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RWANDA & KENYA AGREED TO PARTNER FOR NORTHERN CORRIDOR TRANSPORT SYSTEM

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Gambeta News

Government officials from Rwanda and Kenya convened to bolster cooperation between the two nations and enhance transport services along the northern corridor, aiming to strengthen trade and streamline the movement of goods and people through improved connectivity. Northern Corridor is the transport corridor linking Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the Kenyan sea port of Mombasa. The corridor also serves Northern Tanzania, Southern Sudan and Ethiopia. The bilateral meeting held…

ECOWAS and UEMOA PRIORITISES INVESTMENTS IN TRANSPORT AND ENERGY SECTOR

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Gambeta News

ECOWAS and UEMOA plan to prioritise mostly investments in transport and energy sectors. At a recent European External Investment Plan meeting in Accra, Ghana; the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) said; it wishes to prioritise investments in the transport and energy sectors. The External Investment Plan meeting enables its participants; to share and exchange ideas and also review information concerning the region’s development. The selection…

KENYA GOVERNMENT SEEKING TO LOWER COST OF PROJECTS

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Gambeta News

Kenya Government looking to lower costs of crucial projects The government of Kenya through the Kenya Roads Boards (KRB), is in search of researchers, contractors and suppliers who will help to reduce its budgetary costs by at least 25%. Reducing the costs will enable them achieve more developmental projects. Chair person of KRB, Ms Rita Kavashe, said the key areas under consideration include; transport and housing infrastructure and research. Roads contribute about 60% of Kenya’s GDP, however its contribution is…

US$40 BILLION REQUIRED FOR COMPLETION OF LAGOS-IBADAN RAIL PROJECT

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Gambeta News

Federal Government needs US$40 billion to complete Lagos-Ibadan rail project. Nigerian Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said the Federal Government will be needing US $40bn to finance the ongoing Lagos-Ibadan railway project. The project have been scheduled to finish this year (2018) and so Government are currently negotiating with the contractors handling the project to raise funds. Rotimi Amaechi said between US $36bn and US $40bn will be needed, and its source is not certain at the moment,…

NEW AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS COULD CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVEMENTS IN ROAD SAFETY.

Posted on September 14, 2017September 14, 2017 by Gambeta News

An autonomous system capable of detecting actions which could suggest driver distractedness has been created by researchers at the university of waterloo. With the aid of machine learning algorithms it can detect patterns of behaviour when trained on enormous datasets to recognise the hand movements indicative of texting, talking on a phone, reaching into the backseat to retrieve an object and other actions which deviate from safe driving. In addition to the machine-learning software ,…