chongchung
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Wakundustan unawajua unawasikia? 😂😂 Hapo watajifeel proud Trump mentioned their country though as a Shithole
Battle: Dar es Salaam vs Nairobi
Battle: Dar es Salaam vs Nairobi
Wakundustan unawajua unawasikia? 😂😂 Hapo watajifeel proud Trump mentioned their country though as a Shithole
Teargass
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Who told you Kenya haina those awards? Huwa mnafanya as if Tanzania is the only country with the awards.
Teargass
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National Spinal Injury Referral Hospital.
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Teargass
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Hivo ndio ulidanganywa? The only reason you get more RORO ships is because your country allow importation of vehicles of more than 20 yrs old as opposed to Kenya which only allow import of 7 yrs old cars.
Marcelly
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Hata kujilinda wanashindwa kujilisha pia wanaweza nn sasa hapa duniani
Chamoto
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Hongereni, ila acha kujisifia ki dwimbwi kinachoingia mara 62 kwa MW tunazozalisha Nyerere dam?
Acha ujinga more cars are going to Southern African states the number keeps on increasing day by day. This surge in transit car is attributed to port efficiency and good logistics. Lia utakavyo lakini hiyo ndio main reason
AMARII
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So unatuonesha hapa hizo awards au ndio maneno maneno tu as usual!?
babayao255
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Mwaka huu tulibeba nyingi wakaanza kusema tumehonga. 😂😂😂
Chamoto
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Nia haipo kaka, umesau nani aliwa rais wakati wa kuhizinisha ujenzi wa barabara ya Masaki?
Geza Ulole
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Geza Ulole
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China signs $1.4bn Tazara railway deal, reviving copperbelt link amid Lobito Corridor rivalry
China signs $1.4bn Tazara railway deal, reviving copperbelt link amid Lobito Corridor rivalry / bne IntelliNews
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By bne IntelliNews September 29, 2025
Zambia and Tanzania have signed a $1.4bn agreement with China to modernise the Tanzania–Zambia Railway (Tazara), a strategic line linking the central African copperbelt to the Indian Ocean port of Dar es Salaam, Bloomberg reported on Monday (September 29).
Tazara, stretching 1,860 km, has suffered decades of underinvestment and is operating far below capacity. The project revives infrastructure built with Chinese financing and expertise in the 1970s.
The rehabilitation aims to restore the efficiency of the railway line at a time when copper shipments from Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are placing unprecedented pressure on regional transport corridors.
With most ore currently moved by truck, congestion at border posts has become a persistent bottleneck. The upgraded railway is expected to cut transport times and provide a more reliable alternative for exporters moving bulk minerals to port.
The railway project also carries geopolitical weight among a scramble to secure supply chains for critical minerals.
Tazara’s development emerged during a period of resistance to Western influence in Southern Africa, after the US and Russia declined to finance the project, citing economic concerns.
Tazara (Tanzania–Zambia Railway)
Route: Dar es Salaam (Tanzania, Indian Ocean) ↔ Kapiri Mposhi (Zambia, copperbelt)
Length: 1,860 km
Origins: Built 1970–75 with Chinese financing/engineering, $500mn at the time (then China’s largest overseas project).
Current state: Operating far below capacity after decades of underfunding.
Revamp: $1.4bn China–Zambia–Tanzania deal signed September 2025.
Strategic role: Reduces dependence on trucking routes; relieves border congestion; symbol of Sino–African ties.
Tazara is in competition with the US- and EU-backed Lobito Corridor, a $3bn to $4bn rail and port project aimed at channelling copper and cobalt from the same mineral-rich central Africa belt to the Atlantic coast of Angola. For African governments, the rivalry offers potential leverage in negotiating financing, tariffs and service standards.
The Lobito Corridor has gained momentum as Washington and Brussels promote it as a “transparent alternative” to Chinese-backed infrastructure. Centred on Angola’s Lobito Port and the rehabilitated
Benguela Railway, the 1,300 km corridor is already operational to the DRC border, with plans to extend links deeper into the copperbelt. The project is supported by the US, EU, African Development Bank (AfDB) and private operators.
Lobito Corridor
Route: Lobito Port (Angola, Atlantic Ocean) ↔ DRC copperbelt ↔ Zambia (planned extensions).
Length: 1,300+ km (rehabilitated Benguela Railway + new connectors).
Origins: Colonial-era line modernised in 2010s; now centerpiece of US–EU–Angola partnership.
