A new railroad with high-speed trains is connecting the coast of Tanzania to the centre of the country. Attractive financing and a comprehensive sustainability and environmental agenda render the multi-billion dollar project a showcase to the entire continent. Here’s how.

A modern infrastructure is essential to developing economies and electric railways are often a preferred choice for sustainability reasons. They provide an affordable and reliable means of transport to promote trade. In Tanzania, the government has embarked on upgrading and extending the national rail network funded by the largest foreign currency financing ever raised in the country.

The government plans to develop a large-scale standard-gauge railway (SGR) that will ultimately connect Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and the DRC to Tanzania, providing access with high-speed electric trains to the Indian Ocean for landlocked neighbours, stimulating regional trade and passenger travel and strengthening the economy. Construction of the first two lots connecting the commercial centre and port of Dar es Salaam with the administrative capital Dodoma at the centre has begun and is progressing well.

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