Cartography of movement

The atlas

A corridor is a promise drawn on land. These six spines are the ones the House reads most closely — not because they are finished, but because they are deciding the next fifty years.

Selected spine

Northern Corridor

Mombasa to the Great Lakes — East Africa’s oldest managed trade spine.

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Northern Corridor

From Kilindini harbour inland through Nairobi, Kampala, Kigali, Bujumbura and Goma. A corridor authority with decades of muscle memory — and a new brief in digital cargo, green freight, and one-stop borders.

Gateways: Mombasa · Nodes: Nairobi, Malaba, Busia, Kigali · Mode: road, rail, pipeline

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LAPSSET

Lamu Port to South Sudan and Ethiopia: highway, rail, pipeline, airports, resort cities. A Vision 2030 flagship and a social-ecological frontier. The House reads it as both a land bridge and a livelihood question.

Gateways: Lamu · Nodes: Isiolo, Moyale, Juba, Addis · Mode: port, road, rail, energy

Highway at dusk03 · Central

Central Corridor

Dar es Salaam as the metronome for Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and eastern DRC. Performance is counted in port dwell, weighbridge hours, and whether the lakes can take cargo off the tarmac.

Gateways: Dar es Salaam · Nodes: Dodoma, Isaka, Rusumo · Mode: road, rail, inland water

Dry port at twilight04 · Walvis Bay

Walvis Bay Corridor

An Atlantic alternative into the Copperbelt and beyond. Trans-Kalahari logistics, Walvis Bay’s deep water, and a coalition of corridor groups that treat time-to-market as a regional public good.

Gateways: Walvis Bay · Nodes: Windhoek, Gaborone, Lusaka, Ndola · Mode: port, road, rail

Rail corridor05 · North–South

North–South Corridor

Durban to Dar through the industrial heart of SADC. A masterclass in how gauge, axle load, and concession politics can fragment a spine that looks continuous on a wall map.

Gateways: Durban, Dar · Nodes: Johannesburg, Harare, Lusaka, Mbeya · Mode: rail, road

Coastal megacity light06 · Abidjan–Lagos

Abidjan–Lagos

The densest corridor of people and informal trade in Africa. Six coastal states, one highway ambition, and a reminder that a corridor is already alive long before the dual carriageway is poured.

Gateways: Abidjan, Accra, Lomé, Cotonou, Lagos · Mode: coastal highway, ports