₦airaland Forum

While Kenya debates, protests, rebrands slogans, and argues on social media, Tanzania has been busy doing something far less dramatic: building. Roads, railways, ports, energy projects, airlines, diplomacy you name it. Tanzania didn’t shout. It didn’t trend. It just worked.

Kenya, on the other hand, seems permanently trapped in a loop of hype without delivery. Every year comes with new promises, new hashtags, new excuses and the same old problems. Inflation bites harder, public frustration grows louder, and leadership appears more interested in managing optics than outcomes.

Projects
Rank Project Name Estimated Value (USD) Primary Sector Current Status
1 Tanzania Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) $42.0 Billion Oil & Gas Final negotiations / HGA review
2 Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) $10.0 Billion Transport Operational (Phases 1-2); Construction (Phases 3-5)
3 Bagamoyo Deepwater Port $10.0 Billion Infrastructure Revived / Preliminary works
4 East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) $5.6 Billion Oil & Gas Under construction (approx. 65% complete)
5 Liganga Iron Ore & Mchuchuma Coal $3.0 Billion Mining/Energy Pre-implementation / Strategic planning
6 Julius Nyerere Hydropower Project $2.9 Billion Energy Operational (Final testing/Full activation)
7 Tanzania-Burundi-DRC SGR Link $2.2 Billion Transport Contract signed / Financing secured
8 Msalato International Airport $827 Million Aviation Under construction (Dodoma)
9 Dar es Salaam Metropolitan Dev. (DMDP II) $438 Million Urban Dev. Phase 2 implementation started
10 Stiegler’s Gorge Water Supply $300 Million+ Water/Energy Ongoing / Integration with JNHPP