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The project will connect Mtwara Port with Mbamba Bay through southern Tanzania and provide branch lines to the Mchuchuma coal and Liganga iron-ore deposits. The PAP II concept covers approximately 1,000 km of standard-gauge railway and is designed for passenger speeds of up to 160 km/h and freight speeds of up to 120 km/h. The PAP II baseline was USD 5.5 billion at 2016 prices, excluding VAT; Tanzania's March 2026 PPP pipeline gives a current indicative estimate of approximately USD 5.6 billion. The railway is intended to form the transport backbone of the Mtwara Development Corridor. It would support movement of minerals, agricultural products, fuel, industrial inputs and general freight between inland production areas, Lake Nyasa and the Indian Ocean. Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe are identified as beneficiaries in the PAP II record. Feasibility and preliminary design were completed before the current reporting period. Government reporting in 2023 described the next step as engagement of a transaction adviser to review the earlier feasibility work and prepare procurement documentation for selection of a PPP investor. The PPP model reflects the project's large capital requirement and the need to link railway demand with development of the mineral and agricultural base. In February 2026, Tanzania's Deputy Minister for Transport confirmed that feasibility and preliminary design had been completed and that the government was continuing to mobilise resources, including through public-private partnership arrangements. No official record reviewed confirms financial close, award of a railway works contract, contractor mobilisation or construction.

The project covers feasibility studies for the design, development, operation and maintenance of a high-voltage direct-current transmission scheme associated with the Inga 3 Low Head Project. The studies will cover the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa and the transit countries and will address land rights, land development, environmental authorisation and commercial arrangements. The proposed HVDC corridor would require coordinated planning across the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe and/or Botswana and South Africa. Preparation must define the generation injection point, route, converter stations, transit arrangements, land and environmental requirements, wheeling and operating rules, long-term power-purchase commitments and financing and ownership structure. The World Bank states that Inga 3 is not yet fixed to one specific design, site or scale and that further technical, social, environmental, financial and legal studies are required. Accordingly, the 5,000 MW transmission concept remains a baseline proposal.

The project will construct a set of 330 kV transmission links across Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. The principal sections are the Hwange-Livingstone/Mukuni connection between Zimbabwe and Zambia, the Victoria Falls-Pandamatenga connection between Zimbabwe and Botswana, and the Mukuni-Zambezi connection between Zambia and Namibia. Together, the facilities will interconnect the four countries and provide an additional regional transmission route within the Southern African Power Pool. Verified implementation and technical context: The current preparation package is intended to bring the earlier studies up to date, confirm the preferred technical configuration, reassess environmental and social impacts and define a bankable delivery and financing structure. ZIZABONA must be treated as a coordinated regional system rather than as a single national line: each section, substation and utility has its own preparation and procurement requirements, but the intended benefits depend on the complete alternative north-south wheeling path becoming operational. Progress on one national package therefore cannot be reported as completion of the entire interconnector.

The Serenje-Nakonde project road runs in a north eastern direction from Serenje in Zambia's Central Province to Nakonde (at the border post between Zambia and Tanzania) in the Northern Province covering a total distance of 611.5 km. The road is divided in 3 links: Link 1: Serenje to Mpika (238.3 km), Link 2: Mpika to Chinsali (164.6 k), Link 3: Chinsali to Nakonde (208.6 km) The Serenje-Nakonde road is part of the Regional Trunk Road Network (RTRN Link 15) as well as the Trans-African Highway Nr 4.

The Serenje-Nakonde project road runs in a north eastern direction from Serenje in Zambia's Central Province to Nakonde (at the border post between Zambia and Tanzania) in the Northern Province covering a total distance of 611.5 km. The road is divided in 3 links: Link 1: Serenje to Mpika (238.3 km), Link 2: Mpika to Chinsali (164.6 k), Link 3: Chinsali to Nakonde (208.6 km) The Serenje-Nakonde road is part of the Regional Trunk Road Network (RTRN Link 15) as well as the Trans-African Highway Nr 4.

The road runs in a southern direction from Harare to Beitbridge Border Post (between Zimbabwe and South Africa), covering a total distance of 571km. The Harare-Beitbridge road is part of the Regional Trunk Road Network (RTRN Link Nr 25). This section covers 184 km from Turn Off to Beitbridge Border Post.

