Tanzanian president Joseph Magufuli will travel to Uganda this coming weekend where he will – together with his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni – lay a foundation stone for the construction of an oil pipeline.
The pipeline, dubbed the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, will be linked to the Tanzanian seaport of Tanga and will be the longest heated pipeline in the world, scaling a distance of 1 445 km.
According to Uganda government figures, the construction will cost over US $3.5 billion and is expected to be completed in 2020.