Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – Engineer Sherif El-Shorbagy, Egypt’s Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities, arrived at the Julius Nyerere Hydropower Project site, being developed by the Egyptian consortium of “Arab Contractors” and “Elsewedy Electric” on the Rufiji River in Tanzania. He was accompanied by Ambassador Sherif Ismail, Egypt’s Ambassador to Tanzania, Major General Mahmoud Nasar, Head of the Central Authority for Reconstruction and Chairman of the Project Monitoring Committee, Engineer Ahmed El-Assar, Chairman of Arab Contractors, Engineer Hassan Mostafa, Vice Chairman of Arab Contractors, Engineer Wael Hamdy, Vice Chairman of Elsewedy Electric, and other officials from the Egyptian consortium.
Upon arrival, El-Shorbagy held a meeting with consortium officials to review the project’s current execution status. He received detailed explanations about various stages of implementation and learned that the workforce has reached approximately 12,000 workers, 90% of whom are Tanzanian.
El-Shorbagy emphasized that the achievements made so far represent a historical milestone for a project that has faced numerous challenges and complex engineering aspects. He expressed gratitude to the Egyptian engineers, administrators, and workers who collaborated with their Tanzanian counterparts to realize this dream for the sister nation of Tanzania.
The minister noted that the Egyptian government is placing significant emphasis on this massive project, with clear directives from President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to ensure its implementation at the highest standards. This project is intended to symbolize the distinguished relations between Egypt and Tanzania and showcase the capabilities of Egyptian companies in executing major projects, particularly for our African brothers.
El-Shorbagy explained that the project involves the construction of a dam stretching 1,025 meters in length, with a reservoir capacity of 32.8 billion cubic meters. It also includes a hydropower station with a capacity of 2,115 megawatts, located on the banks of the Rufiji River within a nature reserve in the Morogoro region, southwest of Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital and largest city in Tanzania.
