Tanzania picks UAE firm in landmark armoured vehicles deal

TATC board chair Lieutenant General (rtd) Wyajonea Mathew Kisamba  signing a groundbreaking partnership with Guerman Goutorov , CEO  Streit  Group FZ-LLC of the United Arab Emirates to manufacture, repair, and sell armoured vehicles  Streit Monday, September 29, 2025 at the Tanzania Automotive Technology Centre (TATC) in Nyumbu, Kibaha. PHOTO/ SANJITO MSAFIRI

Kibaha. Tanzania has signed a groundbreaking partnership with Streit Group FZ-LLC of the United Arab Emirates to manufacture, repair, and sell armoured vehicles, a move set to bolster both industrial growth and national security.

The agreement, signed on Monday, September 29, 2025 at the Tanzania Automotive Technology Centre (TATC) in Nyumbu, Kibaha, is the first of its kind in Africa.