Category: Middle East & Africa News

The Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) has signed an agreement with a South Korean joint venture (JV) led by YOUNGJIN to construct Line 5 of Nairobi’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) network. The project will... This content is...

The Government of South Africa has announced the revitalisation of the national railway system to restore critical rail infrastructure and improve operational performance across passenger and freight ... This content is...

Saudi Public Transport Company announced procurement of Scheidt & Bachmann fare validators for Riyadh bus and metro networks. The system will be integrated with Cubic Transportation Systems’ ABT p... This content is...

The World Bank (WB) has announced a funding of USD 500 million to modernise and expand the Nairobi Commuter Rail network in Kenya, aiming to ease severe congestion and strengthen urban mobility in the... This content is...

Transport for Cairo awarded Conduent Transportation a contract to deploy an automated fare collection system for metro and BRT networks. The system will include Conduent’s ABT software platform, smart... This content is...

 The Agence Nationale d’Études et de Suivi de la Réalisation des Investissements Ferroviaires (ANESRIF), the state agency responsible for railway investment planning and delivery has issued multiple r... This content is...

Qatar Rail announced the deployment of a new contactless account-based ticketing system across the Doha Metro network. The upgrade, delivered by Cubic Transportation Systems as the ABT technology prov... This content is...

The national railway developer Etihad Rail has operated a cross-border passenger train trial between Al Ghuwaifat, near the Saudi border, and Al Faya in Abu Dhabi, demonstrating the operational perfor... This content is...

The Government of Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has launched a USD595 million rehabilitation and modernisation programme for the 500km-long Congo–Ocean Railway. It will restore the rail corri... This content is...

Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) Dubai initiated a mobile ticketing pilot on selected urban bus routes. The system uses Flowbird mobile ticketing technology and validators provided by Scheidt &... This content is...

Moroccan transit authorities partnered with Mastercard to pilot EMV-based open-loop ticketing on Rabat trams and buses. Validators are provided by Cubic Transportation Systems, and mobile ticketing in... This content is...

The Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC) has issued a tender inviting firms to bid for a project management consultancy (PMC) contract for the planned Line 7 of the Riyadh Metro network. It follows... This content is...

The Government of Kenya has confirmed that construction will begin next month on the extension of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Naivasha to Kisumu and onward toward the Uganda border, reactiva... This content is...

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced the roll-out of a digital operations platform across its network to strengthen security, reduce track and equipment vandalism, and address revenue ... This content is...

The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Works (MIPW) have announced progress of the Kinshasa Integrated Tramway Project. It will be d... This content is...

The Government of Tanzania has ordered the immediate start of preparations to introduce Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) services in Arusha to improve public transport capacity ahead of the 2027 Africa Cup of ... This content is...