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 railway lines in West Africa to connect five countries: Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina, Niger, Benin and Togo, for a total of 2700 kilometers of railways. 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 relate to a rail network of 1065 km and the Bolloré group will finance the construction and modernization works. A project that will cost 1 million euros per kilometer, or about 1 billion for the Cotonou-Niamey section.
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