A Turkish company signed a 2 billion dollar project agreement in Tanzania

It has been announced that Yapı Merkezi, a construction company based in Turkey, has signed a railway project of approximately 2 billion dollars with Tanzania. At the signing ceremony, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and Yapı Merkezi Vice President Erdem Arıoğlu attended. Turkey's Ambassador to Dar es Salaam, Mehmet Güllüoğlu, said in a statement on Twitter, "Today, our Yapı Merkezi company signed an agreement with the Tanzania Railways Administration for the construction of the 3rd stage of the High Speed ​​​​Trainway (SGR) Project, where the construction of the 1st and 2nd stages continues in Tanzania." At the signing ceremony, Ambassador Güllüoğlu, who shared the information that the prime minister, the minister of transport, and many other ministers attended, stated that with the completion of the project, many cities between Dar es Salaam and Mwanza can be reached by train. The 364-kilometer-long railway will cost approximately 2 billion dollars. Within the scope of the project, more than 14 thousand employment oppurtunities are provided, of which approximately 2,000 are Turkish citizens.