Global best project in the rail category was taken by Sydney Metro Northwest - Skytrain, located in Sydney, Australia. Submitted by Salini-Impregilo S.p.A.
Award of Merit: Mombasa to Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway Project in Kenya, located between Mombasa and Nairobi, Kenya. Submitted by China Road and Bridge Corp.
being a sponsor doesn’t mean shit. si unaona the overall winner was that Sydney Metro. And this is an award by American publication… si mnasemanga Americans are objective? if it was a chinese publication mngesema ni propaganda.
This is great news, last weeks pictures of double stacked freight train service just ended this SGR debate once and for all. A first in Africa and now the vision is clear. Transportation of cargo freight in the region.
Next decade maybe ndio watafika Dodoma.
2015 - Launch.
2016- no funding.
2017 - Launch all section upto Rwanda without securing finances
2018- we will self finance and pay $200 million out of $1.5 billion need to get to morogoro.
2018 Sept - get a commercial loan agreement from standard chartered bank to finance phase 2, morogoro to Dodoma. However no funding for the 1st phase incredibly.
They do things in a very slow confused pace down there.