Tanzania reaches out to World Bank for infrastructure-led growth support 

Tanzania and the World Bank have reaffirmed their commitment to investing in key infrastructure and productive sectors, with President Samia Suluhu Hassan highlighting the Standard Gauge Railway and regional connectivity projects as catalysts for economic transformation and trade expansion.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan and World Bank Vice-President for Eastern and Southern Africa Ndiamé Diop met on Thursday to discuss more investments toward Tanzania's infrastructure network expansion to improve trade for countries across East, Central and Southern Africa.