Southern African Development Community

<p>Construction of DRC section of the fibre optic link between Kinshasa (DRC) and Kigali/Bujumbura (Rwanda/Burundi).</p>

<p>EDIT : This project involves the roll out of a fiber optic backbone linked to regional network to improve quality and<br />
reduce costs of communications services. The project links the DRC to Rwanda and Burundi and to the<br />
East African countries networks and will offer redundancy loops for these networks with DRC and the<br />
countries in the region.</p>

<p>~~At this stage , the project does require a feasibility study in order to define to the attention of the investor ,all aspects regarding the project namely economic , social, technical and environmental.<br />
This port was built during colonial rule by  1928 and since then big rehabilitation works had never taken place ; its infrastructures are nowadays in a very dilapidation state as described below :<br />
The port of Kalemie is managed by the DRC Railways company « SNCC » .The maintenance of seawalls, du chenal d’accès, des jetées  is under the supervision of «  la Régie des Voies Fluviales, RFV». The main activity of the port is linked to railways traffic.<br />
The port consists of a mole of 383,5 m moving toward the lake :<br />
On the internal side, there is a appontement in an armed concreteof 9,5m width,<br />
On the external side, embankments andrip- rapsdo protect the structure against theswells.<br />
The port does also have a dry dock which is in operations, but we do have a lot of difficulties regarding its functioning ie a launching longitudinal  slipway has not been used since 1974 because of a very badstate and the hydrocarbon jetée is partially destroyed and currently out of service .<br />
These structures are deteriorated and no longer offer conditions regarding security for port activities.<br />
The port being located on the Northern side of the l"’embouchure of Kalemie river, the courseof sand being brought by the river from south to north is being felt under the l"’influence of dominant wind moving from south-east to theendand inside the pier. The overhanging of sand dangerously decreases the width on the entrance to the port , influencing by that also theanchorage . This quantity of sand can be estimated to ± 400.000m3.<br />
All these deteriorated structures together with port cranes lead to a big bottleneckthat greatly reduces the corridor evacuation capacity.<br />
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<p>This project involves the construction of a 11050 MW Inga 3 hydropower project on the Congo River. The project is seen as the leading clean, affordable and development option to address the challenges of energy access in Africa. It reaches beyond energy access as it would also create local employment and income opportunities and would help stabilise the political conditions in the African countries involved through cross-border cooperation in Africa and beyond.</p>

Construction of 863 km of DRC National Road No.2 (Goma-Kisangani) single carriageway road.

<p>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&#39; clearance hall.</p>

<p>The port expansion for Durban are driven by the major container expansions required to ensure that the port component of the Durban to Gauteng Freight Corridor can meet future demand. Short term expansions will be made within the existing port followed by medium term development of a complementary new port on the old airport site, followed by a long term expansion in Bayhead.</p>