Title page 1

Contents 3

Introduction 4

The Lobito Corridor: Origin, structure, and status 5

The Benguela backbone 5

Private-sector concession 6

Making progress 7

Four corridors for future development 7

Filtering opportunities 8

The Liberty Corridor (Guinea and Liberia) 8

The Northern Corridor of East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, and the DRC) 8

Nacala Corridor (Mozambique-Malawi-Zambia) 11

Morocco as a continental processing hub 13

Recommendations 14

Anchor US-Africa critical minerals engagement in regional corridor-based PPPs 14

Deepen structured partnerships between the DFC and African DFIs 14

Launch a commerce-led corridor tech mission initiative to close data and mining-tech gaps 15

Deploy MCC regional compacts as the central tool of US-supported corridor development 15

Establish US-Africa corridor investment councils through AFC leadership 15

Conclusion 16

About the author 16

Acknowledgments 16

Tables 6

Table 1. Financial commitments to the Lobito Corridor 6

Figures 5

Figure 1. The Lobito development corridor 5

Figure 2. The Liberty Corridor (Guinea and Liberia) 9

Figure 3. The Northern Corridor of East Africa 10

Figure 4. The Nacala Corridor 11