Alternet Systems has announced that the interest expressed by UBER in the African electric motorcycle market has spurred new investment interest in ALYIs ongoing US$300mn electric mobility project in Africa centred on the commercial manufacturing launch of ALYIs ReVolt Electric Motorcycle
Logistics
AfDB gives US$1.2mn for Ethiopia-Sudan railway study

The railway line will link Addis Ababa in Ethiopia to Khartoum in Sudan, with an extension to Port Sudan on the Red Sea. (Image source: Luisao Pepe/Pixabay)
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a US$1.2mn grant to Ethiopia’s government to finance a feasibility study for construction of a standard-gauge railway (SGR) link between Ethiopia and neighbouring Sudan
Five Nigerian airports to resume from 21 June

The owners of private aircrafts need to desist from asking for permission to fly while restrictions as only essential services will be allowed to fly. (Image source: InSapphoWeTrust/Flickr)
The Nigerian government has announced the resumption of its domestic flights from 21 June with a proviso that airlines adhere to all necessary industry regulations
Uganda’s Ministry of Health meets truck owners

The meeting follows the presidential directive that only truck drivers with negative test results will be allowed into the country. (Image source: Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke /Pixabay)
Uganda’s Ministry of Health has met with representatives of the truck owners and national logistics platform in light of coronavirus pandemic situation
Nigeria’s aviation sector loses about US$54mn

Several airlines are not going to come out of it, according to the minister. (Image source: 272447/Pixabay)
Nigeria’s aviation sector loses about US$54mn monthly since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in the country, according to Haidi Sirika, minister of aviation