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Ethiopia

Uncomfortable Truths

cost (estimated at US$75–79 billion over the five years) and specific targets the government
expects to hit by pursuing the following objectives. “

"Growth and Transformation Plan.” 144
Wikipedia

Growth and Transformation Plan II (GTP II) (2015/16-2019/20)
National Planning Commission (May, 2016)

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The Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway

" The Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway is a new standard gauge international railway that serves
as the backbone of the new Ethiopian National Railway Network. The railway was inaugurated

by Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on January 1, 2018. It provides landlocked Ethiopia
with access to the sea, linking Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa with Djibouti and its Port of
Doraleh. More than 95% of Ethiopia's trade passes through Djibouti, accounting for 70% of the

activity at the Port of Djibouti.
The total railway capacity is 24.9 million tonnes of freight annually, with 6 million tonnes

annually expected in 2023. These plans are accompanied by construction works at the Port of
Doraleh to expand the annual cargo handling capacity from 6 to 14 million tonnes, with the aim
of reaching 10 million tonnes of cargo by 2022. “

"Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway" 145
Wikipedia

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Joyous Africans Take to the Rails, With China's Help

" Aboubaker Omar Hadi, chairman of the Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority, said he hoped the new
railway linking his country to the Ethiopian capital would be just the first leg of a long-dreamed trans-
Africa route, from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic.
"The train is already a game-changer," he said, noting that it will cut to 12 hours what until now had been
a grueling three- or four-day trip by truck.

Mr Hadi praised the Chinese for going all in after Western banks declined to help finance the nation's
glaring infrastructure needs.
"We approached the U.S., and they didn't have the vision," he said. "They are not thinking ahead 30
years. They only have a vision of Africa from the past, as a continent of war and famine. The Chinese

have vision.”
"Joyous Africans Take to the Rails, With China's Help" 14
The New York Times (February 2017)

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