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The Northern Corridor Standard Gauge Railway is intended to create an interoperable regional railway from the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa to Uganda and Rwanda, with an additional link to South Sudan. The approved route begins with the approximately 480 km Mombasa-Nairobi section, continues approximately 120 km to Naivasha and then extends westward through Kenya to Malaba. In Uganda, the principal eastern section links Malaba with Kampala, with further planned connections towards Rwanda and a northern branch through Gulu and Nimule to Juba. The railway is designed for high-speed passenger operations of up to 160 km/h and high-capacity freight services. Its strategic function is to complement the heavily used Northern Corridor road network, reduce transport costs and transit times, improve port-hinterland connectivity and support regional trade and industrial development. The programme must be reported as a regional umbrella rather than as a single homogeneous construction contract. Kenya has completed and operates the Mombasa-Nairobi and Nairobi-Naivasha sections. Uganda has undertaken design, land acquisition, stakeholder engagement and contractor procurement for the Malaba-Kampala section. Rwanda and South Sudan remain dependent on completion and sequencing of the upstream sections and on regional financing and implementation agreements. Uganda's official transport reporting records engagement of Yapi Merkezi for the eastern route and subsequent pre-construction and right-of-way work. Official FY2025/26 and FY2026/27 budget documents contain construction targets for the Malaba-Kampala section, but targets are not the same as verified completed works. The project is therefore coded at S4A for the latest period because an implementation contract and preparatory activities exist, while full physical construction of the regional programme and regional commissioning have not been demonstrated. The USD 19.2 billion value remains the approved PAP II regional baseline. Segment costs, national budget allocations and financing arrangements should not be substituted for that full-scope estimate unless an approved consolidated regional cost update becomes available.

The governments of Kenya and Uganda and Rwanda have committed to the development of a standard gauge railway that links the landlocked countries of Rwanda and Uganda with Mombasa port in Kenya. This project entails the section from Nairobi to the Kenya/Uganda border at Malaba.

The governments of Kenya and Uganda and Rwanda have committed to the development of a standard gauge railway that links the landlocked countries of Rwanda and Uganda with Mombasa port in Kenya. This project entails the section from Mombasa port to Nairobi in Kenya.

The governments of Kenya and Uganda and Rwanda have committed to the development of a standard gauge railway that links the landlocked countries of Rwanda and Uganda with Mombasa port in Kenya. This project entails the section from Kampala to Kasese in Uganda.

The governments of Kenya and Uganda and Rwanda have committed to the development of a standard gauge railway that links the landlocked countries of Rwanda and Uganda with Mombasa port in Kenya. This project entails the section from Kasese in Uganda, to the border with Rwanda at Mirama Hills.

The governments of Kenya and Uganda and Rwanda have committed to the development of a standard gauge railway that links the landlocked countries of Rwanda and Uganda with Mombasa port in Kenya. This project entails the section from the Mirama Hills border (Uganda/Rwanda) to Kigali, the capital of Rwanda.

The project proposes a crude-oil pipeline from the South Sudan oil fields and the South Lokichar basin in Kenya to Lamu Port. Crude oil will be received at a tank terminal and transported through export pipelines to offshore single-point moorings for loading onto oil tankers. The PAP II design also considers related product-pipeline and refinery interfaces. At Lamu, the export system includes onshore and offshore pipeline sections routed to avoid the town centre and sensitive port-development areas, with offshore connections to the designated loading points. Verified implementation and technical context: The pipeline is one component of the wider LAPSSET corridor, but its development must be assessed separately from Lamu Port works, highway construction, the South Lokichar upstream petroleum project and interim road or rail evacuation options. The Parliament of Kenya reported that the pipeline design and mapping covered about 821 km and that the facility could also provide a commercial export route for South Sudanese crude. The project nevertheless requires an agreed regional implementation framework, secure land rights, environmental and social approvals, a commercially viable tariff and throughput structure, financing and coordinated terminal and offshore-loading infrastructure before physical construction can begin.

Tanzania is constructing the high speed electric standard gauge railway line from the port of Dar es Salaam to the inland Lake Victoria (at Mwanza) (1219 Km) with a target speed for passenger trains travelling at up to 160kph and cargo trains at up to 120kph and a branch from Isaka to Rusumo connects Keza in Kigali (371 Km)

Tanzania is constructing the high speed electric standard gauge railway line from Isaka to Rusumo connects Keza in Kigali (371 Km)

The governments of Kenya and Uganda and Rwanda have committed to the development of a standard gauge railway that links the landlocked countries of Rwanda and Uganda with Mombasa port in Kenya. This project entails the section from the Malaba border post (between Kenya and Uganda) to the Ugandan capital Kampala.

