The 184 km Kasomeno-Mwenda Toll Road and Border Post Project
was conceptualised with the following objectives:
- To create a viable and world-class alternative transport route and border crossing between DRC and Zambia, thereby alleviating the existing congestion at the Kasumbalesa border post.
- To improve connectivity between the Haut-Katanga and neighbouring DRC provinces with the port of Dar es Salaam through a faster and shorter route.
- To create a new road capable of meeting the increasing regional trade and economic activity between the Haut-Katanga Province in the DRC and the Luapula Province in Zambia.