The Serenje-Nakonde project road runs in a north eastern direction from Serenje in Zambia's Central Province to Nakonde (at the border post between Zambia and Tanzania) in the Northern Province covering a total distance of 611.5 km. The road is divided in 3 links: Link 1: Serenje to Mpika (238.3 km), Link 2: Mpika to Chinsali (164.6m), Link 3: Chinsali to Nakonde (208.6 km) The Serenje-Nakonde road is part of the Regional Trunk Road Network (RTRN Link 15) as well as the Trans-African Highway Nr 4.

The road runs in a southern direction from Harare to Beitbridge Border Post (between Zimbabwe and South Africa), covering a total distance of 571km.The Harare-Beitbridge road is part of the Regional Trunk Road Network (RTRN Link Nr 25). This section covers 151 km from Chivhu to Masvingo.

The road runs in a southern direction from Harare to Beitbridge Border Post (between Zimbabwe and South Africa), covering a total distance of 571km. The Harare-Beitbridge road is part of the Regional Trunk Road Network (RTRN Link Nr 25). This section covers 141 km from Harare to Chivhu.

The road runs in a south westernly direction from Bulawayo to the Beitbridge Border Post (between Botswana and South-Africa), covering a total of 320km. See this project on an interactive GIS map (with Google Earth satellite imagery and geo-referenced photographs) at www.tmsagis.co.za. The Bulawayo - Beitbridge road is part of the Regional Trunk Road Network (RTRN Link Nr 311).

The road runs in a north-easterly direction from Harare to the Nyamanpanda Border Post (between Zimbabwe and Mozambique), covering a total distance of 278km. See this project on an interactive GIS map (with Google Earth satellite imagery and geo-referenced photographs) at www.tmsagis.co.za. The Harare-Nyamapanda road is part of the Regional Trunk Road Network (RTRN Link NR 25) as well as the Trans-African Highway NR 9 and the rehabilitation of Marehwa-Nyamapanda is a section of this project, which covers a distance of 172km.

The Port of Beira is Mozambique’s principal maritime gateway for the central region and an important outlet for landlocked markets in Southern Africa. It is connected by road and rail to Zimbabwe and Zambia, by the Sena corridor towards Tete and Malawi, and by pipeline to Zimbabwe. The original PIDA PAP II submission identifies the regional beneficiaries as Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The project responds to the need for additional cargo-handling capacity and more reliable port infrastructure along a corridor that carries containers, general cargo, fertilizer, agricultural commodities, minerals and petroleum products. The approved Phase I package is broader than a single terminal expansion. It includes construction of a multipurpose terminal; expansion of the container terminal; construction of wharves 11A and 11B and paving of more than 20 hectares; construction of a fertilizer terminal and its supporting infrastructure; and rehabilitation and expansion of the fuel terminal. The submitted technical target is to increase annual handling capacity from 13.6 million tonnes to 24 million tonnes. The historical Phase I cost is USD 88.6 million. The submission also refers to a possible Phase II minerals terminal estimated at USD 509.1 million, but that amount is separate and must not be added to the Phase I project cost unless the database is formally re-scoped. Current port information helps explain the operating base on which the PAP II project is being implemented, but it must not be confused with completed project outputs. The 2026/2027 operator directory records a 645-metre multipurpose container terminal with a design capacity of approximately 500,000 TEU per year, a 300,000 square metre container yard, four ship-to-shore cranes and associated yard equipment. It records a general cargo terminal with 670 metres of quay and a design capacity of 4.5 million tonnes per year, as well as an oil terminal with an annual capacity of 2.5 million tonnes. These are current port facilities and capacities; they are not, by themselves, evidence that the full PAP II investment package has been completed. Physical implementation is clearest in the container and general-cargo components. The operator reported that the container terminal handled 469,664 TEU in 2025 and was adding two new ship-to-shore cranes to its equipment fleet. The stated development direction is to expand container handling towards 700,000 TEU per year. Earlier operator reporting also described expansion of general-cargo capacity from 3.5 million to 5 million tonnes per year and a dedicated fertilizer-handling facility with a conveyor from ship to warehouse and a dedicated mobile harbour crane. These activities relate directly to the approved container-terminal and fertilizer-terminal components and support a portfolio-level classification of S4B – Construction. They do not establish that wharves 11A and 11B, the multipurpose terminal and every supporting facility have all been completed. The fuel-terminal component remains less advanced. In 2025, CFM issued an expression of interest for consultancy services to develop a multi-user floating fuel pier, technically described as a single buoy or single point mooring. The consultancy covers assessment of regional fuel demand and storage requirements; collection of technical, environmental, legal and financial information; risk assessment; selection of a public-private partnership model; preparation and evaluation of partner-procurement documents; contract negotiation; and later supervision of works. This evidence shows active project preparation and procurement for the fuel component, not completed construction or operation. For database reporting, the project should therefore be treated as a mixed-maturity portfolio. S4B is justified because material components of the approved scope are under physical implementation, but the narrative must state that other components remain in preparation or have not been independently verified. The project must not be advanced to S4C until official evidence confirms commissioning and operation of the complete approved phase, or until the project is formally divided into separately reportable components. The USD 88.6 million value should continue to be described as the original Phase I baseline rather than a verified current cost estimate.

