AfDB agrees $272m financing for new international airport in Tanzania
The African Development Bank has approved a $272.12 million loan to Tanzania for the construction of a new international airport in the capital Dodoma.
The funding package comprises a $198.6 million loan from the bank, $23.52 million from the African Development Fund, and $50 million in co-financing with the Africa Growing Together Fund — a co-financing facility of China managed by the bank. The new airport will be built in the district of Msalato, 12 kilometres from the capital.
The project involves the construction of high-capacity airport infrastructure to meet the expected growth in air transport from the city's new role as the administrative capital of Tanzania. Work will be carried out over four years and will include a passenger terminal, a runway, air navigation equipment.
The project includes other related operational services such as a fuel distribution company, water supply systems, electrical power distribution substations and a fire-fighting service.
The new airport is expected to handle at least 50,000 aircrafts and a million passengers per year, most of which will be international.
