{"id":31673,"date":"2022-05-28T16:47:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T16:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/tanzania-president-lands-top-continental-accolade"},"modified":"2022-05-28T16:58:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T16:58:29","slug":"tanzania-president-lands-top-continental-accolade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/tanzania-president-lands-top-continental-accolade","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania president lands top continental accolade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been awarded the 2022 Africa Road Builders-Trophee Babacar Ndiaye accolade.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Suluhu, who became the first female head of state to receive the award, used her acceptance speech to laud her predecessor\u2014John Patrick Magufuli\u2014for blazing the trail insofar as Tanzania\u2019s ambitious infrastructural projects such as roads and railway networks are concerned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTransport and transport infrastructure constitutes a key component in the realisation of our integration agenda for social and economic growth. The first phase of the standard gauge railway (SGR) will connect the Indian Ocean port of Dar-es-Salaam with neighbouring countries such as Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo through the central corridor. This line is already under construction,\u201d President Suluhu said.<\/p>\n<p>The award, named after the fifth president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), is given to a head of State in recognition of his or her projects and works in the field of roads and transport.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari is the 2021 recipient of the award. He observed that through building roads, economies are built too. The awards are organised by journalists under their network Media for Infrastructure and Finance in Africa (MIFA).<\/p>\n<p>President Suluhu was named designate Laureate of the Super Prize Great Builder-Trophee Babacar Ndiaye 2022 on account of her personal leadership, as well as huge commitment and investments to expand the road and rail transport network in Tanzania.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the selection committee noted the support of the Africa Development Bank with an envelope of $290m (Shs1.1 trillion) as part of the revitalisation of road, rail, and air transport in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe choice of President Samia is very well justified. She has a clear vision and continues to prioritise infrastructure development as a key enabler to Tanzania\u2019s economy. As a result, she is committing significant resources to new roads, railways, ports and airports to further improve the competitiveness of the Tanzania economy and enhance East African regional integration through trade and cooperation,\u201d observed Mr Mike Salawou, Africa Development Bank\u2019s acting director for infrastructure and urban development.<\/p>\n<p>President Suluhu assumed office in March 2021. She was also recently named in TIME Magazine\u2019s \u2018Most Influential People of 2022\u2019 list. She rubbed shoulders with US President Joe Biden, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and Apple CEO Tim Cook in the Leaders\u2019 section of the coveted list.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been awarded the 2022 Africa Road Builders-Trophee Babacar Ndiaye accolade. Ms Suluhu, who became the first female head of state to receive the award, used her acceptance speech to laud her predecessor\u2014John Patrick Magufuli\u2014for blazing the trail insofar as Tanzania\u2019s ambitious infrastructural projects such as roads [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":31672,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-31673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tanzania president lands top continental accolade - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been awarded the 2022 Africa Road Builders-Trophee Babacar Ndiaye accolade. ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/tanzania-president-lands-top-continental-accolade\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tanzania president lands top continental accolade\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been awarded the 2022 Africa Road Builders-Trophee Babacar Ndiaye accolade. ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/tanzania-president-lands-top-continental-accolade\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-28T16:47:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-28T16:58:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_9-62925487dd50a.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/tanzania-president-lands-top-continental-accolade#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/tanzania-president-lands-top-continental-accolade\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tanzania president lands top continental accolade\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-28T16:47:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-28T16:58:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/tanzania-president-lands-top-continental-accolade\"},\"wordCount\":412,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/tanzania-president-lands-top-continental-accolade#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_9-62925487dd50a.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/tanzania-president-lands-top-continental-accolade#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/tanzania-president-lands-top-continental-accolade\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/tanzania-president-lands-top-continental-accolade\",\"name\":\"Tanzania president lands top continental accolade - 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