There are nine Trans-African Highways, all under development and enhancements, and the fourth one – Cairo-Gaborone-Cape Town, pass through Botswana and Zambia.
At present, the Cape to Cairo trail passes through Botswana, into the Western territory of Zimbabwe, into Southern Zambia, cutting across Zambia into Tanzania.
The Kazungula Bridge, between Botswana and Zambia could in the near future, strategically shift as decades of economic instability in Zimbabwe will create a market demand for the trial to bend its course, away from Zimbabwe.
It will make economic sense, for trucks coming from Cape Town, and even Durban, to enter Zambia through Kazungula.
Just the thought of delays and challenges of trucks and passenger vehicles within Zimbabwean territory will redirect traffic toward the Kazungula Bridge.
Due to much publicised bad socioeconomic conditions in Zimbabwe, and its government not paying attention to regional trade, consumers opt to use the current roads within Botswana to move from Gaborone to the Kazungula Bridge, and also from Kazungula to Lusaka through Choma in Southern Zambia.
The roads within Botswana are developed enough to move international cargo traffic, and can easily be upgraded to suit international highway standards as the other roads in country.
There are increased interests of Zambia from an international perspective, and as visitors to Africa come inland via South Africa, many shall choose the desert trial into Botswana into Zambia.
Cross border Trade
The relations between Botswana and Zambia have never been better, and that will also spark interests of trade at a Micro to Small to Medium scale business level, as the tens of thousands small businesses in Botswana will go into Zambia as an export destination of the small-scale goods.
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