China to construct new East African railway line in Kenya

[TaiShang]

China to construct new East African railway line in Kenya
July 01, 2015



Wang Xinjiang (C), a Chinese engineer, works with Kenyan workers at the T-beam factory on section six of Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway project, near Makueni, Kenya, on March 16, 2015. The China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), which is carrying out the construction work on a new East African railway line in Kenya, on June 30, 2015 launched a training center for local employees in the country's coastal town of Voi. (Xinhua/Pan Siwei)



Isabella Khaemba (L) works with Chinese engineer Ren Zhichao, in a cement lab on section two of Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway project, in Taita-Taveta, Kenya, on June 30, 2015. The China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), which is carrying out the construction work on a new East African railway line in Kenya, on Tuesday launched a training center for local employees in the country's coastal town of Voi. (Xinhua/Pan Siwei)



Chinese and Kenyan engineers work on section two of Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway project, in Taita-Taveta, Kenya, on March 19, 2015. The China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), which is carrying out the construction work on a new East African railway line in Kenya, on June 30, 2015 launched a training center for local employees in the country's coastal town of Voi. (Xinhua/Pan Siwei)



Photo taken on June 30, 2015 shows a scene of the Opening Ceremony of Technology Transfer Competence Training Center, on section two of Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway project, in Taita-Taveta, Kenya. The China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), which is carrying out the construction work on a new East African railway line in Kenya, on Tuesday launched a training center for local employees in the country's coastal town of Voi. (Xinhua/Pan Siwei)

Guests unveil the name plate of Technology Transfer Competence Training Center, on section two of Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway project, in Taita-Taveta, Kenya, on June 30, 2015. The China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), which is carrying out the construction work on a new East African railway line in Kenya, on Tuesday launched a training center for local employees in the country's coastal town of Voi. (Xinhua/Pan Siwei)

@AndrewJin , @cirr , @Beidou2020 et al.

 

[AndrewJin]

China to construct new East African railway line in Kenya
July 01, 2015



Wang Xinjiang (C), a Chinese engineer, works with Kenyan workers at the T-beam factory on section six of Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway project, near Makueni, Kenya, on March 16, 2015. The China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), which is carrying out the construction work on a new East African railway line in Kenya, on June 30, 2015 launched a training center for local employees in the country's coastal town of Voi. (Xinhua/Pan Siwei)



Isabella Khaemba (L) works with Chinese engineer Ren Zhichao, in a cement lab on section two of Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway project, in Taita-Taveta, Kenya, on June 30, 2015. The China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), which is carrying out the construction work on a new East African railway line in Kenya, on Tuesday launched a training center for local employees in the country's coastal town of Voi. (Xinhua/Pan Siwei)



Chinese and Kenyan engineers work on section two of Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway project, in Taita-Taveta, Kenya, on March 19, 2015. The China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), which is carrying out the construction work on a new East African railway line in Kenya, on June 30, 2015 launched a training center for local employees in the country's coastal town of Voi. (Xinhua/Pan Siwei)



Photo taken on June 30, 2015 shows a scene of the Opening Ceremony of Technology Transfer Competence Training Center, on section two of Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway project, in Taita-Taveta, Kenya. The China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), which is carrying out the construction work on a new East African railway line in Kenya, on Tuesday launched a training center for local employees in the country's coastal town of Voi. (Xinhua/Pan Siwei)

Guests unveil the name plate of Technology Transfer Competence Training Center, on section two of Kenya's Standard Gauge Railway project, in Taita-Taveta, Kenya, on June 30, 2015. The China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), which is carrying out the construction work on a new East African railway line in Kenya, on Tuesday launched a training center for local employees in the country's coastal town of Voi. (Xinhua/Pan Siwei)

@AndrewJin , @cirr , @Beidou2020 et al.

Great news.
Chinese engineers and experts are training local youth about railway construction, to teach is much better than to give!

 

[TaiShang]

Great news.
Chinese engineers and experts are training local youth about railway construction, to teach is much better than to give!

This is indeed one particular aspect of China's investment, which is noticed by the African nations, as well. Empowerment is the best tool to ensure that poverty would not sustain or make a come back right after the foreign investment pulls out.

