Webuild named preferred bidder for the Zambian section of the Lobito Corridor railway

Africa Finance Corporation has named Webuild as preferred bidder for the Zambian section of the new Lobito Corridor railway, the Italian government said on 27 October 2026. Webuild will lead an international consortium with Mota-Engil of Portugal and İçtaş of Türkiye. The section covers 517 km of a line of about 830 km connecting Zambia to the Angolan Atlantic port of Lobito, with 22 bridges and viaducts, 8 stations and 3 maintenance depots. The government expects transit times to international markets to fall from 16 days to 7, and sees opportunities for Italian small and medium-sized suppliers.

Source: Italian Government

Photo: Port of Lobito, Angola. David Stanley, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0, cropped.