The Chirundu-Harare road runs in a south-easterly direction from Chirundu Border Post (between Zimbabwe and Zambia) to Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe, covering a total distance of 348 km. The Chirundu-Harare road is part of the Regional Trunk Road Network (RTRN Link Nr 22) as well as the Trans-African Highway Nr 9. This section covers a distance of 101 km from Chinhoyi to Harare.

The road runs in a southern direction from Harare to Beitbridge Border Post (between Zimbabwe and South Africa), covering a total distance of 571km. The Harare-Beitbridge road is part of the Regional Trunk Road Network (RTRN Link Nr 25). This section covers 95 km from Masvingo to Turn Off.

The Chirundu-Harare road runs in a south-easterly direction from Chirundu Border Post (between Zimbabwe and Zambia) to Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe, covering a total distance of 348 km.The Chirundu-Harare road is part of the Regional Trunk Road Network (RTRN Link Nr 22) as well as the Trans-African Highway Nr 9. This section covers a distance of 94 km from Karoi to Chinhoyi.

The Chirundu-Harare road runs in a south-easterly direction from Chirundu Border Post (between Zimbabwe and Zambia) to Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe, covering a total distance of 348 km. The Chirundu-Harare road is part of the Regional Trunk Road Network (RTRN Link Nr 22) as well as the Trans-African Highway Nr 9. This section covers 78 km from Makuti to Karoi.

The proposed project road is one of the six (6) international trunk routes connecting Zimbabwe with the neighbouring countries of Botswana and South Africa Overall, it is intended that the proposed intervention will reduce travel costs for road users as well as maintenance costs for the Government. A major objective is to help improve road safety conditions for international and regional traffic and for local residents The project road starts from the Bulawayo Main Post Office and ends at the intersection* with the Masvingo road about 4 km north of the international border area. The approximate limits of the subject Project road are indicated in Map.

The Chirundu - Harare road runs in a south-easterly direction from Chirundu Border Post (between Zimbabwe and Zambia) to Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe, covering a total distance of 348 km. The Chirundu-Harare road is part of the Regional Trunk Road Network (RTRN Link Nr 22) as well as the Trans-African Highway Nr 9. Llink 1 runs a distance of 75 km from Chirundu Border Post to Hells Gate.

ZiZaBoNa creates a new Western Transmission Corridor in Southern Africa, by linking the power systems of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. This part of the project involves the construction of a 231 km / 330 kV transmission interconnector from Livingstone Substation (Zambia) to Zambezi Substation at Katima (Botswana), with a transmission capacity of 300 MW. Here it joins the Caprivi HVDC link.

ZiZaBoNa creates a new Western Transmission Corridor in Southern Africa, by linking the power systems of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. This part of the project is the first phase of the bigger ZiZaBoNa project and involves the construction of a 101 km / 330 kV transmission interconnector from Hwange Power Station to Victoria Falls Substation in Zimbabwe and construction of the 14km Victoria Falls to Livingstone cross-border link with a transmission capacity of 300 MW.

