Angola launches public tender to manage the Namibe Corridor
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Angola launches public tender to manage the Namibe Corridor
Interested entities may submit their proposals until the fourth of May 2026.
Angola’s Ministry of Transport has launched a public tender for the concession of the right to operate, manage and maintain the Namibe Corridor.
The Namibe Corridor is a strategic transport and trade corridor in southern Angola that links the Port of Namibe (on the Atlantic coast) with Angola’s southern and south-eastern interior, and potentially onward to Namibia and Zambia.
The corridor includes the Moçâmedes Railway, with a total length of 855 km, and the Port of Namibe, forming a logistics axis for the export of minerals, ornamental stones, agricultural products, and other goods.
The infrastructure allows for a theoretical capacity of up to five million tonnes per year, serving as a connection point for landlocked countries in the region, in coordination with the Lobito and Walvis Bay corridors.
This corridor will further contribute to tourism development and regional integration, strengthening Angola’s position in Atlantic–Indian trade routes and consolidating the country as a significant commercial hub within the African context.
The concession, with an initial duration of 30 years, extendable up to 50 years, covers the operation, management, maintenance and preservation of the Moçâmedes–Menongue Railway Line, including rolling stock, associated infrastructure, workshops and the training centre.
It further encompasses the possibility of designing and constructing new sections, extensions and branch lines, as well as railway connections to the Republic of Namibia and, at a later stage, to the Republic of Zambia.
According to the Secretary of State for Land Transport, Jorge Bengue, Angola has carried out structural reforms in recent years that have strengthened legal certainty and created a more competitive business environment.
“The success of the concession of the Lobito Corridor has demonstrated the country’s capacity to implement partnership models that stimulate private investment and accelerate the modernization of transport infrastructure,” says Bengue.
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Angola launches public tender to manage the Namibe Corridor