Egyptian National Railways awarded a €690 million contract to an Alstom-led consortium to install ETCS Level 1 signalling on two rail corridors in Egypt.
DRC acceded to the Luxembourg Rail Protocol as the third African state, enabling asset-backed financing for new rolling stock on the 1,739 km Lobito Corridor.
Germany's DB E&C and AfDB signed a new feasibility study for the African Railway Competence Center, evaluating three models to develop pan-African rail skills.