ZiZaBoNa creates a new Western Transmission Corridor in Southern Africa, by linking the power systems of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. This part of the project involves the construction of a 76 km / 330 kV transmission interconnector from Pandamatenga Substation (Botswana) to Victoria Falls Substation (Zimbabwe), with a transmission capacity of 300 MW.

The SADC Regional Carrier-Neutral Data Centre a strategic ICT infrastructure project under the PIDA Priority Action Plan 2 (PAP2) to develop a Tier III certified, carrier-neutral data centre to serve as the primary regional digital hub for the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The facility is designed to host the SADC Regional Internet Exchange Point (IXP), ICANN Root Server Instances, and cloud services infrastructure. Tier III certification guarantees 99.982% uptime with a maximum of 1.6 hours (95 minutes) of downtime annually, N+1 fault tolerant systems, and 72-hour power protection. The project is structured as a public-private partnership (PPP) with an estimated total facility investment of USD 10 million. The project institution is the SADC Secretariat, SATA, and the hosting country. Beneficiary countries include all 16 SADC member states: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The Digital Investment Facility (DIF), an EU co-funded service, is conducting a comprehensive feasibility, market, and regulatory study to enhance the bankability of the project and facilitate investor engagement. As of late 2025, a competitive evaluation process is underway to select the host country for the SADC Regional IXP component, with Botswana (via BoFiNet and its newly launched Digital Delta Data Centre) and a Zimbabwean entity shortlisted in the final evaluation stage. A data center is a critical information infrastructure. It complements IXPs to rely less on international transit for Internet. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Internet has shown to a be an absolute prerequisite of modern living and a tool that can be used to protect people, save lives, to enable people to telecommute, students to keep up with their studies and for everyone to keep in touch with their families and friends. Most online content, tools and services used were hosted outside the region and this placed a lot of strain on the costly International Internet links. A data center is the digital heart of each public or private network providing access to data and services via the Internet.

The name ZIZABONA was derived by taking the first two letters of the following country names: Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. It is a 400/330kV Interconnector line envisaged to establish the required infrastructure to interconnect the countries as indicated above. The project will enable the wheeling of power north south or vice versa via the Zambezi HVDC Link. The ZIZABONA project components include a direct line from Mukuni (previosuly known as Livingstone) to Zambezi together with a radial connection from Victoria Falla to Pandamatenga.  The project consists of the construction of the following key transmission lines; Zimbabwe (Hwange) - Zambia Livingstone (Mukuni) - 101km (Hwange to border) and 14km (border to Mukuni) Zimbabwe (Victoria Falls) - Botswana (Pandamatenga) - 76km Zambia (Mukuni) - Namibia (Zambezi) - 231km  

Reconstruction of the cargo and passenger transport system on the Beira-Machipanda railway line, linking the provinces of Sofala and Manica to neighbouring Zimbabwe, via the Machipanda border post, will once again allow people and goods to travel, particularly rural workers along the Beira corridor. This section of railway is of particular importance to Mozambique as it is expected to offer greater dynamism to the strategy of linking different development hubs in the country and neighbouring regions, and improve efficiency in transporting passengers and cargo between points along the railway.

Construction of Calomue/Dedza One-Stop Border Post between Mozambique and Malawi, with Calomue on the Mozambique side and Dedza on the Malawian side.

The railway section is about 1,000 km running from Mtwara Port at the Indian Ocean to Mbambabay/ (Ameliabay) in Lake Nyasa with Spurs connecting to Mineral fields of Mchuchuma coal and Liganga iron ore mines in the south west of Tanzania.

The railway section is about 1,000 km running from Mtwara Port at the Indian Ocean to Mbambabay/ (Ameliabay) in Lake Nyasa with Spurs connecting to Mineral fields of Mchuchuma coal and Liganga iron ore mines in the south west of Tanzania.

The railway section is about 1,000 km running from Mtwara Port at the Indian Ocean to Mbambabay/ (Ameliabay) in Lake Nyasa with Spurs connecting to Mineral fields of Mchuchuma coal and Liganga iron ore mines in the south west of Tanzania.

