Lobito Bound

Few people have heard of the ‘Lobito Corridor’, but that’s about to change.

This multi-billion dollar idea will touch the lives of people around the world, and promises to put Angola, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania at the heart of the global economy. The huge mineral wealth of these four African nations is key to building a cleaner, greener future. If their geological treasures cannot be unlocked, the global fight against climate change is doomed to fail.

In Lobito Bound, explorer Dwayne Fields undertakes a 4,000-kilometre journey across Africa’s ‘Lobito Corridor’ to discover whether the corridor will deliver lasting benefits to the continent or simply shift the balance of power between the U.S. and China.

Setting off from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s largest city, on Africa’s Indian Ocean coast and travelling to the Atlantic, Dwayne meets industry workers, journalists, humanitarian staff and local communities, capturing their perspectives on a region on the brink of change. Their stories reveal the corridor’s complexity and the subtle ways development is reshaping lives, landscapes and economies.

Co-produced by Grammar Productions and Longerdays Productions in association with the Africell Impact Foundation, the film provides a rare, on-the-ground look at one of Africa’s most significant yet little-understood developments. There are no simple answers; at its heart, the story is one of quiet hope; hope that development might bring lasting benefits to the region, the continent, and the people whose lives it touches.

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Lobito Bound was made possible through the support of the Africell Impact Foundation, whose mission to empower communities aligns with the film’s theme of connection. Africell operates national mobile networks in Angola and the DRC, two key countries along the Lobito Corridor, and plays a central role in enabling the region’s digital transformation.