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More Chinese Infrastructure Projects in Africa
8 February 2017
EIRNS—While Kenya presently is the hub of the African extensions of the Belt and Road Initiative, other, bigger projects will be specifically undertaken in Bizerte, Tunisia; Dakar, Senegal; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Djibouti; Libreville, Gabon; Maputo, Mozambique; and Tema, Ghana.
One example from this extensive network is the port of Bagamoyo, in Tanzania. Construction on development of the port, financed by China and Oman, began in 2016. Once complete, the port is expected to become the biggest port in Africa, handling 20 times more cargo than Tanzania’s port at Dar es Salaam. With links to the central corridor railway and the TAZARA Railway — Tanzania Zambia Railway, also known as Uhuru Railway — as well as a parallel highway linking the port to the Uhuru-Zambia Highway, the plan is to construct Bagamoyo as a strategic pillar of the African Silk Road Economic Belt and Maritime Silk Road — the two components of the Belt and Road Initiative — connecting the port with other East African countries, including Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan, Comoros, Madagascar, and Seychelles. [RAP] |
