Tanzania’s Drive to Become Regional Transport Hub Gets Boost From New SGR Deals With Burundi, DRC 

The Chinese-built Standard Gauge Railway depot in Nairobi. Simon Mania/AFP

Tanzania Transport Minister Isack Kamwelwe signed agreements with both the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi to link up their future Standard Gauge Railway lines to Tanzania’s proposed SGR. 

The 1,457km Tanzanian SGR line will connect inland East Africa from Lake Victoria and bring both passengers and cargo to the port of Dar es Salaam.

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