Dar es Salaam, March 25 -- TANZANIA: ONE of the major unfolding news that does not get nearly as much attention it deserves is the ongoing developments in the construction of the standard gauge railway (SGR) that will extend to Burundi and later the DR Congo with a 696.41 million US dollar financing package approved by the AfDB in December 2023.

That is one of the ambitious strategic projects in Tanzania that is expected to transform the Central Transport Corridor into an economic corridor and improve trade and manufacturing opportunities along the project.

The Minister for Transport Prof Makame Mbarawa witnessed the successful trial of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) train, consisting of 14 carriages, by travelling on the train from t...