The Tanzanian presidency is hosting on Wednesday the signing ceremony of the Stiegler’s Gorge dam project in Tanzania between Tanzanian President John Magufuli and Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on behalf of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The owner of the project is the Tanzanian Ministry of Energy, while Arab Contractors and Elsewedy Electric are constructing the project. The 134-meter dam will have the storage capacity of 34 million cubic meters of water. Additional infrastructure will include electric switch gears, protection system and fire detection system, along with auxiliary power supply, DC systems, cooling and sewage systems. The construction work in the dam will last three years, starting in January and will conclude in 2022.

Source: Egypt Independent December 12, 2018 10:39 UTC