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Spotlight | France, Tanzania
Macron and Suluhu look forward to closer business ties

Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan is welcomed by French president Emmanuel Macron and European Council President Charles Michel during the sixth European Union - African Union summit in Brussels, Belgium, the 17 February 2022. © Olivier Hoslet/Pool/AFP

Ahead of Emmanuel Macron's expected visit to Tanzania in late 2023, the French government is already preparing the ground. The hope is that France will win contracts in the maritime sector, including a particularly promising one for the construction of a new port in Bagamoyo. [...]

Published on 15/12/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 4 minutes Paul Deutschmann, Noé Michalon

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