top five ongoing mega projects in Tanzania, East Africa countries have increased investment in
infrastructure projects in the past five years with Tanzania leading in terms of the value and
number of projects that broke ground by June last year in recent years Tanzania has turned out to be
one of the major construction hubs in Africa with the construction of roads, railway lines ,
dams, power plants underway in different parts of the country thanks to the former president John
Pombe Magufuli who made it clear infrastructure development is one of his key priorities during
his tenure as the country's president. without further ado here are the top five ongoing
mega projects in Tanzania that once complete they will help to improve the country's economy
and also improve the living conditions of the country's residents in several ways
Zanzibar International Airport terminal 3 construction project
construction is underway in one of Tanzania's international airports the Amani Karume
international airport located in zanzibar island is undergoing modification to enhance its capacity
constructed by Beijing construction engineering group a Chinese construction and engineering firm
the 25 000 square meters terminal includes 27 airline counters and immigration counter
passengers boarding bridges PBB baggage handling system
and security checkpoint with modern systems such as x-ray machine eds std.3 and it systems
the construction will also include adding of new waiting lounge parking area for cars a prayer area
duty-free shops a smoking area and a VIP lounge among others
the country's president of the semi-autonomous state Mr Hussein when you was quoted saying
during one of his visits in the airport despite delays we have managed to build the terminal
the improvement to our airport not only supports our business and tourism sectors
but also adds up as a creation of new employment opportunities the project is fully financed by
the tanzanian government and is expected to be complete before the end of 2021.
number four dar s along brt project in may 2016 tanzania inaugurated the first phase
of the dar es salaam brt project dar es salaam bus rapid transit is a bus rapid transit system
that operates in Tanzania's financial capital dar es salon the largest city in East Africa
and one of the fastest-growing cities in the world due to its
rapidly growing population the city struggles to maintain a convenient means of transport
the brt project has six phases construction of the first phase was complete in 2016 at a
total cost of 381 million euros funded by the African Development Bank and the government of Tanzania
therefore the government proposed a 130 kilometers bus rapid transit to cover over 90 of the city's
population and the project was split into six phases due to the large investment required
the dar es salaam brt project phase 2 involves the construction of infrastructure that includes
20.3 kilometers of exclusive brt lanes and non-motorized transport facilities
along kilwa road corridor and part of Kawawa road
the project corridor traverses from Mbagala area into Temeke district to the central business
district where it connects with phase one of the brt system at the Kariakor international market
the project will also include the construction of a couple of flyovers and revamping of the
current existing roads along the BRT. Africa Development Bank are the main financers of the
phase 2 while the world bank finances some of the benefits of the project are enhancing and improve
the traffic circulation eliminating bottlenecks to traffic flow to various economic activity
in centers such as the industrial zones and the vast populous residential areas of
tumecca municipality the proposed project would therefore impact positively on the informal and
formal businesses by providing them with improved accessibility and enhanced roadside air quality
the Dar Es Salaam BRT has already received global recognition winning awards such as the 2017
sustainable transport award and the 2018 sustainable transit global award
the project is expected to cost tanzania over one billion dollar once complete hydro power station
rufiji hydro power station also called julius nyerier hydro power station is a 2
115 megawatts 2836 000 horsepower hydroelectric dam under construction in tanzania
the power station is expected to produce 5920 gigawatt-hours of power annually in august 2017
the Tanzanian government made an official public announcement for plans to construct this dam
in December 2018 the citizen a Tanzanian newspaper reported that the government of
Tanzania had awarded the construction contract for this power project to Arab contractors limited in
Egypt at a budgeted cost of 2.9 billion dollar, and in February 2019 the government of Tanzania handed
over the construction site to the consortium comprising of arab contractors and elsewhere
both of which are egyptian companies had been selected to build the power station
according to the Tanzania energy minister Mr Medard Kalemani the country's energy ministry
plans to increase the total installed capacity to 5 gigawatts by 2021 and to 10 gigawatts by 2025.
Uganda to Tanzania crude oil pipeline also known as the East African crude oil pipeline
EACOP or the Hoima- Tanga crude oil pipeline is a proposed oil pipeline in East Africa which
once completed the pipeline will be the longest heated crude oil pipeline in the world the oil
pipeline would start in Bisiruka - Hpima district in Uganda's western region it would travel in
a general southeasterly direction to pass-through Osaka in Uganda, Bukoba in Tanzania loop around the
southern shores of lake victoria continue through Shinyanga and Singida town and end at the port of
Tanga in Tanzania for export from the Indian ocean over 80 of the pipeline would run through Tanzania,
the 1444 kilometer planned pipeline is expected to be built at a budgeted cost of 3.5 billion dollars
30% of the project costs are expected to be provided by the equity investors in the project
with the remaining 2.5 billion dollars to be provided via project finance loans . Uganda and
Tanzania signed an agreement in 2020 committing to jointly construct the 1445 kilometers 898 miles
east africa crude oil pipeline at an estimated cost of 3.5 billion the pipeline is planned
to have a capacity of 216 000 barrels of crude oil per day it will be 24 inches 61 centimeters
in diameter and Uganda will pay Tanzania 12.20 dollars for every barrel flowing through the pipeline
number one tanzania sgr tanzania will soon become the third country in east africa to start enjoying
modern railway services after kenya and ethiopia kenya was the first country in the region to start
the construction of an SGR line completing close to 500 kilometers between Mombasa and Nairobi
and also inaugurating its passenger services in June 2017. the government of Tanzania is
constructing a new electric railway line using domestic resources from dar es salaam moroboro
to dodoma which is about 700 kilometers 435 miles the whole projects cover a distance of about 2
707 kilometers 1682 miles with three branches from dar es salaam tabora to esaka which is 1
251 kilometers 777 miles esikatomwanza 379 kilometers 235 miles and last but not least
isaka to rasumo which is 210 kilometers 130 miles which will be built in cooperation with the rwanda
government the tanzania sgr railway is expected to improve transportation of cargo and passengers
in the central corridor, it is expected to reduce time and freight for cargo destined to neighboring
countries like Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, and The Democratic Republic of Congo and it is being
built-in different phases it is important to note that upon completion the Tanzania SGR railway will
be the longest SGR railway in Africa and it will enable Tanzania to be East and Central Africa's
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