Tanzania secures $1.28bn for SGR phases with StanChart backing

The standard gauge railway in Tanzania. Dodoma has secured $1.28bn to extend the railway, pushing the line further inland towards key trade corridors.

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Tanzania has secured a $1.277 billion financing deal with three European countries for two additional phases of its 2,560km standard gauge railway (SGR), backed by a fresh guarantee from Standard Chartered Plc.

The agreement, signed in Dodoma on April 28, involves export credit agencies from Sweden, Poland and Italy, and follows confirmation of renewed backing from the bank’s London headquarters earlier in the day.