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(Bloomberg) Mota-Engil SGPS SA, a Portuguese construction company, started work on a $1.8 billion railway line that will connect Nigeria with neighbor Niger.
(Bloomberg) Mota-Engil SGPS SA, a Portuguese construction company, started work on a $1.8 billion railway line that will connect Nigeria with neighbor Niger.
Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi concluded a contract with Mota-Engil last month on the 283-kilometer (176-mile) line from the northern trading hub of Kano to the town of Maradi on the other side of the Nigeria-Niger border.
The groundbreaking ceremony at the site of a proposed station in Makira town, Katsina state, Tuesday marks the latest phase of an expanding nationwide rail network intended to boost commerce in Africaâs largest economy and benefit its landlocked, northern neighbor. Itâs also the first that isnât driven by Chinese construction firms and banks, and will rely