East Africa: Construction of an SGR railway between Tanzania and Burundi is on track

Tanzania has signed a multimillion-dollar deal with neighbouring Burundi to build a Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) linking Gitega to the Indian Ocean. The planned 282 kilometre SGR railway line will run from Uvinza in Tanzania’s Kigoma region to Gitega in Burundi.

Without revealing how much the project would cost, officials have said that the two countries have agreed to jointly finance the project.