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Tanzania to sign deal this week for over Sh300 billion ($3b) power plant - president

Tanzania President John Magufuli. [Photo: Courtesy]

DAR ES SALAAM- Tanzania will sign a deal this week for the construction of a $3 billion hydroelectric power plant, the president said in remarks broadcast on state television on Tuesday.

President John Magufuli did not name the company awarded the contract for the power plant and dam to be built in the Selous Game Reserve, a UN designated world heritage site in southern Tanzania. Government sources told Reuters the contract would be signed with Egypt’s Arab Contractors.

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