Backed by the G7’s Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment and jointly led by the US and EU since 2023, the Lobito Corridor is a 1,300km rail and infrastructure programme linking Angola’s Atlantic port of Lobito to copper- and cobalt-producing regions of the DRC and Zambia. Financing has arrived in tranches — including a $553m US DFC loan for the Benguela Railway and a $753m DFC-DBSA package signed in July 2026 — with total pledged investment across partners now cited at roughly $6-10 billion. The corridor is framed as a Western-backed alternative to Chinese-dominated mineral logistics, though it remains largely an export pipeline for raw ore with limited midstream processing so far.
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