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DRC, Zambia
Hungary's Duna Aszfalt talks to leading Katanga businessman about cross-border road project

Path of Duna Aszfalt project © Africa Intelligence

Virtually unknown on the African continent, Hungarian construction firm Duna Aszfalt is looking for local partners to complete construction of a road between DRC and Zambia, originally started by an associate of Moïse Katumbi. [...]

Published on 27/05/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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South Africa's Toll Infrastructure joins highway project led by Katumbi's brother-in-law

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