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China aids Tanzania with Dar es Salaam University streetlight project

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•TanzaniaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•TanzaniaSector•Industry, Mining, ConstructionFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2019
End (actual)
Aug 22, 2019

Geospatial footprint

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For this project solar street lights were added to Dar es Salaam University. More detailed locational information can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/798357475

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

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM)

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

  • Powerchina Stecol Corporation

Loan desecription

China aids Tanzania with Dar es Salaam University streetlight project

Narrative

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Project narrative

On August 22, 2019, the completion and handover ceremony of the Dar es Salaam University campus streetlight project was held on campus. The project provided 36 solar street lights for the 1-kilometer main road section of Dada. The project also used solar energy equipment. Power China Stecol Corporation was responsible for the construction. Chinese Ambassador to Tanzania Wang Ke, alumnus of the University of Tanzania and General Secretary of the Revolutionary Party of Tanzania Bashiru, President of the University of Dar es Salaam, and more than a hundred people including Anangkisye, officials from the Ministry of Education and Technology of Tanzania, representatives of masters and students, representatives of Chinese enterprises undertaking the project, and journalists and media attended the event. The project was aided by the Chinese Embassy in Tanzania.