Zambian trade will benefit from the development of the Lake Tanganyika Transport Corridor which will create a gateway to Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Tanzania.

The Zambia Daily Mail cited African Development Bank (AfDB) country director, Freddie Kwesiga, as saying the bank was currently undertaking a feasibility study on the modernisation of Mpulungu Port on Lake Tanganyika as part of the development lake passageway.

The Lake Tanganyika transport corridor project will link Zambia with the port town of Kigoma in Tanzania to Bujumbura in Burundi then to DRC’s lakeside city and port of Kalemie.