Cape to Cairo corridor initiatives and surveys (1888–1914)

1. Punch cartoon popularizes Cape-to-Cairo idea

   Dec 10, 1892Labels: Punch cartoon, Cecil Rhodes

   • Rhodes Colossus

2. Kitchener’s Sudan Military Railway built

   Jan 1, 1896Labels: Sudan Military, Horatio Kitchener

   • Sudan Military RR

3. Uganda Railway construction begins from Mombasa

   May 30, 1896Labels: Uganda Railway, Mombasa

   • Kenya Railways
   • Uganda Railway

4. Railway reaches Bulawayo in southern Africa

   Nov 4, 1897Labels: Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia

   • Zimbabwe FieldGuide

5. Marchand expedition reaches Fashoda on the Nile

   Jul 10, 1898Labels: Marchand expedition, Fashoda

   • Britannica
   • Marchand Mission

6. Fashoda confrontation peaks with Kitchener’s arrival

   Sep 18, 1898Labels: Fashoda confrontation, Horatio Kitchener

   • Britannica

7. Anglo-French agreement fixes frontier after Fashoda

   Mar 21, 1899Labels: Anglo-French agreement, Nile Congo

   • Britannica

8. Second Boer War begins, disrupting southern rail priorities

   Oct 11, 1899Labels: Second Boer, Boer republics

   • Britannica

9. Uganda Railway reaches Lake Victoria at Kisumu

   Dec 19, 1901Labels: Uganda Railway, Kisumu

   • Kenya Railways
   • Uganda Railway

10. Cecil Rhodes dies, weakening the corridor’s main promoter

    Mar 26, 1902Labels: Cecil Rhodes, Cape Colony

    • Cecil Rhodes
    • EHR article

11. Second Boer War ends with Treaty of Vereeniging

    May 31, 1902Labels: Treaty of, Second Boer

    • Britannica
    • Vereeniging

12. Benguela Railway concession granted in Portuguese Angola

    Nov 28, 1902Labels: Benguela Railway, Portuguese Angola

    • Benguela Railway

13. Construction starts on the Benguela Railway

    Mar 1, 1903Labels: Benguela Railway, construction start

    • Benguela Railway

14. Entente Cordiale reduces Anglo-French colonial friction

    Apr 8, 1904Labels: Entente Cordiale, Britain France

    • Britannica
    • France Diplomacy

15. Victoria Falls Bridge completed, linking key rail networks

    Sep 12, 1905Labels: Victoria Falls, Zambezi River

    • ASCE
    • Victoria Falls Bridge

16. World War I begins, halting many corridor plans

    Jul 28, 1914Labels: World War, imperial budgets

    • Britannica WWI