Tanzania: NHC Rolls Out Big Dodoma Housing Plan

Posted on :Thursday , 25th August 2016

 Civil servants and employees from the private sector have been assured of adequate accommodation in the designated administrative city of Dodoma, as the National Housing Corporation (NHC) seeks to raise 60bn/- to put up between 300 and 500 houses in the capital.

Tanzania Central Corridor Railway Construction to Start in December 2016

Posted on :Tuesday , 23rd August 2016

 The construction of Tanzania’s standard gauge railway (SGR) along the central corridor is set to start in December 2016.

The 2,190km railway involves the construction of a SGR from Dar es Salaam-Tabora-Isaac-Mwanza, Tabora-Mpanda-Kalemela, Tabora-Kigoma and Uvinza-Isaac-Keza-Msongati.

According to Makame Mbarawa, Tanzania’s Minister of for Works, Transport and . . .

Kenyan experts say China-funded modern railway to hasten growth

Posted on :Saturday , 20th August 2016

The Chinese-funded Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project will speed up economic transformation in Kenya and the larger eastern African region through increased cross-border trade, investments and easy mobility of skilled personnel, experts told Xinhua in recent interviews.

China's Exim Bank has provided 90 percent of financing to support implementation of the 472 kilometer. . .

Tanzania: After Dart Port Clean-Up, Time to Boost Railways

Posted on :Thursday , 18th August 2016

Dar es Salaam Port was one of the immediate points of focus by the new John Magufuli government and it was not hard to see why. This facility is, in all intents and purposes, Tanzania Treasury's cash-cow which, whenever it suffered a crash, the revenue collection targets suffered a great deal.

Two surprise visits at the Port by the Prime Minister soon after inauguration o. . .

Africa: It Is Good That Tazara Is Making Profit Again

Posted on :Thursday , 18th August 2016