D’over the next ten years, the Breton entrepreneur's group has planned to invest two and a half billion euros in rail transport on the African continent. In mid-August, the French group Bolloré, through its subsidiary Bolloré Africa Logistics (BAL), signed agreements with Niger and Benin for the concession, construction and operation of a line that will link Niamey in Niger to Cotonou in Benin.
An ambitious project
The leading West African port operator is investing in rail lines in West Africa to link five countries: Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Niger, Benin and Togo, for a total of 2 kilometers of railroad tracks. The first section signed between Bolloré Arica Logistics and the States of Niger and Benin, will link Cotonou and Niamey for the first time. The agreements will cover a 700 km rail network and the Bolloré group will finance construction and modernization work. A project that will cost 1 million euros per kilometer, or about 065 billion for the Cotonou-Niamey section.
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