AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoRoad Links: China Road and Bridge Corporation won a Sh3.22 billion contract to upgrade seven kilometres of Old Mombasa Road, linking Nairobi’s inland container depot with Syokimau. Work includes drainage, safety upgrades and street lighting. Air Access: A $326,000 rehabilitation has improved Tshikapa’s airstrip in the DRC, increasing humanitarian flights from one to three a week and opening better links to the diamond-rich Kasai region. Aviation Growth: Airbus forecasts demand for 1,640 aircraft in Africa and says the continent will need 71,000 aviation professionals. Separately, African leaders are pushing a plan to make cross-border air travel cheaper. Regional Corridors: Kenya’s roads agency plans a safety audit of the 193-kilometre Kenya–South Sudan corridor, while Benin secured $364.4 million from the Islamic Development Bank for road and agriculture projects. Rail Accountability: South African group #UniteBehind has asked prosecutors to act on alleged corruption in PRASA’s R3.9 billion Swifambo locomotive deal; only 13 of 70 trains were delivered, and they could not use parts of the network. Maritime Safety: A migrant boat disaster off Djibouti killed at least 139 people, with dozens still missing.
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