ANALYSIS - Uzbekistan keen to build rail link between Central, South Asia
Proposed rail link via Afghanistan offers huge economic benefits, likely to stabilize region more than any political deal
2021-05-23 15:08:24
LONDON
Uzbekistan s eagerness to improve rail links between the Central and South Asia countries has nudged many global financial bodies like the World Bank, the European Investment Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, and the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to express their interest to contribute in the project.
According to Uzbekistan s Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade (MIFT), the World Bank has indicated a willingness to finance the fieldwork and to provide technical assistance in the design for the construction of a railway network between Afghanistan s Mazar-i-Sharif-Kabul and the Pakistani city of Peshawar.
Safaricom consortium wins Ethiopia licence bid on Sh91.8bn offer
Summary
Safaricom beat other consortia in the last stretch of a year long race for access to one of the world s last telecoms frontiers.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the Safaricom led consortium that includes its parent firms Vodafone and Vodacom, British development finance agency CDC Group and Japan s Sumitomo Corporation won the award after submitting a financial bid of $850 million (Sh91.8 billion).
Saturday May 22 2021
By BRIAN NGUGI
Summary
Safaricom beat other consortia in the last stretch of a year long race for access to one of the world s last telecoms frontiers.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer filed the bipartisan U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, which combines Schumer’s Endless Frontier Act, other bipartisan competitiveness bills, and $52 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations to implement the semiconductor-related manufacturing and R&D programs authorized in last year’s National Defense Authorization Act and a program to support legacy chip production that is essential to the auto industry, the military, and other critical industries.
An additional $1.5 billion is provided for implementation of implement the USA Telecommunications Act that was also passed as part of last year’s NDAA to foster U.S. innovation in the race for 5G. This package of innovation bills will receive a final Senate vote in the days ahead.