Tanzania, Egypt move to establish Dar-Cairo cargo transport hub
Minister for Transport, Professor Makame Mbarawa, addresses delegates during the Tanzania–Egypt Business Forum in Dar es Salaam on Saturday, July 18, 2026.
Josephine Christopher is a senior business journalist for The Citizen and Mwananchi newspapers
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Dar es Salaam. Tanzania and Egypt are in the final stages of establishing a strategic cargo transport hub linking the Port of Dar es Salaam and Egypt’s Ain Sokhna Port, a move expected to open new trade corridors connecting Sub-Saharan Africa with North Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
The initiative will create a maritime logistics corridor traversing the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, strengthening trade and investment ties between the two countries.
