The US President. who has long been dubbed ‘Amtrak Joe’ over his use of trains in America, helped showcase the Lobito Corridor project.

The $5 billion infrastructure project is aimed at securing critical minerals supply chains on the African continent

Joe Biden on Wednesday lauded a landmark railway infrastructure project aimed at countering China's investments in Africa as a "game changer" while on a historic first visit to Angola by a US president.

Biden is using his third and final day in Angola to showcase the Lobito Corridor railway, where the US and key allies are investing heavily to refurbish 800 miles of train lines in Zambia, Congo, and Angola.

Press Release - The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, visits the Multipurpose Terminal at the Port of Lobito, Angola today, where he will watch the arrival of a train operated by the Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR),

Speaking of "our nation's original sin," President Joe Biden on Tuesday toured a slavery museum in Angola and inspected shackles and a whip but also addressed Africa's future, saying Africans will make up 1 in 4 people by 2050 and the world's fate rests in their hands.

Even in the waning days of his presidency and thousands of miles from home, U.S. President Joe Biden is finding ways to celebrate trains.

U.S. President Joe Biden met African leaders in the Angolan port of Lobito on Wednesday to advance a plan to extend a railway that could channel critical minerals from Congo and Zambia to the West via Lobito,

U.S. President Joe Biden will announce $600 million in financing for projects along Angola's Lobito rail corridor during his visit. This funding supports solar, critical minerals, and telecommunications projects,