Regional bank to help Tanzania fund SGR, gas plant

President John Magufuli inspects construction works of the SGR project in Dar es Salaam. PHOTO | NMG

Tanzania has secured more than $400 million from the Trade and Development Bank (TDB) to fund part of its standard gauge railway and a 318MW gas plant.

This will be the first time President John Magufuli's administration has turned to a financier for a railway project, having said this year that his government has enough funds to finance the construction of the $2.5 billion line.