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The Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) has announced a temporary halt to passenger train services between Dar es Salaam and Mbeya, including the Kilimanjaro Ordinary Train and the Udzungwa train, effective November 29, 2024.
This decis… read more
On November 21, President Yoweri Museveni officially inaugurated the construction of the 272-kilometer Eastern Line of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), which will connect the capital city of Kampala to Malaba on the Kenyan border. The ceremony took place in Tororo district
an… read more
For the financial year 2022/23, SAA reported consistent financial performance, achieving a net profit of R252 million (approximately US$15 million) and a remarkable 183% increase in total revenue, rising from R2.0 billion the previous year to R5.7 billion.
Throughout this fiscal year, SAA operated a fleet of six to eight aircraft, serv… read more
Lobito
Atlantic Railway (LAR), a key operator along the strategic Lobito
Railway Corridor, has received its first delivery of 275 new container
wagons from South African manufacturer Galison Manufacturing. This
delivery marks a significant milestone in LAR's ambitious three-year
expansion and modernization plan, aimed at enhancing tran… read more
Congo
Airways has successfully acquired a new Boeing 737-800 aircraft,
marking a significant step in their fleet expansion and modernization
efforts. The key details of this acquisition are as follows:
- Acquisition Date: The new Boeing 737-800 was added to Congo Airways' fleet on November 12, 2024
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The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has released its annual report titled ‘State of Africa’s Infrastructure Report 2024,’ which indicates that progress in expanding and improving the rail network as outlined in the African Union’s railway initiative has been limited to date.
According to the report, out of the ambitious plan to construct … read more
The Ministry of Works & Transport in Uganda has inked a €2.7 billion contract with Yapı Merkezi, a Turkish firm. The agreement involves the construction of an electrified standard gauge railway stretching 273 kilometers from Malaba, located on the Kenyan border, to Uganda's capital, Kampala.
The Eastern Railway Projec… read more
On
the 14th of October, a significant event took place with the formal
signing of the contract for the ambitious Malaba-Kampala (Eastern Route)
Railway project.
This groundbreaking initiative, estimated at around 3
billion dollars, will cover a distance of 273 kilometres. The key
players in this venture are the Government … read more
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Minister of Tourism, Didier
M’pambia Musanga has led a high-level delegation to the United Nations
World Tourism Organisation (UN Tourism) headquarters in Madrid, Spain.
The delegation, which included senior officials from the Ministry of
Tourism, the Office Nationale du Tourisme (ONT), repr… read more
South African flag carrier, South African Airways (SAA), has announced a significant increase in its flight frequencies to key African destinations, starting next month.
Starting in November 2024, SAA will operate 12 weekly flights to both RG Mugabe International Airport (HRE) in … read more