The Government of Tanzania has launched the construction of a new capital city, with a price tag of $5 billion. The city, named Magufuli, would be a new administrative capital for the East African country, located 17 kilometers from the current capital, Dodoma. It would house mainly government buildings and services, and cover over 617 hectares of land. Named…
What you need to know: Once completed, SGR is expected to ease transport of people and goods between the East African countries of Uganda, Kenya and also Tanzania. Currently, the government is focusing on compensating locals staying within the confines of the railway line. Uganda is in talks with Yapi Merkezi, a Turkish construction firm to construct the long-awaited…
Dodoma. Tanzania is set to build a bridge that will connect mainland to the Islands of Zanzibar to ease movement of goods and people, which if undertaken, the 50 km bridge will be the first in Africa This was said by the deputy minister of Works and Transport Godfrey Kasekenya in Parliament today April 28, adding that talks that…
Summary President Samia, who witnessed the signing, said the construction of the 506 km final section of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Tabora to Kigoma would be completed in 2026, nine years after it began. President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Tuesday, December 20 witnessed the signing of a $2.2-billion contract with a Chinese companies CCECC and CRCC to build the final…
The $258.3 million Tanzanite or New Selander Bridge between the CBD and the high-end Oysterbay commercial and residential area was also built by the Magufuli administration. In East Africa’s major cities, the skyline is changing. From the ageing buildings, potholed roads and chaotic transport systems, a new order is emerging. New skyscrapers have sprouted and big-ticket transport infrastructure networks…
Plans have been announced for an international maglev network operating across Africa. Afrailways is developing Afrail Express as a high-speed passenger rail system to connect the entire African continent, from South Africa to Morocco, and Nigeria to Egypt. Afrail Express is seeking to appoint a main contractor for the construction of the infrastructure. The first phase for the Afrail…
Summary No tolls will be imposed for using the bridge which is open to all motorists. With a 180-tonnage Capacity, the bridge is expected to ferry 55,000 vehicles or thereabouts per day, and this is expected to significantly reduce congestion along the overwhelmed independence-time Selander Bridge. By Bethsheba Wambura Dar es Salaam. Construction of the new Tanzanite Bridge in…