Current state: Operational to Lobito; expansion ongoing to connect Zambia and DRC seamlessly.
Funding: US and EU backing, with World Bank and African Development Bank support.
Strategic role: Diversifies export routes; reduces reliance on east-coast ports; framed as “transparent alternative” to Chinese projects.
www.intellinews.com
China signs $1.4bn Tazara railway deal, reviving copperbelt link amid Lobito Corridor rivalry / bne IntelliNews
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By bne IntelliNews September 29, 2025
Zambia and Tanzania have signed a $1.4bn agreement with China to modernise the Tanzania–Zambia Railway (Tazara), a strategic line linking the central African copperbelt to the Indian Ocean port of Dar es Salaam, Bloomberg reported on Monday (September 29).
Tazara, stretching 1,860 km, has suffered decades of underinvestment and is operating far below capacity. The project revives infrastructure built with Chinese financing and expertise in the 1970s.
The rehabilitation aims to restore the efficiency of the railway line at a time when copper shipments from Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are placing unprecedented pressure on regional transport corridors.
With most ore currently moved by truck, congestion at border posts has become a persistent bottleneck. The upgraded railway is expected to cut transport times and provide a more reliable alternative for exporters moving bulk minerals to port.
The railway project also carries geopolitical weight among a scramble to secure supply chains for critical minerals.
Tazara’s development emerged during a period of resistance to Western influence in Southern Africa, after the US and Russia declined to finance the project, citing economic concerns.
Tazara (Tanzania–Zambia Railway)
Route: Dar es Salaam (Tanzania, Indian Ocean) ↔ Kapiri Mposhi (Zambia, copperbelt)
Length: 1,860 km
Origins: Built 1970–75 with Chinese financing/engineering, $500mn at the time (then China’s largest overseas project).
Current state: Operating far below capacity after decades of underfunding.
Revamp: $1.4bn China–Zambia–Tanzania deal signed September 2025.
Strategic role: Reduces dependence on trucking routes; relieves border congestion; symbol of Sino–African ties.
Tazara is in competition with the US- and EU-backed Lobito Corridor, a $3bn to $4bn rail and port project aimed at channelling copper and cobalt from the same mineral-rich central Africa belt to the Atlantic coast of Angola. For African governments, the rivalry offers potential leverage in negotiating financing, tariffs and service standards.
The Lobito Corridor has gained momentum as Washington and Brussels promote it as a “transparent alternative” to Chinese-backed infrastructure. Centred on Angola’s Lobito Port and the rehabilitated
Benguela Railway, the 1,300 km corridor is already operational to the DRC border, with plans to extend links deeper into the copperbelt. The project is supported by the US, EU, African Development Bank (AfDB) and private operators.
Lobito Corridor
Route: Lobito Port (Angola, Atlantic Ocean) ↔ DRC copperbelt ↔ Zambia (planned extensions).
Length: 1,300+ km (rehabilitated Benguela Railway + new connectors).
Origins: Colonial-era line modernised in 2010s; now centerpiece of US–EU–Angola partnership.
Current state: Operational to Lobito; expansion ongoing to connect Zambia and DRC seamlessly.
Funding: US and EU backing, with World Bank and African Development Bank support.
Strategic role: Diversifies export routes; reduces reliance on east-coast ports; framed as “transparent alternative” to Chinese projects.
China signs $1.4bn Tazara railway deal, reviving copperbelt link amid Lobito Corridor rivalry
Zambia and Tanzania have signed a $1.4bn agreement with China to modernise the Tanzania–Zambia Railway (Tazara), a strategic line linking the ...
www.intellinews.com
REAL Comrade Kipepe
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Hizi Bajaji ni nyingi sana na ni kero kwa kweli! 🚮
REAL Comrade Kipepe
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Nimefurahi kuona utaratibu wa foleni.
Teargass
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Why can't that efficiency translate to overall port performance? Mombasa port is doing triple of what Dar port is doing.
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instanbul
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HIzo zitapunguwa zenyew tu mabasi yakiwa mengi. Tena wakiweka na mabasi ya VIP tu hakuna kusimamia itakuwa Bomba sana
Bajaji ziliongezeka baada ya Mwendokasi kuwa miyeyusho.
Lakini bajaji hazipaswi kupiga route kwenye Barabara kuu za kuingia Mjini. Ni risk na zinaleta foleni. Maeneo kama Msimbazi bajaji za mbezi zinaleta foleni kweli.
Latra hawajaruhusu. Sema tu wamewanyamazia kisiasa.
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