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Chinese Government provides RMB 183.5 million grant for Julius Nyerere International Convention Center Construction Project

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$37,186,443
Commitment Year•2008Country of Activity•TanzaniaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•TanzaniaSector•Other Social Infrastructure And ServicesFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2008
Start (actual)
Jan 15, 2010
End (actual)
Mar 25, 2013

Geospatial footprint

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The Julius Nyerere Convention Centre is located on Shaaban Robert Street in Dar es Salaam. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/192773202.

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Tanzania

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

  • Fujian Construction Engineering Group Company

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides RMB 183.5 million grant for Julius Nyerere International Convention Center Construction Project

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2008, the President of Tanzania signed an RMB 183,500,000 grant agreement with the Chinese Government for the Julius Nyerere International Convention Center (JNICC or 坦桑尼亚尼雷尔国际会议中心) Construction Project. On November 20, 2009, Tanzania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation entered into contract with Fujian Engineering (Group) Company to construct the Julius Nyerere Convention Center. Construction officially began on January 15, 2010 and ended in September 2012. On March 25, 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping handed over the key to the convention center to his Tanzanian counterpart.

Staff comments

This link is broken but includes the National Audit Office report confirming the transaction amount and Chinese financing: http://www.tanzania.go.tz/egov_uploads/documents/nao_go_default_22_sw.pdf