Tanzania: Local Experts Set to Oversee Road Works

Posted on :Thursday , 20th October 2016

 Geita — The government through the Tanzania National Roads Agency (TANROADS) has established a special consulting engineering unit in a bid to build the capacity of local engineers who will oversee road construction projects. This move will save the funds spent on the engagement of foreign experts.

South African construction firms to pay US$90M into development fund

Posted on :Saturday , 15th October 2016

A total of Six South African construction firms will contribute a total of 1.25 bn rand ($90 million) in the next 12 years towards a fund kitty towards skill development in the construction sector and give black workers a much bigger role, a cabinet minister said recently.

Ebrahim Patel, the Economic Development Minister said this voluntary contribution by the constructio. . .

Tanzania: Tazara Flyover Work On Good Footing

Posted on :Tuesday , 4th October 2016

 The Minister for Works, Transport and Communication, Prof Makame Mbarawa, has called upon the contractor of the long awaited Tazara flyover to fast-track the project aimed at eliminating congestion in Dar es Salaam.

AfDB seeks investors for Tanzania�s railway line

Posted on :Thursday , 29th September 2016

 Nairobi - The African Development Bank will hold an investors’ roadshow to attract as much as $7.6 billion in financing for a railway line linking Tanzania’s port in Dar es Salaam with neighbouring landlocked countries.

Tanzania: Local Contractors to Vie for Standard Gauge Railway Project Tender

Posted on :Saturday , 24th September 2016

 The government is set to advertise a tender for construction of the Standard Gauge Railway earlier in December, this year, the Minister for Works, Transport and Communications, Professor Makame Mbarawa, has said.