Tanzania aims to construct an IP network and IDC at a national level. Through this project, it is expected to promote resources sharing.
Investing about 90 million dollars, the project built an IP backbone with coverage of 22 Regions of Tanzania to provide IP-based countrywide services, by expanding the DWDM system and constructing national IDC: 4 core nodes, 22 backbone nodes, 2 IGW, IDC with 3000 m2 for more than 300 racks and supporting system. The project will make the country an ICT hub in EAC.

The project is closely related to SDGs 9, 17, 1, 4 and 10. Utilizing the concessional loan from China, Tanzania constructed magnificent infrastructure to bridge digital gap, which will promote the development of e-learning in rural area.

The model can be copied similarly. Selecting a truly suitable technical solution within the range of affordable debt is an important topic for all developing countries.

Within 20 years, the infrastructure like fiber will continuously play a critical role in ICT relevant industries such as e-commerce.

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• China
• United Republic of Tanzania

• Youth
• Older persons
• Women
• Indigenous and nomadic peoples
• People with disabilities
• The unemployed
• The poor
• Refugees and internally displaced people
• Remote and rural communities

Geographically it is replicable. International financial and technical cooperation is essential to the infrastructure construction of developing countries. Selecting a truly suitable technical solution within the range of affordable debt is an important topic for all developing countries to explore.

Technically it is replicable. In developing countries, particularly for rural area, the accessibility to basic information service is much more important than the emerging technology such as 5G and AI. The information infrastructure constructed with mature technical solution deserves to be copied.

The infrastructure such as optical cables has a long life cycle and is easy to maintain. Within 20 years, it will continuously play a pivotal role in the development of ICT relevant industries such as e-commerce and logistics.

This project is closely related to WSIS Action Line Information and communication infrastructure. The project was implemented in order to further promote telecommunication market prosperity, to accelerate development of E-commerce, to improve informatization level and core competitiveness of Tanzania.