Ethiopia sets up $10 million ceramic factory to stem imports

Posted on :Friday , 26th August 2016

 The Himrawi Investment and Trading Private Limited Company has invested $10million in construction of a ceramic factory as the country looks to local industries to tame biting shortage.

Africa: Dar, Lusaka Review Legal Hitches to Revitalise Tazara

Posted on :Friday , 26th August 2016

 Tanzania and Zambia governments are reviewing Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) Act of 1995 to allow private investments in the joint-owned railway and make it run commercially.

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. . .