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Official newsletter of the Lobito Corridor IPA presenting news, views, and announcements impacting the Lobito Corridor.
Welcome to Thoughts on the Corridor, the official newsletter of the Lobito Corridor Investment Promotion Authority and section of the Emerging Real Estate Digest—your insider's guide to investing and doing business on the African continent. Stay informed about the Lobito Corridor with our "Thoughts on the Corridor" section, and keep up with general business trends across Africa through "Africa Vantage."
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Lobito Corridor News
🎦 What is Africa’s Lobito Corridor?
Tony Carroll of the DC-based United States Institute of Peace speaks on the Lobito Corridor… Read More
📰 Update: Implementation of U.S. Commitments
In addition to more than $3 billion in announced USG rail, rural transportation, digital access, agriculture and clean energy infrastructure investments in the corridor, PGI developed a seven-side MOU, signed in October 2023, between the U.S. and Angola, the DRC, the EU, Zambia, the African Development Bank, and Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) to develop the corridor and launch a greenfield rail line to expand the Lobito Corridor to Zambia… Read More
🎦 Jito Kayumba Gives Zambian Perspective on the Corridor
Jito is Special Assistant to the President of Zambia and Director of several companies trading in Zambia.
📰 Italy Pledges $320 Million for Africa’s Lobito Corridor Under G7 Infrastructure Plan
Italy has announced a commitment of $320 million (Eur298 million) to the Lobito corridor project, a US-backed initiative aimed at upgrading and extending the existing rail corridor connecting the copper and cobalt-rich areas of northern Zambia and southern DRC to the Port of Lobito in Angola.… Read More
📷 Export Corridors from the Copperbelt to Africa’s Major Ports
