Central Corridor, Tanzania, DR Congo, Zambia

1. Introduction to the Central Corridor
2. Main features of the Central Corridor
3. Access to Burundi, the DR Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda

Sample - Central Corridor (Africa)

The Subject “African Central Corridor” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Road transport, Multimodal Transport.

Masters: Transport in Africa, Business in Africa, International Transport.

Doctorate: Global Logistics, African Business.

Masters adapted to the countries of the Central Corridor: Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Languages: or Central Corridor (Afrique) Corredor Africano Central Corredor Central.

Key features of the Central Corridor:

1. Managed by the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency
2. Types of transport: Road, Rail, and inland waterways
3. General state of Road: good conditions. E-Cargo available
4. Estimated population in the region: 120 million people

The largest port is the Port of Dar es-Salaam.

1. Port of Dar es-Salaam container dwell time: 9-11 days (29 days in 2008)
2. Six Inland Container Depots
3. 65% of Tanzanian Foreign Trade

Other ports.

1. Isaka Dry Port
2. Port of Mwanza, Kemondo Bay, Port Bell, and Jinja Port
3. Port of Kigoma, Bujumbura, Moba, Baraka, Kasanga, Kalundu, and Kalemie

Railway system: Tanzania Railways Corporation (2,700 kilometers of one-meter gauge). Only 6 percent of the Central Corridor traffic

One-stop Border Posts in Rusumo (Burundi - Rwanda), Mutukula (Uganda), and Kabanga/Kobero (Tanzania). One-stop Inspection Stations (OSIS) in Dar es-Salaam port, Rusumo, Vigwaza, Manyoni, and Nyakanazi.

Main cities of the Central Corridor:

1. Tanzania: Dar es-Salaam, Chalinze (Muheza - Arusha - Namanga: links with the Northern Logistics Corridor), Kilosa, Dodoma, Singida, Igunga, Isaka (Shingaya, Mwanza), Nyakanazi, Nyakahura, Muleba, Bukoba, Kyaka, and Mutukula
2. Burundi: Kabero, Ngozi, Gitega, and Bujumbura
3. Rwanda: Kigali, Goma, and Bukavu
4. Uganda: Mutukula, Masaka (Links with the Northern Corridor)
5. Extension to the RD Congo: Goma and Bukavu to Walikale

Access to Zambia.

1. Tanzania: Dar es-Salaam-Corridor (Kilosa, Iringa, Mbeya, and Tunduma) links with Lusaka
2. Tanzania: via Lake Tanganyika-Mpulungu

Links with other Trans-African corridors:

1. Cairo-Gaborone
2. Access to the Asia-Africa Logistics Corridor

African Regional Economic Communities involved:

1. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
2. East African Community (EAC)
3. Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
4. Southern African Development Community (SADC)
5. COMESA-EAC-SADC Agreement
6. Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)

Main languages: French and English.

Main religion in the Central Corridor region: Christianity.

EENI African Business Portal.

The Central Corridor belongs to African Civilization.

1. Central African Economic Area
2. East African Economic Area