Chinese mining, shipping, and logistics firms are backing a $1. 24 billion project to upgrade a railway linking Zambia's copper belt to Tanzania's port of Dar es Salaam, strengthening export routes for critical minerals. From Nairobi to Mombasa and Addis Ababa to Djibouti, China is financing, designing and constructing railways that are transforming Africa's transportation infrastructure. In return, CCECC, which built the line in the early 1970s, will run it for. Five decades since it was first built with Chinese support, the TAZARA, a crucial railway linking Tanzania and Zambia, is undergoing a historic transformation to strengthen its role as a key route for trade and integration in Southern Africa. There Jean-Pierre coordinates I&CP activities across Anglophone Africa and serves as a first point of contact between Deloitte and potential clients. As an. Industrial leaders and officials observed that the infrastructure projects undertaken by Chinese companies have yielded tangible benefits for Africans, helping the continent enhance its connectivity; improve conditions for economic and social development; advance its industrialization.