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TOGO PRESIDENT DISCUSSED RN1 UNITY HIGHWAY FUNDING PLANS WITH AfDB BOSS

Posted on March 5, 2024 by Gambeta News

The President of Togo, Faure Gnassingbé, and the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, met on February 27, 2024. The meeting focused on mobilizing funds to implement the RN1 Unity Highway (Lomé-Cinkassé) project. The RN1 Unity Highway project requires a $2.9 billion investment. The AfDB and its partners will provide the funds. Gnassingbé and Adesina explored strategies to attract investors to the project. The project should bolster Togo’s position as a logistics hub…

ZIMBABWE HIGHWAY EPITAPHS: THE WAY FORWARD

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Gambeta News

EPITAPHS riddle the Harare-Chirundu Highway, a regional transit route linking southern African countries, among them South Africa, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Tanzania. The epitaphs include those of victims of a road accident that claimed 24 lives including students coming from a sporting competition on June 6, 1984. The accident was declared a national disaster. One of the 1984 survivors, Peter Marongwe has undying memories of the highway of death. Despite the many…

GHANA: CONSTRUCTION OF FIVE CRITICAL ROADS IN UPPER WEST REGION

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Gambeta News

The Government of Ghana has made the plans of constructing five roads in Upper West Region known to the public. The Minister for Roads and Highways, Mr Amoako Atta, revealed that this plans will be under the government’s Critical Roads Project. “The President has directed the Minister of Finance to raise special funding to fund these critical projects across the country. We will also concentrate on routine maintenance of the roads all-year-round to make the…

CONSTRUCTION OF MADINA-ADENTA HIGHWAY ALMOST DONE IN GHANA

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Gambeta News

Madina-Adenta Highway set for completion by the end of june according to Ghana Minister for Road and Highway. Construction of Madina-Adenta highway is set for completion at the end of June. This was announced during an inspection by the Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta. The Minister express satisfaction at the quality of work on the project so far. He also urge the public to use the facility rather than putting their lives in…

CHINA FUNDS KENYA’S DATA CENTRE AND HIGHWAY WITH US$666m

Posted on April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 by Gambeta News

Kenya’s data centre and highway gets US$666m China funding. A data centre and highway in Kenya have received 67.5 billion shillings (US$666 million) as funding from China. The funds were issued at Beijing where Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta attended the second Belt and Road Forum. President Uhuru Kenyatta today witnessed the signing of two project delivery agreements totalling to Sh 67.5 billion through concessional financing and Public Private Partnership (PPP).#KenyaChinaRelations pic.twitter.com/jbHT9WsMF4 — State House Kenya…

NATIONAL HIGHWAY ROAD REPAIR SET TO RESTART IN ANGOLA

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Gambeta News

Angola National Highway road repair set to kick-off after plans was complete. The repair work on National Highway Road (EN-180) which will link Lumbala – Nguimbo to the city of Luena has kick-off. It was originally abandon due to challenges encounter during the onset of the project. It took over a year but the project is set to restart. The project will help benefit the people in the area. It will also help transform the transportation sector…

KENYA TO PUT TOLL GATES ON FIVE HIGHWAYS FROM 2018

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Gambeta News

Kenya to Introduce toll stations on five of its Highways from 2018. From 2018 Kenya is planning to introduce toll stations on five (5) of its highways which will have motorists paying between US $0.01 to US $0.03 per kilometre for the next 30 years. The Director-General of Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), Mr. Peter Mundinia, during an Investor briefing in Nairobi said that some of the highways would first have to be upgraded by private investors who…

CONSTRUCTION OF US$751.2m KENYA TANZANIA HIGHWAY BEGINS IN 2018

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Gambeta News

AfDB says construction of Kenya-Tanzania highway is set to begin by 2018 According to Lawson Zankli, AfDB Chief Regional Program Officer, although the African Development Bank (AfDB) is currently looking for financial partners who will be able to invest US$385.2m for the construction of the highway that will connect Kenya to Tanzania, it has said that construction work on the US$751.3m Kenya-Tanzania Highway is set to begin in 2018, as it has already set aside US$289m for the…