The Akagera River Transport project proposes to make approximately 260 km of the Akagera/Kagera River navigable between Lake Victoria and Kagitumba in Rwanda. The programme includes river-improvement works, selective dredging, cut-offs, bank protection, canals or locks where required, and associated inland-port facilities.
The project identifies Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda as participating states and records a three-stage estimated project cost of USD 298.0824 million. An earlier Kagera navigability study provides a technical basis, while later regional infrastructure initiatives continue to recognise the corridor. No current official evidence establishes financial close, tendering or physical implementation of the PAP II navigation works.
The project is intended to create an inland-water transport connection from Lake Victoria through the Kagera/Akagera River to Kagitumba in eastern Rwanda. Its approximately 260 km scope may require river training, dredging, bank protection, cut-offs, navigation structures and inland-port development.
The project would provide Rwanda with direct water access to Lake Victoria and connect regional cargo and passenger movements to existing lake ports and onward road and rail corridors. Technical preparation must address seasonal flows, sedimentation, protected ecosystems, hydraulic structures, navigation safety and harmonised cross-border regulation.
The project reports a three-stage project cost of USD 298,082,400. The previously stored USD 815 million total is not supported as a like-for-like PAP II baseline by the uploaded validation documents. The active record is therefore corrected to USD 298.0824 million and classified as CAPEX because no separate preparation or operating-cost split is given.
The older feasibility work and continuing regional recognition support retaining S2B rather than downgrading the project solely because recent public evidence is limited.
Develop a navigable inland-water connection between Lake Victoria and Kagitumba; reduce regional freight and passenger transport costs; provide Rwanda with improved access to Lake Victoria transport networks; strengthen East African trade integration; and promote a lower-carbon complement to road transport.