China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) has signed a deal worth US$12bn with Nigeria to construct a West African coastal railway
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Etihad Airways to begin daily flights to Dar es Salaam

Tanzania has the sixth largest population in Africa, with over four million people living in the largest city, Dar es Salaam. (Image source: Aero Icarus /Flickr)
Etihad Airways has announced its daily service to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania from Abu Dhabi, in a move to expand its African route network
Indian firm wins US$79.2mn transport projects in Africa

Ashok Leyland is the second largest commercial vehicle manufacturer in India and the fourth largest manufacturer of buses in the world. (Image source: Ashok Leyland)
Indian automobile manufacturing company Ashok Leyland has announced that it has won two integrated transport projects worth US$79.2mn in Tanzania and Zimbabwe
ABB to supply engineering equipment for Ethiopian railway project

ABB is a supplier of turnkey air-insulated, gas-insulated and hybrid substations. (Image source: ABB)
ABB has been awarded a bid to supply traction sub-stations and auxiliary power supply for a newly developed railway line in Ethiopia for US$16mn
Gambia launches US$65mn Trans-Gambia Bridge project

The construction work at the Trans-Gambia Bridge project is expected to last for three years. (Image source: Daniel/Flicker)
The Gambian government with funds worth US$65mn from the Africa Development Bank has commenced the construction of the Trans-Gambia Bridge project