Improved border links for Southern Africa

A US$104 million road project that will improve cross-border links in Southern Africa is now getting underway thanks to a loan from the African Development Bank (ADB).
February 29, 2012 Read time: 1 min
A US$104 million road project that will improve cross-border links in Southern Africa is now getting underway thanks to a loan from the 1586 African Development Bank (ADB). The $86.5 million loan will help fund the second stage of the Nacala Corridor roads project in Mozambique. In all, the Nacala Corridor roads project is for some 1,033km of roads in Zambia, Mozambique and Malawi.

The first phase of the project is for 348km of roads in Mozambique and 13km of connecting roads in Malawi. In addition the project includes work to upgrade and surface 115km of roads in Zambia, Mozambique and Malawi. The second stage of the project is for upgrades to 360km of roads between Mwami and Luangwa in Zambia.

The project is of economic importance for all three nations and particularly for Malawi, which has suffered from poor transport connections to its neighbours in the past. Zambia's economy has been boosted significantly in recent years by worldwide demand for copper from its mining industry and Mozambique has also seen steady recovery so better transport links will improve trade, with huge knock-on benefits for Malawi as a result.

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