The project will be carried out by China Railway Engineering Group in collaboration with China Railway Engineering Design and Consulting Group.

Tanzania signed a $2.15 billion deal with two Chinese firms to construct a railway linking its main port of Dar es Salaam to a nickel mine in neighboring Burundi.

Tanzania has signed a $2.2bn deal with two Chinese firms to build a standard gauge rail link between the port of Dar es Salaam and a nickel mine in Burundi, Business Insider Africa reports.

Tanzania and Burundi have signed an agreement with two Chinese firms to build a railway between the two African countries for transporting metals, including battery mineral nickel, to the port city of Dar es Salaam.

Dar es Salaam Declaration is regarded as a catalyst for attracting investment, boosting industrialisation, and ultimately driving rapid economic growth across the continent.

DAR ES SALAAM: ACADEMICS and analysts have lauded the Dar es Sa laam Energy Declaration, adopted by African Heads of State, as a potential catalyst for boosting electricity access and driving economic growth across the continent. They emphasise the need for swift and comprehensive implementation to truly transform Africa’s energy land scape.

The African Development Bank is developing mechanisms to increase access to local-currency debt that the continent needs to underpin a new drive to bring electricity to 300 million people by 2030, according to the lender’s head,

Thirty African Heads of State Commit to Expanding Electricity Access for Economic Growth and Sustainable Development at the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit.

Tanzania's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy, Dr. Doto Biteko, Opens International Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam

Some $35 billion is aimed at building small solar sites in rural areas and other improvements. The World Bank chief called the project “foundational to everything.”

He urged African nations to prioritise reliable and affordable energy access as a key driver of economic development.

Thirty African Heads of State and governments today committed to concrete reforms and actions to expand access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity to power economic growth, improve quality of life,