The African debate
What future for rail transport in Africa?
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Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo (2011).
© PHIL MOORE/AFP
By: Alain Foka Follow
Of the 100,000 kilometers of early 20th century railways on the continent, only half remain.
How to explain this decline and reverse the curve?
How to revive rail transport, a key sector in the opening up of certain territories and in continental integration?
And with what funding?
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With the participation of :
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Malick Kouanda
, Transport Economist, Managing Director of the Railway Heritage Management Company of Burkina Faso (
SOPAFER-B
)
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Jacques Bimai
, Managing Director of the International Railway Works Company (SITRAFER) in Cameroon
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Ghislain Kalwa Chulu
, head of the Haut-Katanga Civil Society Consultation Framework.
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