The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$1.2mn grant to Ethiopia’s government to finance a feasibility study for construction of a standard-gauge railway (SGR) link between Ethiopia and neighbouring Sudan
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Standard Chartered funds US$1.46bn for Tanzania’s SGR Project
The government of Tanzania Ministry of Finance has signed a US$1.46bn facility agreement with Standard Chartered Tanzania to fund the construction of Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project from Dar es Salaam to Makutupora
Ghana to construct US$2.6bn Accra Skytrain
The government of Ghana has signed a concession agreement for the construction of a high-speed railway in Accra, Ghana’s capital
Siemens Mobility chooses Softil for next-gen train communications solutions
Siemens Mobility and Softil have jointly announced an agreement that will see a range of next-generation communications solutions come to market for use in long term evolution-railway (LTE-R) railways as well as mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) metro applications like underground tram buses etc
Alstom present at the Tangier-Casablanca high-speed line’s inauguration in Morocco
Alstom has participated in the inauguration of the Tangier-Casablanca high-speed line with its high-speed trains supplied and delivered to the Office National des Chemins de Fer Marocain (ONCF)