The Northern Corridor anchored by the port of Mombasa in Kenya, and the Central Corridor, anchored by the port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, are principal and crucial transport […]
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Burundi
Like Rwanda, there are no railways in Burundi. Plans have been under consideration since 1987 for the construction of a line passing through Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, to connect with […]
Rwanda
Rwanda’s external trade is heavily dependent on the ports of Mombasa (Kenya), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) and Matadi (DRC), and about 80% of Rwandan exports and imports pass through Uganda […]
Tanzania
In 2004, Tanzania had an estimated 85 000 km of classified roads, of which some 5 169 km were paved. A 1 930 km main road links Zambia and Tanzania, […]
Uganda
Uganda’s road network consists of approximately 10 000 km of national or trunk roads (of which some 2 200 km are bituminised, and the rest gravel), 25 000 km of […]
Kenya
Kenya’s extensive transport system includes road, rail, air, and coastal and inland waterways. The chief port is Mombasa, whose history predates the colonial era and which is now the largest […]
Engen’s new depot to fuel growth in East Africa
Engen has constructed a third petroleum products terminal in Mozambique aimed at fuelling growth in the country and increasing supply in East Africa. The new depot will supply petrol, diesel […]
Experts stunned by drop in Somali piracy
The notable decrease in piracy in the Somali Basin has left security experts puzzled. Since 2009, there have been over 700 attacks off of the coast of Somalia, but in […]
A record of 1m-TEU for African port
The Mombasa port in East Africa, achieved a record throughput of one million TEUs in the year ending 31 December 2014. This is a significant increase from 2013 in which […]
US$16 million logistics challenge
Can you devise a strategy to crack the code into reducing the cost of transport and logistics in East Africa? If you can, then you can share a $16 million […]