Category: Railways

Kenya’s Court of Appeals Orders Release of Secret Chinese Railway Loan Contracts

Kenya's Court of Appeals issued a landmark ruling that dismissed the government's decade-long effort to keep secret the $4.5 billion loan contracts with the China Exim Bank that were used to build the Standard Gauge Railway. Friday's ruling, made public on Tuesday, ...

Africa’s Lobito Corridor Chief Says Business, Not Geopolitics, Drives Strategy

By François AUSSEILL The chief executive of the Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR) project to link southern African mines to an Angolan export port says his priority is the business of the operation, not the geopolitical tussle over Africa's minerals.

Lobito Corridor: Africa’s Mega-Project Facing Delivery Test

By François AUSSEILL The Lobito Corridor mega-project linking three African countries is shifting from blueprint to proving ground in the global race for critical minerals. Linking Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, ...

Inside the Race for Africa’s Strategic Corridors

With the U.S., Europe, Japan, and China all moving quickly to secure new supplies of African critical minerals, more attention is now shifting to the strategic supply chains that will get those resources from mine to port to market.

Standard Chartered Arranges $2.33 Billion of Funding for Tanzania Railway

Standard Chartered Bank has successfully arranged a $2.33 billion syndicated financing facility for the Standard Gauge Railway project in Tanzania, the bank said on Tuesday. The money will finance two stretches of a planned 1,219 km railway line that links the ...

Analysis from Cobus van Staden

Reading the Xi-Trump Summit’s South/North Signals

As I write, U.S. President Donald Trump is aboard Air Force One en route home after his highly anticipated visit to Beijing. 
There is much we still don’t know – not least what was discussed in face-to-face meetings towards the end of the visit. As often happens with Trump, the coverage collapses the personal and the global, with the former injecting wild-card energy into the latter.

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China Offers Vietnam New Rail Support

China will reportedly “guide” its enterprises to join railway construction projects in Vietnam, according to a joint statement released at the conclusion of a landmark visit by the country’s leader to China last week. It was the first visit by Tô Lâm in his new joint ...

China Offers Loans, Technology for Vietnam Railways

By Liz Lee China offered to boost ties with Vietnam on rail infrastructure, from loans and technology to training, as its neighbor's top leader, To Lam, wound up a visit on Friday that featured high-speed train journeys across the country's north ...

Construction Restarts on Kenya, China’s Standard Gauge Railway

Construction has resumed on Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway, following a long pause due to debt woes. The Kenyan government has announced a new agreement with Chinese financiers and contractors that will see the completion of the two final phases of the landmark cross-frontier railway system. ...

Vietnam and China Lay the Tracks for Deeper Trade Connectivity

By Duan Haosheng On 19 December 2025, Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son pressed the ceremonial start button to launch the Lao Cai–Hanoi–Hai Phong railway. The 390-kilometre railway, backed by 

Kenya and Uganda Move Ahead on Regional Rail Link, Turning to New Partners After China Pulls Back

Kenya and Uganda took a big step on Saturday towards fulfilling the long-held ambition to build an East African rail network. President William Ruto was joined by Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni at a groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday to extend the Chinese-built ...

Kenya, Uganda Presidents to Meet for Rail Link

The presidents of Kenya and Uganda were set to meet near their shared border Saturday to mark the multi-billion-dollar, long-delayed extension of a Chinese-built railway that has left Kenya heavily in debt. The Standard Gauge Railway, built from 2013 to 2019, ...

Kenya Revives Railway Extension After 6-Year Stall by China Funding Cuts

By Duncan Miriri Kenya will on Thursday restart a multi-billion-dollar railway extension that was financed through revenue securitization, reviving a project that has been stalled for over six years after initial lending from Beijing dried up. The ...
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