Eurasia News

  Introduction Major shifts in global commerce have rarely been the work of a single port, railway or trade route. They have taken hold when whole systems of connectivity matured together, linking maritime gateways with inland markets, production centers with consumers, infrastructure with institutions, and regional ambition with international cooperation. T he ancient Mediterranean , the Silk Roads and the trading networks of the Indian Ocean all illustrate the same lesson: prosperity has depended less on individual corridors than on the systems that connect them. East Africa now appears to be approaching a similar moment. The expansion of the Port of Dar es Salaam, the proposed Bagamoyo Port and the revival of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) amount to more than a list of infrastructure projects. Taken together, they point to the gradual emergence of a regional connectivity architecture linking the Indian Ocean to the mineral-rich interior of Central Africa, and...

  The twenty-first century is witnessing a profound reconfiguration of global trade routes. From the Arctic passages of the north to the Middle Corridor across Eurasia and the North-South Corridor connecting Russia, Central Asia, the Gulf, and India , nations are increasingly investing in alternative corridors that can reduce dependency, diversify supply chains, and strengthen economic resilience. Africa , long perceived as peripheral to these developments, is now emerging as one of the most consequential arenas in this global transformation. At the center of this emerging story stands East Africa and, in particular, Tanzania's ambition to become a strategic Afro-Asian gateway through the Indian Ocean. The proposed Bagamoyo Port , located north of Dar es Salaam , represents one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects on the African continent. Conceived as a deep-water maritime hub supported by China and the Sultanate of Oman , Bagamoyo is designed to complement the Port ...