AFRICA Longest Highway: From Egypt ?? to Cape Town ?? In case you missed it: AFRICA’s longest HIGHWAY is scheduled to be inaugurated in 2024 - what you should know: The Egyptian Ministry of Transport (MoT) seeks to complete/inaugurate the “Cairo-Cape Town” Highway (CCTH) this year.
The CCTH is scheduled to pass through 11 African countries at a length of 10,228 kilometers, of which 1,155 kilometers are in Egypt.
The highway will aid in shortening #travel time between north and southern Africa to an average of five days, fulfilling the dream to link #cairo and South Africa.
The highway passes through the governorates of Fayoum, Beni Suef, Minya, #assiut, #sohag, #qena, #luxor and #aswan in Egypt.
The #mot signed an #agreement with the Sudanese Ministry of Transport in October 2020, a joint cooperation document to build a #railway line.
It aims to provide the necessary financing and start an economic, social and environmental #feasibilitystudy for the railway link project between Egypt and Sudan, which will extend in its first phase from the city of Aswan to the south of Wadi Halfa.
Funding shall be through coordination and cooperation between Egypt, Sudan and the #kuwaitfund for Economic Development.
The CCTH project is of great importance in achieving land linkage and increasing trade with African countries, as well as serving Egyptian and African citizens, opening new horizons for #job opportunities and achieving comprehensive development.
South Africa had previously expressed its keenness on joint cooperation with Egypt in the various fields of transport and the increase of trade between African countries through a comprehensive vision in all fields, including the #transport sector.
This comes especially as the #africancontinentalfreetradearea (AfCFTA) Agreement provides great opportunities for cooperation between African countries – the transport sector remains the biggest factor that will contribute effectively to the implementation of these ambitions.
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