More aid for Mombasa

Container throughput at Mombasa increased by almost 12% in 2023, with significant improvements in vessel and truck turnaround times, and a rise in total cargo handled.

The government of Uganda has cancelled its 2015 contract with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to build the next section of the standard gauge railway (SGR) from Malaba on the Kenyan border to the Ugandan capital Kampala

The Kenyan government has released some details of the US$3B loans it took out with China Export Import Bank (China Exim Bank) to finance the construction of two phases of the Standard Gauge Railway

The Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam has again been hit by congestion, with vessels diverted to Mombasa in Kenya through much of April

There have been conflicting reports from East Africa about how smoothly the Port of Mombasa is functioning.

China Communications Construction Company has completed the first three berths at the new port of Lamu in Kenya, and the focus has turned to securing cargo handling equipment and developing road connections.