DODOMA, Nov. 14 -- TANZANIA has made a sky-high leap in modernizing its transport infrastructure, leveraging its strategic geographic position as a gateway to East and Southern Africa.

The Tanzanian government aims to improve connectivity and facilitate trade for neighboring countries that lack direct access to the sea.

Speaking during the opening of the 13th Parliament, President Samia Suluhu Hassan outlined plans to expand and modernize the countrys railway network. Key projects include completing the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) central corridor segments: Makutupora–Tabora, Tabora–Isaka, Isaka–Mwanza, Tabora–Kigoma, and the Uvinza–Musongati segment to Burundi.

“These railway projects will create e...