 

[XiangLong]

Not only that, the current TAZARA and Benguala rail lines are in need of a major overhaul as well... Currently there is a major opportunity going in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to connect these 2 major historic rail lines (All built with Chinese aid btw). Currently, these 2 railways only end in the DRC in order to ship raw materials to either the African West or East Coast and are therefore not connected.

Here is a great opportunity for China to not only improve their flow of resources from primarily the DRC, Tanzania and Angola, but also to connect the infrastructure-lacking DRC, which has been yearning for much-needed investments and projects, with the rest of the world and which in turn would also improve the connectivity of Sub-Saharan Africa as a whole.

This is what a future layout could look like by connecting the current TAZARA and Benguala rail lines.

 

[TianyaTaiwan]

Great

 

[HRM YANG]

China is gaining ground in Africa, slow but hopeful, infrastructure constructions bring the qualified life to African people, but also facilitate the mercantile action in Africa! this is the situation I think
Pakistan also in this gambit.

 

[IR-TR]

China, doing more for Africa in less than two decades than the entire West did there in half a millennium.

 

[AndrewJin]

This is indeed one particular aspect of China's investment, which is noticed by the African nations, as well. Empowerment is the best tool to ensure that poverty would not sustain or make a come back right after the foreign investment pulls out.

Exactly.

 

[TaiShang]

Not only that, the current TAZARA and Benguala rail lines are in need of a major overhaul as well... Currently there is a major opportunity going in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to connect these 2 major historic rail lines (All built with Chinese aid btw). Currently, these 2 railways only end in the DRC in order to ship raw materials to either the African West or East Coast and are therefore not connected.

Here is a great opportunity for China to not only improve their flow of resources from primarily the DRC, Tanzania and Angola, but also to connect the infrastructure-lacking DRC, which has been yearning for much-needed investments and projects, with the rest of the world and which in turn would also improve the connectivity of Sub-Saharan Africa as a whole.

This is what a future layout could look like by connecting the current TAZARA and Benguala rail lines.

This is one of the comments under the news about Angola railway on Chinadaily:

"2015-2-15 11:09
Wealth begets more wealth by being willing to render helpful assistance to others, so as to improve others and ourselves at the same time. China has the means and is willing to help generously and before self. She shows the world that peace begets peace. Nature loves those who love it. Change is to improve, she makes it happen through devotion, dedication and diligence. She brings new life to those less fortunate so that they have a chance to do something more. Great!"

Last track laid for Ethiopia-Djibouti railway

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A significant milestone on the road to east African economic integration occurred last week as Chinese contractors laid the ceremonial last track of the new, 756km Ethiopia-Djibouti railway.

Djibouti’s president Ismail Omar Guelleh cut the ribbon as state-owned China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) laid the track in Djibouti.

Financed and built by China, the new railway links the port capital of Djibouti with landlocked Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.

“This railway project will revamp the already existing strong bilateral relationship between our two countries”– Workneh Gebeyehu, Ethiopia’s transport minister
The first train is expected to run in October. The electrified railway will cut the journey time between the two capitals down to less than 10 hours from the two days it now takes for heavy goods vehicles navigating a congested mountain road.

The link gives Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous country, better access to the port of Djibouti, and Djibouti better access to markets offered by a fast-growing Ethiopia.

Ethiopia’s economy is expected to expand 8.6% this year and 8.5% in 2016, compared with 10.3% growth last year, the International Monetary Fund said in its World Economic Outlook released in April.

Last week the Ethiopian government proposed an $11bn budget for the fiscal year to fund development, up nearly 20% from the previous year. Ethiopia plans to become the first sub-Saharan country after South Africa to lay down an electrified rail network that will link 49 towns and cities.

“The construction and completion of this railway project will revamp the already existing strong bilateral relationship between our two countries into the highest stage that will guarantee the realization of our dreams of integration not only of our two economies but also the economies of East and Horn of African region,” said Ethiopia’s transport minister, Workneh Gebeyehu, at the ceremony, Xinhua reported.

Two Chinese companies are building the rail link, China Railway Group (CREC) and CCECC.

 

[cirr]

Opportunities galore。