Southern African Development Community

<p>Establishing the Zobue/ Mwanza OSBP which lies on the Tete/ Nacala Corridor, with Zobue on the Mozambican side and Mwanza on the Malawian side.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>The AXIS Project is a flagship project of the African Regional Action Plan on Knowledge Economy (ARAPKE) endorsed by the African Union Executive Council.</p>

<p>Strategically located half-way down the coast of Namibia, with direct access to principal shipping routes, Walvis Bay is a natural gateway for international trade. Walvis Bay is Namibia&#39;s largest commercial port, receiving approximately 3,000 vessel calls each year and handling about 5 million tonnes of cargo. In order to deal with even higher levels of throughput, cargo-handling facilities have been improved, and Namibia Port Authority (Namport) remains committed to infrastructure development, in line with Namport&#39;s Mission to provide efficient and effective port and related services.</p>

<p>The project will expand the Port of Walvis Bay"’s container handling as well as bulk handling capacity ahead of demand by the construction of a 30 hectare large new modern container terminal on reclaimed land with 600m of quay wall length designed for a water depth of 16.5m alongside but dredged to 14.0m initially. In so doing the current container terminal will be converted back to a multipurpose terminal capable of handling more bulk and break bulk cargo.</p>

<p>The project entails the design, construction, operation and maintenance of a new road new bridge and the construction of new access roads to the bridge. It further involves operation and maintenance of the old Samora Machel bridge, and rehabilitation, maintenance and operation of associated toll roads. The new bridge will cross the river at Benga, about six kilometres downstream from the Samora Machel bridge. Benga is the site of the coal mining concession awarded to the Australian company, Riversdale.</p>

<p>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.</p>
<p>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&Acirc; 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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The AXIS Project is a flagship project of the African Regional Action Plan on Knowledge Economy (ARAPKE) endorsed by the African Union Executive Council.</p>

<p>The project will establish a second transmission interconnector between South Africa and Zimbabwe, enhancing the wheeling capacity of the Central Transmission Corridor by 1500 MW. The Zimbabwean section stretches from the South African border to Plumtree in the Matabeleland region of&Acirc; Zimbabwe, close to the border with Botswana.</p>
<p>The second transmissioninterconnector between South Africaand Zimbabwe will increase theZimbabwean wheeling capacity,unlocking bottlenecks for the benefitof the sub-utility companies in theregion. The project will enhance thetransfer capacity from the north tothe south, which will unlockgeneration project development inMozambique, leading to excesscapacity to enable improved trade inthe region.</p>

<p>The project will establish a second transmission interconnector between South Africa and Zimbabwe, enhancing the wheeling capacity of the Central Transmission Corridor by 1500 MW. The South African section stretches from Ellisras to the Zimbabwe border.</p>

<p>The Sena line runs from Limbe (going through Chiromo where the railway line crosses the Shire River, where the culvert has been washed away and Nsanje) to Marka, the border between Malawi and Mozambique.</p>