EAC tasks Kikwete on central corridor

The government seeks to mobilise funds from both local and international sources so as to improve the central transport corridor -- especially by expanding Dar es Salaam Port and revamping the central railway line.

President Dr.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete delivers his keynote address during the opening session of the Central Corridor Presidential Round Table and High Level Industry and investor Forum held at Julius Nyerere International Conference Centre in Dar es Salaam this morning. Third left seated is President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda, fourth left is Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunzinza, and second left is DRC’s Minister for Transport Justin Kaumba Mwana Ngongo. President Dr.Jakaya Mrisho...

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Museveni in TZ for launch of central corridor railway
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President Yoweri Museveni and Burundi leader, Pierre Nkurunziza were this morning hosted in Dar – es Salaam by President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania at the launch of the construction of the Central Corridor Railway-line that will link up land-locked ...
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>President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has commended the recent performance of the Dar es Salaam Port saying if such good reforms continue, Rwanda will keep on using the Dar es Salaam Port.

The World Bank board of directors has approved a $300 million (Sh480 billion) loan to Tanzania to improve its railway and road transport infrastructure.

>President Paul Kagame of Rwanda yesterday launched the beginning of a freight train route from Dar es Salaam to Rusumo and Isaka that borders the two countries.

>Transport is seen to have the potential of becoming a top foreign exchange earner if the central corridor of transport becomes effective.

EAC central bank to set monetary policy
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INTEGRATION: Presidents Pierre Nkurunziza, Jakaya Kikwete, Uhuru Kenyatta, Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame at a past EAC heads of states meeting in Kampala. East African central banks should prepare to lose their sovereignty in determining ...
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