KINSHASA, April 4 -- MINISTERS for Transport from Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have met to outline strategies to fast-track the implementation of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) electric rail project.

The cross-border initiative is expected to transform the economic landscape of East and Central Africa by facilitating the movement of goods and services to landlinked countries.

The meeting follows a recent ministerial gathering in Kinshasa, DRC, which brought together senior transport officials from the three nations.

The session was chaired by the DRC Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Transport, Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo. During the meeting, the ministers formally endorsed the progress report on...