The Lobito Atlantic Corridor is the most consequential transport infrastructure project in Southern Africa since the original construction of the Benguela Railway. Backed by US, EU, and World Bank co-financing, it transforms Lobito’s deep-water port into the natural Atlantic export route for cobalt and copper from the DRC and Zambia.
EXPLAINER
The Lobito Corridor: Angola's logistics moonshot
How a 1,344-km railway is rewiring the export geography of cobalt and copper from the DRC and Zambia.