The governments of Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi advertised in July for expressions of interest from qualified local and international infrastructure firms to finance, design, construct, operate and maintain a new 1,661-kilometer standard-gauge railway line linking the three countries to the port of Dar es Salaam, but experts say project implementation must be restructured if it is to attract financing and meet anticipated timelines.
Ottawa-based CPCS Transcom is the project’s transaction advisor and is supporting the three governments to structure the public-private partnership transaction and identify potential partners from the private sector to construct the Dar es Salaam-Isaka-Kigali/Keza-Musongati Railway project.