The railway section is about 1,000 km running from Mtwara Port at the Indian Ocean to Mbambabay/ (Ameliabay) in Lake Nyasa with Spurs connecting to Mineral fields of Mchuchuma coal and Liganga iron ore mines in the south west of Tanzania.

The project supports operationalisation of the Single African Air Transport Market by addressing the infrastructure and airspace-management constraints that limit safe, efficient and competitive air transport. It covers both physical aviation infrastructure, including airports and air-navigation systems, and the institutional and technical architecture required for a seamless African airspace. The master plan is expected to consolidate national and regional plans, forecast traffic and capacity needs, identify infrastructure gaps, prioritise investments and develop an implementation roadmap. The seamless airspace component is intended to promote harmonised procedures, performance-based navigation, flexible routes, common surveillance-code arrangements and interoperable CNS/ATM systems. The African Union Commission and AFCAC are the principal continental institutions, working with ICAO, regional economic communities, air-navigation service providers, civil-aviation authorities and industry stakeholders. All African Union member states are beneficiaries. A continent-wide aviation infrastructure gap analysis was completed and validated in 2023. Official ICAO and AFCAC reporting in 2024-2026 indicates that its results are being used to refine the air-navigation master strategy and identify bankable national and regional projects. The 2026 AU Assembly still called for mobilisation of financing for development of the Continental Aviation Infrastructure Master Plan.

The AXIS Project aims to facilitate the development of an African internet infrastructure through policy and regulatory reform, capacity building and technical assistance. Development of an African internet infrastructure refers to the establishment of regional internet exchange points (IXPs) and internet carriers. The AXIS Project aims to facilitate the development of an African internet infrastructure through policy and regulatory reform, capacity building and technical assistance. Development of an African internet infrastructure refers to the establishment of regional internet exchange points (IXPs) and internet carriers. The AXIS Project is being implemented through two phases. Phase I consists of capacity building to support the establishment of national IXPs through providing a series of two workshops for stakeholders and the Internet Service Provider Association (ISPA) on  I) best practice and benefits of IXP and II) technical assistance through workshops which will cover the technical and administrative skills needed to set up, operate, and administer an IXP. Phase II focuses on supporting establishment of Regional IXP and Regional Internet Carrier through provisioning Capacity building workshops on best practice and benefits of setting up RIXP/IC and providing technical assistance. The AXIS Project is a flagship project of the African Regional Action Plan on Knowledge Economy (ARAPKE) endorsed by the African Union Executive Council. 

Establishing Forbes/ Machipanda One-Stop Border Post (OSBP). Zimbabwe has prepared improvement plans for both Forbes and Nyamapanda that have been ready since 2005 but have not been implemented. The improvement plans envisage the expansion of the border control area and building of additional facilities and infrastructure. The existing Forbes border post building is currently under renovation and expansion to accommodate commercial office and increasing space in the travellers' clearance hall.

This project is the Zimbabwe section of the Beira - Harare railway (rail component of the Beira multimodal corridor), from the Mozambique border at Machipanda, to the capital Harare.

Establishing the Nyamapanda/ Cuchimano One-Stop Border Post with Cuchimano on the Mozambique side and Nyamapanda on the Zimbabwean side.

The AXIS Project aims to facilitate the development of an African internet infrastructure through policy and regulatory reform, capacity building and technical assistance. Development of an African internet infrastructure refers to the establishment of regional internet exchange points (IXPs) and internet carriers. The AXIS Project is being implemented through two phases. Phase I consists of capacity building to support the establishment of national IXPs through providing a series of two workshops for stakeholders and the Internet Service Provider Association (ISPA) on  I) best practice and benefits of IXP and II) technical assistance through workshops which will cover the technical and administrative skills needed to set up, operate, and administer an IXP. Phase II focuses on supporting establishment of Regional IXP and Regional Internet Carrier through provisioning Capacity building workshops on best practice and benefits of setting up RIXP/IC and providing technical assistance. The AXIS Project is a flagship project of the African Regional Action Plan on Knowledge Economy (ARAPKE) endorsed by the African Union Executive Council.