Rehabilitation and upgrading of the 197 km of road which would be the first toll road in Tanzania (First 100 km 6 lanes and then 4 lanes). The project requires the construction of a new road, adjacent to the existing road, that will give drivers the choice between paying for a superior toll road, constructed to expressway standards, or making use of the existing road. The project comprises four and six lane carriageways, 8 interchanges, 7 toll plazas and weigh bridges as well as a number of bridges. Tanzania"’s Roads Act 2007 recognises the Dar es Salaam - Chalinze - Morogoro road section as part of the main TANZAM Highway and Central Corridor T-1 route which connects Dar es Salaam and its port with land locked neighbouring countries.

The Transborder Submarine Fiber PoPs, Regional Smart Hub Facility and Data Centre is a multi-country ICT infrastructure project under the PIDA Priority Action Plan 2 (PAP 2) 2021-2030. The project aims to interconnect Kenya and its neighbouring countries - Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, and Tanzania - by relaying Kenya's terrestrial fibre network connecting the submarine cables arriving at Mombasa to their borders through strategically placed Points-of-Presence (PoPs) and a high-capacity Smart Hub Data Centre. The project is coordinated through the East African Community (EAC) and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and is aligned with Kenya Vision 2030, the ICT Infrastructure Masterplan, the Smart Africa and Digital Economy Blueprint, and the IGAD Regional Infrastructure Masterplan (IRIMP). It is structured as a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and is considered a flagship project for regional digital integration under AU Agenda 2063. The project is complemented by the World Bank-funded Eastern Africa Regional Digital Integration Project (EARDIP), which supports EAC and IGAD as conduits of digital integration across Eastern Africa, covering Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, and the two RECs in Phase I. A key enabling milestone was the official launch on July 18, 2025, of a 130 km cross-border terrestrial fibre link connecting Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) to Mombasa (Kenya) at the Lunga Lunga/Horohoro border, implemented by Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation (TTCL) and Kenya's ICT Authority (ICTA), operating at 1.6 Tbps and providing Tanzania access to Kenya's eight submarine cable landings. Kenya already has several sub-marine fibers landing in Mombasa and has already done terrestrial fiber connecting the sub-marine cable to the borders of the other partner countries (Busia border for Uganda, Mandera border for Somalia, Moyale border for Ethiopia, Nadapal border for South Sudan, Lunga-Lunga, Namanga and Holili border for Tanzania). The inter-connectivity infrastructure at the border points comprising 400 Gbps PoPs and Smart Hub data centre in Mombasa are lacking.

The approved project comprises a 98 km transmission line operating at 220 kV. It was identified as a least-cost transmission investment in the Tanzania Power System Master Plan and the East African Community Power System Master Plan. The line will connect the Ugandan and Tanzanian grids around the Lake Victoria zone and provide regional transmission capacity for electricity exchange. Verified implementation and technical context: The World Bank's current project design places the Ugandan investment within the Regional Energy Transmission, Trade and Decarbonization for Eastern Africa (RETRADE-EA) programme. It includes the 260 km Wobulenzi-Masaka-Mutukula line, extension of the Wobulenzi substation, a new Masaka substation, environmental and social mitigation, livelihood restoration, project-management support and institutional strengthening for integrated-system operation and regional power trade. UETCL is responsible for the Ugandan package, while TANESCO is responsible for the corresponding Tanzanian investments under intergovernmental and inter-utility coordination arrangements. Note: Because the current 400 kV configuration differs from the original 98 km, 220 kV original submission, the database preserves the baseline while clearly recording that the implementation programme has been technically reconfigured.

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.

