Dr. Assem El Gazzar - Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities headed Egyptian delegation to visit the project of Julius Nyerere Hydropower Plant and Dam in Tanzania, which is carried out by Egyptian JV “ The Arab Contractors Company and Elsewedy Electric" on Rufiji River with a total cost 2.9 billion US$.
The Egyptian delegation included Ambassador Mohamed Gaber Abul Wafa - Egyptian Ambassador to Tanzania., Major Gen. Mohamed Essam – Assistant of the Housing Minister and Supervisor of the Minister Office, Major Gen. Mahmoud Nassar – Head of the Central Agency for Reconstruction and Head of the Following Up Committee of the Project, Eng. Ahmed El Assar – Senior Vice Chairman of the Arab Contractors Company, Eng. Hossam El Reefy – AC Board Member and Eng. Wael Hamdy – Senior Vice Chairman of Elsewedy Electric and the representatives of the Egyptian JV “ The Arab Contractors Company and Elsewedy Electric".
The Egyptian delegation was received in the presence of the Tanzanian Minister of Energy - January Makamba, and folk celebration teams, who performed local songs and dances, to celebrate the arrival of the Egyptian officials to the dam, to follow up the implementation of this huge national Tanzanian project.