Continental Corridors
Connect the gateways. Build the rail spine. Power production around it. Move African goods, people and ideas across borders at continental speed.
The continental network
The six proposed programme corridors organise rail, ports, power, logistics and industry as one connected delivery system. Select a route to move directly to its module.
Planning note: corridors shown are programme concepts. Final alignments, countries, stations and project phases remain subject to feasibility studies, environmental and social review, and agreement by member states and regional institutions.
Six delivery platforms
Each corridor combines a gateway, a high-capacity spine and productive clusters. It is not just a railway—it is a platform for trade, energy, industry, food systems and human development.
Dar es Salaam → Kigali → Bujumbura → Kinshasa
Tanzania · Rwanda · Burundi · DR Congo
Port of Dar es Salaam
Rail · power · dry ports · logistics · processing zones
Mombasa → Nairobi → Kampala → Kigali
Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda
Port of Mombasa
Passenger rail · freight · agro-logistics · digital trade
Durban → Johannesburg → Gaborone → Lusaka → Lubumbashi
South Africa · Botswana · Zambia · DR Congo
Port of Durban
Freight rail · minerals processing · energy · manufacturing
Abidjan → Accra → Lomé → Cotonou → Lagos
Côte d’Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria
Connected Atlantic ports
Urban rail · ports · manufacturing · regional trade
Dakar → Bamako → Ouagadougou → Niamey
Senegal · Mali · Burkina Faso · Niger
Port of Dakar
Rail · solar power · food reserves · resilient logistics
Cairo → Khartoum → Addis Ababa → Nairobi
Egypt · Sudan · Ethiopia · Kenya
Mediterranean and Red Sea systems
Passenger rail · freight · energy pools · knowledge cities
Featured demonstration corridor
Dar es Salaam
to Kinshasa
Ocean gateway · port interface · export logistics
Dry port · services · digital trade hub
Lake logistics · agro-processing · regional distribution
Megacity market · industry · continental interchange
Why this route first
It links an Indian Ocean gateway to high-growth inland markets and a major continental city. Delivered as one system, it can show how coordinated rail, customs, power, logistics and processing reduce friction across several borders.
Join the corridor coalition →Interoperable passenger and freight rail
Single cargo window and coordinated borders
Reliable energy for stations, cities and industry
SEZs, logistics parks and local processing
The operating model
Corridors convert a transport route into a development platform. Every layer is planned together so infrastructure creates productive capacity and visible human outcomes.
Port capacity, border posts, digital customs and cargo visibility.
Rail, energy, fibre and high-capacity inland logistics.
SEZs, processing, farms, manufacturing and supplier clusters.
Housing, skills, health, research and thriving corridor cities.
Investable by design
Governments establish the enabling platform. African institutions, industry, operators and long-term capital build and operate the systems around it.
See the finance model →Rail concessions · stations · terminals · grid interconnectors
Dry ports · warehouses · cold chain · digital customs
SEZs · processing plants · industrial utilities · supplier parks
Housing · mobility · skills campuses · health infrastructure
Build across borders
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