How Ethiopia, Tanzania, others move cargoes by rail

[John Ashworth]

How Ethiopia, Tanzania, others move cargoes by rail

Ethiopia, Djibouti, Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, and Uganda are among countries in Africa that have made rail transport an important mode of transporting cargoes from the ports to places where they are needed. The impact of rail lines on cargo evacuation in those countries holds important lessons for Nigeria, a nation with six functional seaports that depend on the road to move about 95 percent of its import and export goods...