Economic Community of Central African States

Construction of a submarine optical fiber cable across Lake Tanganyika connecting Kigoma (Tanzania) to Kalemie (DRC), extending the Tanzania National ICT Broadband Backbone (NICTBB) into the Democratic Republic of Congo. The cable is approximately 186 km in length, deployed at lake depths reaching up to 1,470 metres, using G652D standard optical fiber with OTN over DWDM overlay. The project enhances EAC and ECCAS digital infrastructure integration and facilitates direct fiber-optic communication between the two countries. Tanzania is progressing with its side of the implementation. DRC side faces cross-border coordination challenges.

Construction of optical fiber cable across Lake Tanganyika connecting Kigoma in Tanzania to Kalemie in DRC to extend Tanzania National ICT Broadband Backbone. Tanzania side under construction with cross-border coordination challenges.

Additionally, this project extends Tanzania's National ICT Backbone (NICTBB) across Lake Tanganyika to Kalemie, DRC. It enhances EAC and ECCAS digital infrastructure integration and facilitates direct fiber-optic communication between the two countries. It is aligned with Agenda 2063 goals for digital corridors and resilient regional connectivity.

Upgrading of the access road to the Port of Kigoma (Tanzania) by the Lake Tanganyika.

<p>The project aims to provide solutions to the problems of interruption of navigation on Oubangui River, tributary of the Congo River in the region of Central Africa. This is particularly the case during periods of low water levels, and the supply of electricity to the Central African Republic (CAR), North Congo and the Congo. DRC, through the construction of a Oubangui flow control and power generation dam at the Palambo site, is about 60 km upstream from Bangui.</p>

<p>The characteristics of the scenario chosen among the solutions proposed by SOGREAH in 1990 were as follows:</p>

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<li>Normal retention rating of 361 m;</li>
<li>Height of the dam of approximately 18 m;</li>
<li>Area of 606 x106 m 2;</li>
<li>Length of approximately 1,200 m;</li>
<li>Minimum downstream flow to reach at Zinga, about 70 km downstream from Bangui of 920 m3 / s;</li>
<li>Storage volume of 2,370 million m3;</li>
<li>Power generation of 30 MW;</li>
<li>Number of groups of 4 bulbs (unit flow: 94 m3 / s).</li>
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<p>The project involves the construction of the Kousséré One-Stop Border Post between Cameroon and Chad, on the Douala-Bangui Douala-N Djamena Multimodal Transport Corridor.</p>

<p>Development of joint standards for modern corridor road design (with PPP) (including Trade and Transport Facilitation) on Douala-Bang</p>

<p>The project envisages the implementation of six Data Centers in Burundi, Central African Republic, Sao Tome, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon- and the reinforcement of five &ndash;Angola, Republic of Congo, Cameroun, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo.</p>
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<p>The project includes the construction of a road and rail bridge between Brazzaville in Congo and Kinshasa in the DRC. The project also includes road and rail links in both countries as well as joint border control points (One Stop Border Posts). A border control post will be located at each end of the bridge and will house border control officers. Inspections will only be conducted on one side of the river (i.e. on the departure side). The existing road infrastructure will be extended by 10km to connect the bridge to the two cities.</p>
<p>The railway bridge will have a total length of 1 575m and 10 bays divided as follows: 2 bays of 120m, 4 bays of 152m, 2 bays of 242m and two bays of 121.5m. The profile on the other side of the road consists of two unidirectional sidewalks with two lanes of 3m. The total width of the road, including sidewalks, is 16.24 m.</p>
<p>The two large cable-stayed spans (242m and 152m), located in the river along the banks, give the bridge a gateway to the capitals. The bridge will be located in Maloukou Trechot, 6km from the city of Maluku in Congo. The site is 55km from the two capitals along the river.</p>
<p>The bridge is part of a larger project, the Kinshasa-Ilebo railway project, which aims to improve the rail network in Africa. The larger project is expected to contribute to increased regional trade and accelerate regional integration between Central and Southern Africa. The project is expected to allow for cheaper and faster river crossing by passengers and freight. The beneficiaries of the project will therefore include the two countries whose fisci will benefit from increased trade, the increased presence of domestic and foreign companies in both countries, from private transporters and the economic and social benefits of liberated movement of both populations</p>