Upon President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi’s request, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly will head to Tanzania on Tuesday to witness the signing ceremony of Stiegler’s Gorge dam’s construction contract on December 12. <\/p>\n
According to a Monday statement, Madbouly will be accompanied by a high level delegation. <\/p>\n
On December 8, Sisi discussed in a phone call with his Tanzanian counterpart John Magufuli Stiegler’s Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station’s latest developments. <\/p>\n
The dam will be constructed by The Arab Contractors Egyptian Company with a total cost of $3.6 billion. <\/p>\n
Stiegler’s Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station is expected to produce 5,920 GWh of power annually to fill the electricity and energy shortage in the country. <\/p>\n
In October, Magufuli invited Sisi to lay the foundation stone of the dam Stiegler\u2019s Gorge.
\nIn a phone call initiated by Magufuli, Sisi said the construction of the dam will be performed in a way that will make Tanzania, Egypt and the African continent proud, exemplifying African cooperation. <\/p>\n
The dam will be built on the Basin of Rufiji River as an important national project to generate power. <\/p>\n
Magufuli expressed his appreciation of the historic relations between the two nations, and applauded the economic cooperation and trade exchange, as well as the Egyptian investments in Tanzania. <\/p>\n
Sisi was the first Egyptian president to visit Tanzania in August 2017 since 1968. <\/p>\n
Egypt Today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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