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September 6, 2023 | Infrastructure

Kenya and Ethiopia agree to build 3000km Lamu - Addis Ababa SGR

Electrified Standard Gauge Railway would cost $US 13.8bn to build.

September 4, 2023 | Signalling

Thales and Orascom to upgrade Cairo - Beni Suef main line

Contract to undertake resignalling and track renewals is worth €300m.

August 25, 2023 | Telecoms

Huawei supplies FRMCS to Mozambique Ports and Railways

Train dispatching system is world’s first to use FRMCS architecture, says CFM.

July 24, 2023 | Africa

The drive for interconnected railways in East Africa

Phillippa Dean provides an update on East Africa’s ambitious plans to develop a standard-gauge network.

July 18, 2023 | Fleet

Alstom to build second Moroccan manufacturing plant

The new plant will add to the existing facility in Fez.

July 13, 2023 | Africa

New initiatives illuminate the path to growth in Southern Africa

Phillippa Dean reflects on the implications of the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) Trade and Transit Facilitation Project, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), and the African Integrated High-Speed Railways Network (AIHSRN) initiatives for railway development in Southern Africa.

July 10, 2023 | Africa

Angola’s Lobito corridor transferred to private freight concessionaire

The Lobito Atlantic Railway consortium of Trafigura, Mota-Engil, and Vecturis signed the 30-year concession in November.

July 3, 2023 | Fleet

First double-deck coaches arrive in Tanzania for Standard Gauge Railway

Tanzania has purchased 30 former DB Regio double-deck coaches.

June 26, 2023 | Locomotives

Škoda awarded €1bn contract to refurbish 280 locomotives for Egypt

The contract also includes maintenance over 15 years.

June 14, 2023 | Metros

Egypt and Korea sign $US 460m agreement to fund new Cairo Metro fleet

The agreement will fund new trains for lines 2 and 3.

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