.", "status_date": "2026-09", "summary": "Announced by King Mohammed VI in November 2023, the initiative offers Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad the use of Moroccan roads, ports and railways to reach the Atlantic, centred on a new deep-water port near Dakhla. Dakhla is in Western Sahara, a disputed territory that the UN lists as non-self-governing: Morocco controls most of it and calls it its southern provinces, while the Polisario Front seeks independence. The route south crosses it into Mauritania.", "strategic": "Morocco's bid to become the Sahel juntas' outlet to the sea, as an alternative to the Gulf of Guinea ports they now use, and to win backing for its claim to Western Sahara (Mali endorsed Morocco's autonomy plan in July 2026 while reaffirming support for the initiative). The UAE signed a ports investment MoU in December 2023 that Morocco says covers Dakhla Atlantique, but no Emirati money for the port has been confirmed.", "named_by": [], "segments": [ { "name": "Dakhla Atlantic port (Ntirift)", "mode": "port", "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "62% complete in June 2026 (1.3 km sea bridge 85%, breakwaters 45%); built since 2021 by SGTM and Somagec for the Ministry of Equipment and Water, about 40 km north of Dakhla; land platforms and the first quay are due by end-2026 and the whole port by end-2028.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "point", "place": "Ntirift (Dakhla Atlantique)", "lon": -15.58, "lat": 24.08 }, "funded_by": [ "Government of Morocco" ], "source": "https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2026/06/320810/dakhla-atlantic-port-reaches-62-completion-as-morocco-expands-strategic-vision/" }, { "name": "Tiznit–Dakhla expressway", "mode": "road", "status": "operating", "status_note": "1,055 km expressway (about USD 1 bn) via Guelmim, Tan-Tan and Laâyoune; the last stretch opened on 10 January 2025. Morocco named it after Donald Trump in July 2026.", "length_km": 1055, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Tiznit", -9.73, 29.7 ], [ "Guelmim", -10.06, 28.99 ], [ "Tan-Tan", -11.1, 28.44 ], [ "Laâyoune", -13.2, 27.15 ], [ "Boujdour", -14.48, 26.13 ], [ "Dakhla", -15.94, 23.7 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Government of Morocco" ], "source": "https://constructionreviewonline.com/moroccos-1-billion-tiznit-dakhla-expressway-complete/" }, { "name": "Dakhla–Guerguerat–Nouadhibou–Nouakchott road", "mode": "road", "status": "approved", "status_note": "Framework agreement signed in Rabat on 21 September 2026 to rehabilitate and widen the 480 km Nouadhibou–Nouakchott road, called a key corridor of the Atlantic Initiative; cost and financing not disclosed.", "length_km": null, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Dakhla", -15.94, 23.7 ], [ "Guerguerat", -16.95, 21.37 ], [ "Nouadhibou", -17.04, 20.94 ], [ "Nouakchott", -15.98, 18.09 ] ] }, "funded_by": [], "source": "https://www.ecofinagency.com/news-infrastructures/2309-59173-morocco-mauritania-agree-to-upgrade-480-km-road-linking-their-main-cities" }, { "name": "Smara–Amgala–Bir Moghrein road and border crossing", "mode": "border", "status": "under_construction", "status_note": "93 km road (MAD 49.72 m) to a second Morocco–Mauritania crossing at Amgala, 95% built and announced to open in October 2025; we found no confirmation that it has opened.", "length_km": 93, "geometry": { "type": "line", "waypoints": [ [ "Smara", -11.67, 26.74 ], [ "Amgala", -11.79, 26.08 ], [ "Bir Moghrein", -11.59, 25.23 ] ] }, "funded_by": [ "Government of Morocco" ], "source": "https://fr.le360.ma/societe/ce-quil-faut-savoir-sur-laxe-es-smara-mauritanie_2OHPDLKLM5CY7PIWRTZ54DVNQQ/" } ], "backers": [ { "name": "Government of Morocco", "funder_country": "MA", "role": "sponsor", "what": "Owner of the Dakhla Atlantic port project through the Ministry of Equipment and Water; built the Tiznit–Dakhla expressway and the Smara–Amgala road", "segment": null, "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": null, "source": "https://northafricapost.com/97726-moroccos-dakhla-atlantique-port-passes-60-completion-milestone.html" }, { "name": "SGTM", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "MA", "role": "builder", "what": "Building Dakhla Atlantic port with Somagec since 2021, after beating Archirodon, Eiffage and Arab Contractors in the tender", "segment": "Dakhla Atlantic port (Ntirift)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2021, "source": "https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/08/343826/morocco-s-sgtm-somagec-to-build-new-dakhla-atlantic-port" }, { "name": "Somagec", "funder_country": "private", "nationality": "MA", "role": "builder", "what": "Building Dakhla Atlantic port with SGTM since 2021", "segment": "Dakhla Atlantic port (Ntirift)", "amount": null, "currency": null, "year": 2021, "source": "https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/08/343826/morocco-s-sgtm-somagec-to-build-new-dakhla-atlantic-port" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://northafricapost.com/97726-moroccos-dakhla-atlantique-port-passes-60-completion-milestone.html", "publisher": "The North Africa Post" }, { "url": "https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2023/12/25347/ministerial-meeting-to-coordinate-royal-initiative-for-sahel-countries-access-to-atlantic-ocean/", "publisher": "Morocco World News" }, { "url": "https://fr.hespress.com/342471-des-responsables-marocains-saluent-le-partenariat-prometteur-maroc-eeau.html", "publisher": "Hespress" }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/31/morocco-names-tiznit-dakhla-highway-after-trump-why-it-matters", "publisher": "Al Jazeera" }, { "url": "https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2026/07/331243/sahara-mali-reaffirms-support-for-moroccos-autonomy-plan-during-high-level-talks-in-bamako/", "publisher": "Morocco World News" } ], "region": "west" } ] }