Dar es Salaam, June 15 -- NMB Bank Plc has invited contractors implementing medium to long-term projects to get access to loans without collateral condition in a bid to complete their work on time.

The call was made on Monday by NMB Bank Chief Executive Officer Ms Ruth Zaipuna during a press conference shortly after President Samia Suluhu Hassan laid the foundation stone of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project from Fela area in Mwanza Region to Isaka in Shinyanga Region.

She said loans to contractors were part of the bank's partnership with the government in the implementation of strategic development projects and the national economic and social goals.

"As NMB Bank, we are proud to be part of the government's achievement in econom...