Local rail companies urged to ‘hunt as a pack’ when chasing Africa business
South African companies in the rail sector are failing to co-ordinate sufficiently in order to adequately compete with international players for large African rail projects. Companies needed to "hunt as a pack" in order to provide a united front to government and financing institutions, Rail Roads Association of SA CEO Bongani Mankewu said on Tuesday. Mankewu said individual South African companies were unable to offer the kind of comprehensive development projects being looked for by countries on the continent. "Even the African Union agrees that SA must be the rail manufacturing hub for the African continent, and we are not doing that. We are not doing that at all," Mankewu said during a roads and ports indaba in Johannesburg. The government was desperate for export capacity including in the rail sector, but SA’s industry needed to co-ordinate in presenting viable large-scale offers as Africa gears up for large infrastructure projects. African states looking for comprehensive deve...
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