The Arab Republic of Egypt
has expressed its intention to cut down and reduce the overwhelming water
shortages currently facing the municipal council in the designated Dodoma
capital city in central Tanzania. The Egyptian Ambassador accredited in
Tanzania Yasser Elshawaf said early this week in Dar es Salaam that, his
government is determined to invest in underground water infrastructure. The call by Egypt government has come amid intensive
preparations currently being undertaken by the fifth phase government of
migrating main functional government ministries to Dodoma. The fifth phase
government has shown seriousness by inviting both local and foreign investors
to take part in development of the Dodoma town so as it might acquire the
national status of being the country’s capital city since its declaration in
1973. In order to accomplish the need, the Egyptian Ambassador noted that, his
embassy office is underway to look for a strategic investor from his country to
come and invest in all the areas of the water infrastructures. In addition to
that, the embassy is also encouraging investors and businessmen from Egypt to
come to Tanzania to explore the available chances for trade and exchange ideas
with Tanzanian brothers He also mentioned some other sectors of development
that Egypt is interested to coordinate with Tanzania such as in areas of
Pharmaceutical and Petro-Chemical industries. Currently Egypt is among the
African countries which have helped Tanzania to cater for the water scarcity in
some various parts in the country. So far, Egypt has donated about 60 boreholes
out of 100 which have already been constructed in Northern Tanzania. According
to the Ambassador Elshawaf, the third phase of the project would be fulfilled
soon by his government through the ministry of water and irrigation at a range
of about $ 6 million. In June 2015, Egypt declared its ambition to return to
Africa to join forces with other African blocs in terms of strengthening
bilateral business ties to pave the way to create an ambitious free trade area
among the three African blocs like the EAC, COMESA and the SADC with the rest
of African countries. Three weeks ago, Egypt reiterated her call again of
returning to Africa so as to maintain closer economic cooperation with African
countries. Addressing
senior media managers from various African countries at the Presidential
Palace, President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi described serious cooperation with
African countries as the cornerstone of his country’s Foreign Policy. “I said
it in my inaugural speech, I have said it again and again and I am saying it
now that we are returning to our African sisters and brothers to join hands in
building our African countries,” said the president, citing the establishment
of Egyptian Agency of Partnership for Development (EAPD) as an effective move
towards cemented cooperation with other African nations. He said the African
continent is endowed with vast natural resources, which needed collective
efforts to develop and exploit for the benefit of all Africans. Egypt’s Foreign Policy had for a long time
been firmly turned eastwards due to its closeness, geographically and culturally,
to the Middle-East. The country is a transcontinental state, spanning the
northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed
by the Sinai Peninsula. President Sisi said for the past two years his country
had embraced ambitious programme for economic development, setting the 2030
target for comprehensive development.
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