The project involves the construction of a submarine optical fiber cable across Lake Tanganyika, connecting Kigoma in Tanzania to Kalemie in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The cable is 186 km in length and will be deployed at lake depths reaching up to 1,470 meters. It will use G652D standard single-mode optical fiber with an initial capacity of 100 Gbps, expandable to several terabits per second using OTN over DWDM overlay technology. The primary component is the lake-bed cable, which will extend the existing Tanzania National ICT Broadband Backbone (NICTBB) into eastern DRC. The NICTBB, managed by Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation (TTCL) on behalf of the Government of Tanzania, already spans approximately 7,910 km and connects Tanzania to six neighboring countries: Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. The project also includes establishing Points of Presence (PoPs) on both sides to facilitate interconnection and service delivery. The cable design incorporates specialized burial techniques and environmental safeguards to address seismic risks along the East African Rift. Joint environmental studies by TTCL and the Societe Congolaise des Postes et Telecommunications (SCPT) are being conducted to ensure compliance with the Ramsar Convention protecting Lake Tanganyika's biodiversity. This infrastructure is critical for digital integration within the East African Community (EAC) and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), providing a direct, high-capacity link that bypasses challenging overland routes. The project is recognized under the AUDA-NEPAD 2nd PIDA Priority Action Plan (2021-2030) as a key link for digital integration in East and Southern Africa. The government of Tanzania constructed a National ICT Broadband Backbone (NICTBB) connecting all Regions in Tanzania and cross boarder connectivity to Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. The NICTBB has a total length of 7,910Km. The aim of NICTBB is to provide connectivity to all neighboring countries. Now the government is planning to connect with DRC by construction of optical fiber cable. The ideal of connection is between Kigoma in Tanzania and Kalemie in DRC, where the submarine optical fiber cable will be constructed. To achieve direct cross border link across lake Tanganyika, it will requires understanding of lake Tanganyika's bottom terrain and hydrology, landscape of beach sides, assessment of risks for marine activity and analysis of environmental factors for an in-depth design. The process will need to involve desk study, preliminary system design, route survey then detailed system design, which will determine the requirements for its implementation and operation. However, for generic understanding of requirements, we have identified possible locations of cable landing points along the shores of lake Tanganyika. The direct water distances between the two points is approximate to 150km with 1,470m considered as possible maximum depth of lake Tanganyika. Therefore considering that the cable will need to be layed down at the bottom of the lake, about 200km of submarine OFC could be needed for laying between the two points.

The Juba-Nairobi Fiber Optic Link (PIDA Code I.02.30.06) is a 957 km high-capacity terrestrial fiber optic cable project connecting Eldoret, Kenya, to Juba, South Sudan, via the Nadapal border town. The Kenyan segment (approximately 700 km), which forms part of Kenya's National Optic Fibre Backbone Infrastructure (NOFBI), is complete and operational. The South Sudan segment (approximately 257 km) represents the critical missing link. The project is a key component of the PIDA Priority Action Plan (PAP) 2 (2021-2030) under the ICT sector. It aims to provide South Sudan with its first direct, high-speed international internet gateway, reducing latency and costs by eliminating dependency on expensive satellite and microwave links. The project scope includes construction of the fiber cable, associated ducting, manholes, and repeater stations. In August 2023, Presidents William Ruto of Kenya and Salva Kiir of South Sudan signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the fiber optic cable along the Eldoret-Juba road. In February 2024, Kenya's Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen and South Sudan's counterpart Simon Mijok Mijak signed a further MoU separating border issues from connectivity to advance the project. In June 2025, at the 30th East African Communications Organization (EACO) Annual Assembly held in Juba, Kenya and South Sudan signed a bilateral cooperation agreement for a 2,420 km National Broadband Internet Backbone Initiative (NBIBI), extending Kenya's NOFBI into South Sudan, with support from the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA). In August 2025, South Sudan's Ministry of ICT and Postal Services (MOICT&PS) announced that construction would begin in early 2026, with technical teams being recruited to conduct feasibility studies and environmental impact assessments prior to a groundbreaking ceremony. In October 2025, South Sudan's Telecommunications Under-Secretary Engineer Thomas Gatkuoth publicly confirmed the 2,400 km fiber optic cable project at a digital governance panel in Lusaka, Zambia. Construction of a high capacity Optic Fibre Cable (OFC) from Eldoret (Kenya) to Juba (South Sudan) through the Nadapal border town. Laying of the new Eastern Africa Regional Transport, Trade and Development Facilitation Program (EARTTDFP) FON (main cable). This cable is the main backbone link for internet connectivity to the Kenyan north-western region and to the wider South Sudan.

The project involves the construction of a grade separated flyover for Morogoro Road / Nelson Mandela intersection.

Upgrading of the Bujumbura-Rumonge-Nyanza Lac-Mugina (RN3) road will improve trade, transport and tourism in the East African region. The road has 3 main sections: 1) Bujumbura-Rumonge (78 km): Studies of its upgrading are ongoing, NEPAD/IPPF funds; 2) Rumonge-Nyanza Lac (45 km): Works are planned, funds from AfDB; 3) Nyanza Lac-Mugina (45 km): Upgrading completed.