Billionaire Dangote starts talks on Tanzania infrastructure push

Africa’s richest person Aliko Dangote began discussions with the Tanzanian government to invest in several major infrastructure projects in the East African nation, as his business empire expands across the continent.

“We have identified areas that can deliver significant value for Tanzania, and we are ready to work together to develop them for our mutual benefit,“ Dangote said after talks with President Samia Suluhu Hassan, according to an emailed statement late Monday.

The planned investments include a port development project and the construction of a 40-kilometer (25 miles) concrete access road to support the hub, he said.

Dangote, who already has the biggest cement plant in Tanzania, is also planning to invest in the development of a special trade zone, a 2,000-megawatt coal-fired power plant, a urea fertiliser project and transport infrastructure linking the port city of Mtwara on the Indian Ocean with Mbamba Bay on Lake Malawi in southern