Mombasa-Kigali Railway
The Mombasa-Kigali Railway is expected to bring many benefits
to African economy. “Africa’s landlocked countries have poor infrastructure and
struggle to reach global markets, paying up to 84 percent more to export their
goods than a coastal country. The 2,935 kilometer Mombasa-Kigali Railway will
link the port of Mombasa in Kenya with Tanzania and landlocked Rwanda and South
Sudan, helping transport coffee, tea, other agricultural products, minerals,
and machinery. Costing US$13.5 billion, the line is to be built in sections by
different Chinese engineering and construction companies, with loans provided
by, among others, China’s Exim Bank, and paid for by public funds from the
countries involved”. (KPMG)
