Chinese rail contractors are consolidating their foothold in East Africa as part of a twin effort to improve the region's connectivity and tap into its abundant reserves of strategic minerals. Last ...

South African private rail freight company Traxtion has announced that it will invest Rand 3.4bn ($US 197m) in 1067mm-gauge ...

Leasing company Traxtion has announced a R3·4bn programme of investment in locomotives and rolling stock to expand capacity ...

Africa’s biggest freight rail market is on the cusp of being transformed by private operators, the head of the operator of the continent’s largest rolling-stock fleet said. The South African ...

SA's rail freight industry is set to receive a R3.4 billion investment, marking a major step in expanding private freight ...

LUANDA, Angola — President Joe Biden on his visit to sub-Saharan Africa pledged another $600 million for a cross-continent rail corridor project Wednesday, telling regional leaders that “Africa has ...

The African Rail Industry Association (ARIA) today announces the official launch of “The Power of Local Begins Here,” a ...

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The railway link will allow the West to access central Africa’s vast metal reserves in the face of stiff competition from China in the sector. Credits: Thomas_Moore/iStock via Getty Images Plus. US ...

South Africa has landed its largest-ever private rail investment, with private rail operator Traxtion committing R3.4 billion ...

Thousands of rail cars in South Africa will soon be equipped with passive UHF RFID tags, allowing them to be more effectively tracked, maintained and inventoried. Spoornet, a South African provider of ...

The roads in the north of Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN), South Africa’s second-most-populated province, were once sedate. Lorries carrying timber or sugar cane from nearby plantations would trundle past, ...