The Zimbabwe government has secured funding for a project to modernise and smoothen operations at the country’s main port of entry with Zambia, the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development said on Tuesday.
According to the ministry, it has entered into a public-private partnership with Chirundu Border Consortium, a group of private sector players. It however did not specify how much the deal was worth.
The project is expected to involve the upgrading of old infrastructure at the border and replacing it with advanced operational and processing systems to reduce delays and congestion.
The Chirundu border was inaugurated as Africa’s first one-stop border post in 2009 and is a key gateway on the North-South Corridor. It is the main transit point for freight between ports in South Africa and Mozambique and Zambia and countries further north.
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