Chinese rail contractors are consolidating their foothold in East Africa as part of a twin effort to improve the region's connectivity and tap into its abundant reserves of strategic minerals. Last ...

French development agency AFD has signed a memorandum of understanding to accelerate state-owned rail and port logistics ...

Zambia initiated a $1.4 billion overhaul of a key railway linking the southern African nation’s copper region to a port on ...

A train travels along the TAZARA Railway on November 19, 2025. Photo: Courtesy of CCECC. The preparatory work for the ...

LUANDA, Angola — President Joe Biden on his visit to sub-Saharan Africa pledged another $600 million for a cross-continent rail corridor project Wednesday, telling regional leaders that “Africa has ...

Africa’s biggest freight rail market is on the cusp of being transformed by private operators, the head of the operator of the continent’s largest rolling-stock fleet said. The South African ...

President Joe Biden, known for his long-standing affection for trains, used the final day of his visit to Angola to spotlight the region's U.S.-backed rail project. Once completed, the Lobito Railway ...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a financing package worth $275 million to help Mauritania upgrade its main railway corridor.

U.S. delegation attends mining conference in South Africa, signaling increased interest in African minerals and combating China's dominance. A U.S. delegation to a major mining conference in South ...

Thousands of rail cars in South Africa will soon be equipped with passive UHF RFID tags, allowing them to be more effectively tracked, maintained and inventoried. Spoornet, a South African provider of ...

Ethiopia has taken a decisive step to entrench its position as East Africa’s emerging railway hub as the Ethiopian Railways ...