EU grants Zambia Railways EUR 50 million for track and signalling
- Country
- Zambia (Livingstone–Ndola) · Sambia
- Project
- Lobito Corridor: rehabilitation of the Livingstone–Ndola line (Zambia Railways)
- Investment
- EUR 50 million (EU grant)
- Status
- Funding agreed (signed on 13 Nov 2025)
- European role
- Europäische Union (Zuschuss 50 Mio. Euro); Europäische Investitionsbank (bei der Unterzeichnung vertreten) · Financing
The EU is giving Zambia Railways a EUR 50 million grant for track repair and better signalling on the main line; EU Commissioner Jozef Sikela signed with the transport minister and the ZRL chief on 13 Nov 2025.
The EU announced a EUR 50 million grant for Zambia Railways in Lusaka on 12 Nov 2025, and it was signed on 13 Nov 2025. The money goes to track repairs and signalling on the main line between Livingstone and Ndola and is meant to strengthen the Lobito Corridor to the Atlantic; Zambia aims for three million tonnes of copper a year by 2031. No completion date is given (LOK Report, 17 Nov 2025)
Source: lok-report.de ↗ · Archived copy ↗
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