Lobito Corridor: Game-changer in African transport, trade

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The Lobito Corridor is the first strategic Global Infrastructure and Investment economic corridor launched by US president at the G7 Summit in Japan in 2023, under the flagship G7 Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment initiative. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK

The Lobito Corridor, which links Angola, Zambia and DR Congo’s mining areas, is going to be a game-changer in African trade and transportation of critical minerals, with experts now pushing for setting up of companies to process the minerals along the way.

The Lobito Corridor is the first strategic Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGI) economic corridor launched by US President Joe Biden at the G7 Summit in Japan in May 2023, under the flagship G7 Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment initiative.