A consortium of the Arab Contractors and the Elsewedy Electric. was awarded a tender to build the hydropower dam, Rufiji Dam or Nyerere Dam is one of the biggest hydropower projects on the whole African continent .now, being constructed on Rufiji River in Tanzania the heart of Africa. This project was established in 2018 and will be completed and inaugurated in 2022.

It should be noted, however, that the Rufiji River is entirely within the borders of Tanzania. Its length is about 600 kilometers. It originates in southwestern Tanzania and flows into the Indian Ocean, and is about 200 kilometers south of Dar es Salaam. The dam is not located at any of the sources of the Nile River.

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The alliance of "Arab Contractors and Sewedy Electric" wins the tender for Rufiji Dam.

The consortium of " Arab Contractors and elSewedy Electric‎ Contractors" won the tender of the Tanzanian government to build the Rofiji Dam, where many Egyptian, Lebanese, Brazilian, Turkish ... Chinese companies competed. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi agreed with president Magufuli "that the work on the construction of the dam will be carried out under the supervision of the Engineering Authority of the Egyptian Armed Forces. The contract was signed between the parties concerned in December 2018.

The Arab Contractors ... works in many African countries in the road, infrastructure, and construction projects as well.

Stages of building the Rufiji Dam

Rufiji Dam, after completing its construction on an area of ​​1350 km, within 42 months, to become one of the largest dams in the world. And the fourth dam in Africa.

The first stage: during the first 6 months

It is the stage of site preparation and employment in terms of initial preparations for construction and training as well.

The second stage: 3 years

And through it, the actual implementation of the Rufiji Dam project, as it is expected that the project will be completed in 2022.

he most prominent problems that Tanzania faces to build the Rufiji Dam

There are many challenges and obstacles in completing the utilization of the Tanzania Dam Project

Floods and Climate

Dam construction workers are facing a heavy rainy climate with multiple floods now 4 floods during 2019-2020 .To complete the project, the project managers are looking for ways to adapt and find solutions to continue construction work within the specified timetable.

Implementation time and the expected cost.

The Egyptian consortium won the project based on a budget of $ 2.9 billion and the implementation within 42 months, which is a difficult challenge in the opinion of many experts, who expected a double budget with more years to complete the project with high quality and efficiency.

This is a challenge for Arab Contractors and Sewedy Electric Contractors companies to prove the ability of the Egyptian contracting sector to the challenge, which may contribute to the expansion of projects within Africa after that.