AfricaRail is a project to link the railway systems of Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Niger, Benin and Togo.^{[1] [2]} These are all 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge.

A future stage is proposed to link Mali, Senegal, which are also 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge; Nigeria and Ghana have a different narrow gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) but are converting to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in).

Timeline

2022

• The businessman Jeremie Taieb takes the Head of the Strategic Steering Committee, in order to finance the project with international donors

2020

• Ghana orders new standard gauge rail equipment ^[3]
• Ghana Eastern SG line approved ^[4]

2019

• 8 Apr 2019 Ghana's Ministry of Railways Development has reached an agreement with GERC to construct the Tema - Accra - Koforidua - Kumasi eastern line (340 km)
• Ghana Standard Gauge - Western Line ^[5]

2015

Various links. ^[6]

• West African rail loop of 2740 km.
• Abidjan to Ouagadougou line.
• proposed new line linking Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Niamey in Niger.
• proposed new line linking Niger and Parakou in Benin.
• rehabilitation of the existing line to Cotonou in Benin.
• new link to Lomé in Togo.