AfDB to finance Tanzania’s standard gauge railway

A standard gauge railway overpass under construction at Taru next to the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway. The Tanzania's line would run from Dar es Salaam to Musongati in south-western Burundi. PHOTO | FILE

The African Development Bank has agreed to finance Tanzania’s central railway projects after several stakeholders pulled out.

Speaking in Dar es Salaam last week, the bank’s East African managing director Nyamajeje Weggoro said AfDB is satisfied with the undertakings of the government, and will discuss the proposal on how much the bank will allocate for construction of the standard gauge railway.