Transport

Ethiopian Airlines Announces A Re-Opening Plan

Ethiopian Airlines Announces A Re-Opening Plan

Ethiopian Airlines, having been used majorly to airlift medical and personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic, has announced the welcome back of business and leisure t…...

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$1.2 million for Ethiopia-Sudan railway study by the AfDB.

$1.2 million for Ethiopia-Sudan railway study by the AfDB.

The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a $1.2million grant to Ethiopia’s government to finance a feasibility study for construction of a standard-gauge rai…...

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Kenya to link Chinese-built modern railway to central region line

Kenya to link Chinese-built modern railway to central region line

Kenya is in the final stages of linking Chinese-built modern railway to an older line in the agriculture-rich central region to ensure commodities are easily transported to the Port…...

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Tanzania signs Ksh146 billion loan for SGR construction

Tanzania signs Ksh146 billion loan for SGR construction

Tanzania has signed a $1.46 billion (Ksh146 billion) loan agreement with Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania to fund the construction of 550 kilometres of Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) …...

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Firm bets on electric bodabodas and tuktuks to grow market share

Firm bets on electric bodabodas and tuktuks to grow market share

Local boda bodas and tuk-tuks now have the option of going electric by swapping their low-charge batteries with fully charged ones following the piloting of the auto technology. Thi…...

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Railway holds key to freeing up roads, cutting pollution

Railway holds key to freeing up roads, cutting pollution

Disruption has become the only constant in the rapidly-changing world of business. Every so often, the tide of innovation sweeps with power, buffeting the jobs that did not require …...

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Kenya: First online-only motor insurer launches mobile app

Kenya: First online-only motor insurer launches mobile app

Grin Insurance, Kenyas first digital-only car insurance company, has released its flagship mobile application, reported Reuters.The app lets customers pay premiums in instalments an…...

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Demand for rail transport set to rise sharply — report

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…...

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Sh270m road to ease transport at Mombasa port

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 …...

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Ethiopian Airlines to start building new $5 billion airport this year - CEO

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…...

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