Blow to Northern Corridor as Tanzania signs deal to link SGR to Burundi, DRC
The faster moving SGR trains offer an opportunity to reduce the time and high transport costs that the landlocked countries currently have to bear. SHUTTERSTOCK
Tanzania has signed an agreement to link its Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a deal that gives Dar es Salaam’s multi-billion-dollar project a major shot in the arm.
Transport ministers of the three countries Isack Kamwelwe (Tanzania), Jean Bosco (Burundi) and Roger Biasu (DRC) signed the agreement this past week in the port town of Kigoma.
