Demand for rail transport set to rise sharply — report
• The daily number of passengers transported in recent years has been as low as 13,000 on five rail lines. • Unreliable locomotive fleet, unsatisfactory levels of comfort, limited…...
Read More Sh270m road to ease transport at Mombasa port
Trademark East Africa (TMEA) has inked a deal with Mombasa County to construct a road that will ease congestion at the port. The development agency signed a Sh270 million deal last …...
Read More Ethiopian Airlines to start building new $5 billion airport this year - CEO
Ethiopian Airlines will start constructing a new $5 billion (Sh500 billion) airport later this year, its chief executive officer was quoted as saying on Wednesday, as the rapidly-ex…...
Read More Ghana ports to see more cargo volumes in 2020
Ghana’s ports will anchor increases in cargo volumes in 2020 following the positioning of Tema and Takoradi Ports as transhipment and oil and gas hubs respectively.Mr Michael Luguj…...
Read More Cabinet okays Sh2.5bn city high-speed train plan
The Cabinet has approved a Sh2.5 billion budget for the upgrade of the Nairobi commuter railway network, paving the way for importation of faster trains from Spain.The move is aimed…...
Read More Kenyan on-demand delivery platform Sendy raises $2m
Nairobi-based on-demand delivery platform Sendy has raised $2-million in funding from Dutch impact investor Goodwell Investments.Goodwell Investments announced the deal in a post on…...
Read More Africa's ambitious infrastructure: Tanzania secures $272m for new airport
Several African countries, and the African Union itself have prioritised infrastructure development as a means of integrating the continent and connecting people to markets, with an…...
Read More Qatar’s Sh131bn Rwanda airport set to rival JKIA
Qatar Airways will take a 60 percent stake in a new Sh131 billion airport to be built in Rwanda and which is set to rival Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) as the …...
Read More Kenya launches freight service on Chinese-built extended railway that connects hinterland
Kenya has launched cargo service on the Chinese-built Nairobi-Naivasha Standard Gauge Railway that is expected to better connect the nations hinterlands with big cities, improve tra…...
Read More Royal Air Maroc adding São Paulo-Casablanca frequency
By Bruna Garcia Fonseca/ANBASão Paulo – Royal Air Maroc, the Moroccan airline, is adding a frequency from São Paulo to Casablanca next December or January. This will brin…...
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