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Transportation

Mozambique Coal Export Infrastructure Buildout Advances

Thai-Mozambican consortium subcontracted for $2.4-billion new railway and port project in Mozambique

Shem Oirere

July 18, 2017

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China’s export credit agencies are expected to provide substantial funding

Transportation

Toll Road in Uganda Secures Funding

EU, IFC, African Development Bank commit $400 million

Shem Oirere

February 23, 2017

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International lending agencies and the Uganda National Roads Agency putting funding in place for a $1.1-billion that would ease the flow of freight from landlocked Rwanda to the Kenyan port of Mombasa.

Policy

Under Trump, Disengagement in Africa Would Benefit China, Analysts Say

US isolationism would boost Chinese role in continent's infrastructure

Shem Oirere

December 13, 2016

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Italy Prime Minister resignation and UK Brexit vote will have greater impact, according to reports.

Chinese-Austrian Consortium Will Build $2.7-Billion Zimbabwe Road Expansion

Shem Oirere

September 6, 2016

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Part of the 917-km highway will be delivered through a 20-year concessionaire agreement

Israel Pushes Into New Africa Building Markets

Firms ink deals as Prime Minister Netanyahu leads first trade mission in decades

Neal Sandler

August 15, 2016

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Firms ink deals as Prime Minister Netanyahu leads first trade mission in decades

Transportation

China Announces $7.6B Financing for Tanzania Rail Project

Thirteen bidders shortlisted for proposed public private partnership model

Shem Oirere

August 11, 2016

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The standard-gauge line route stretches from Dar es Salaam on the Indian Ocean to land-locked Rawanda and Burundi and parallels the existing narrow-gauge line for much of the way before establishing new links to the interior.

African Development

Construction Begins on Major Cement Plant in Nigeria

Infrastructure Investment Drives Boom in Support Capacity

Shem Oirere

April 19, 2016

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The $1-billion cement plant joins a fleet of similar, Dangote Cement-owned plants that are either under construction or recently finished in Nigeria, Ethiopia, Zambia, Cameroon, Tanzania, Senegal and South Africa.

UK Firm Wins PM Contract for $1.55B East Africa Pipeline

Shem Oirere

March 29, 2016

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Turner & Townsend's scope includes cost estimates, schedule, risk and change management, performance measurement, report and document control, contracts administration and procurement management.

Turkish Company To Build Rwanda’s Peat-to-Power Project

Shem Oirere

February 22, 2016

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Turkish company Hakan Mining and Electricity Generation Industry Inc. has signed a power purchase and concessional agreement with Rwanda to design, build, finance, own, operate and transfer an 80-MW peat-to-power plant on the eastern African country’s marshland area of Gisagara, located on the border with Burundi.