The African Development Bank (AfDB) has allowed China Railway Construction Engineering (CRCE), a state-owned company, to be reinstated for bidding on bank-financed projects provided it meets guidelines and co-operates with…

Tanzania is to receive 264 freight wagons to improve cargo flows on its booming standard gauge railway (SGR).

Samia Suluhu Hassan, Tanzania’s president, has confirmed that 20 people died in the collapse of a building in the busy Kariakoo district in the centre of Dar es Salaam.

China, Tanzania, and Zambia have signed a memorandum of understanding to rehabilitate a 1,860km rail line between Tanzania and Zambia, the Xinhua news agency reports.   The $1bn scheme was…

The World Bank, through its International Development Association, has approved a $200m loan to fund improvements on one of Tanazania’s two main railways, the narrow-gauge line running 970km between the…

China has offered to spend more than $1bn modernising the famous Tazara railway that links the port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to Zambia’s copper belt, Bloomberg reports.  The…

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed to loan $696m for a rail link between Burundi and Tanzania as part of Africa’s Central Corridor. The 651km route will be split…

Swiss cement-maker Holcim has announced plans to sell its subsidiaries in Tanzania and Uganda. Hima Cement, the Ugandan business, will be sold to local conglomerate Sarrai Group for $120m. Holcim…

The Tanzanian government is planning to build a 50km bridge – the longest in Africa – between Dar es Salaam and the island of Zanzibar, Construct Africa reports. Geofrey Kasekenya,…

The government of Tanzania has signed a $300m loan agreement with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the French Development Agency to finance the 88MW Kakono Hydropower Plant in the…