Tanzania, China: Beijing pressing Dar for Bagamoyo port

Summary: Chinese political will and economic acumen will drive Tanzania’s Bagamoyo port and supply chain hub into realization. But Tanzanian imperatives will constrain the Central Corridor’s optionality for regional and global trade interests. Analysis Tanzania’s minister of Works, Communication and Transport stated to the country’s parliament June 26 that Chinese officials were in-country negotiating over the progress of the proposed $10.2 billion port at Bagamoyo. For China, developing this port and associated supply chain infrastructure connecting to central Africa is an integral part of Beijing’s broader Belt and Road Initiative. For Tanzania, however, managing Bagamoyo is for the purposes of …

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