 North-South Corridor (Africa)
Syllabus of the Subject: North-South Corridor Aid-for-trade programme (Africa).
- Introduction to the North-South Corridor (Africa)
- Main features of the North-South Corridor
- A key project of the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
- Access to eight African markets: Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Trans-African Corridors
Sample of the Subject: North-South Corridor (Africa)

Description of the Subject: North-South Corridor - Africa.
The North-South Corridor (Africa, 10,647
kilometres) links:
- Central Africa:
the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- East Africa: Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania
- Southern Africa: "Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
The North-South Corridor Aid-for-trade programme is a key project of the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement:
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
- East African Community (EAC)
- Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Key features of the North-South Corridor:
- Launched in 2009
- Estimated cost of the North-South Corridor: 11 billion dollars
- Road network: 8,600 kilometres
- Rail transport network: 600 kilometres
- The North-South Corridor includes the Dar es-Salaam Corridor and parts of the Trans-Kalahari and Nacala Corridors
- The North-South Corridor transports 95% of the exports and imports of the Tripartite region along the North-South Corridor and 5% using the rail network
Main cities related to the North-South Corridor:
- Tanzania: Dar es-Salaam, Nguerengere, Morogoro, Kitonga, Iringa, Mafinga, Makambako, Igawa, and Uyole
- Malawi: Uyole, Chiweta, Mzuzu,
Lilongwe,
and Blantyre
- Botswana: Gaborone and Francistown
- South Africa: Pretoria,
Johannesburg,
and Durban
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: Likasi and Kolwezi
- Zimbabwe: Harare
and Bulawayo
- Zambia: Lusaka and Ndola
The North-South Corridor links with the Cairo-Gaborone Corridor
Access to the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor
Nearest ports to the North-South Corridor:
- Port of Durban (South Africa)
- Port of Maputo (Mozambique)
- Port of Dar es-Salaam (Tanzania)
Main languages: English.
Main religion in the North-South Corridor region is Christianity
The North-South Corridor belongs to the African Civilisation.
- Central African Economic Area
- Southern African Economic Area
- East African Economic Area
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of the North-South Corridor: Malawi,
Tanzania,
Botswana,
South Africa,
Zambia,
and Zimbabwe
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