Chinese Government provides grant worth TZS 22.4 billion — via an October 2017 ETCA — for Kagera Vocational and Technical School Construction Project (Linked to Project ID#70921)

The first report of a possible Kagera Vocational and Technical School Construction Project came in a Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) report. Then, after 4 years without any apparent progress, on November 26, 2018, representatives from the Chinese Government and the Chinese Government signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which allocated 22.4 billion Tanzanian Shillings (TZS) of grant funding for the Kagera Vocational and Technical School Construction Project. The grant funds were drawn — at least in part — from an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) that the Chinese Government and the Government of Tanzania signed on October 13, 2017. The ETCA committed $13 million USD of grant funding for the Kagera Vocational and Technical School Construction Project and several other projects (as captured via Project ID#70921). The purpose of the project was to construct the Kagera Regional Vocational Training and Service Centre with a total construction area of about 6,000 square meters. The school was designed with 19 classrooms and 9 training workshops, including electronics, welding, electromechanical, machining, plumber, carpentry, mason, painter and hoist. Upon completion, the school was expected to offer long or short-term training to nearly 3,000 students and offer accommodation to 350 people. Shanxi International Economic and Technical Cooperation Co., Ltd. was the contractor responsible for project implementation. A formal groundbreaking ceremony took place on November 28, 2019 and the project was originally expected to reach completion within 18 months (May 28, 2021). The project was ultimately completed on April 30, 2022.

Additional details

1. This project is also known as the Kagera Regional Vocational Training and Service Centre Construction Project and the China-aided Kagera Regional Vocational Training and Service Center Project. The Chinese project title is 卡盖拉职业技术培训学院 or 中国援建坦桑尼亚卡盖拉职业技术学院建设项目 or 坦桑尼亚卡盖拉职业技术学院建设项目. 2. The November 2018 MOU was signed by Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST), Dr. Leonard Akwilapo on behalf of the Tanzania government and Yuan Lin, Chief Representative for Economic and Commercial representation of China to Tanzania.

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