Tanzania and Kenya discuss private financing for infrastructure

Sunday 15th November 2026

By inAfrika Newsroom

Tanzania and Kenya discussed how to draw more long-term private financing into infrastructure during a meeting in Nairobi. Tanzania’s works minister, Masanja Kungu Kadogosa, met Kenya’s Treasury cabinet secretary, John Mbadi, on 11 November during the Africa PPP infrastructure summit, Tanzania’s High Commission in Nairobi said.

Kadogosa outlined Tanzania’s use of road and railway levies to fund infrastructure and said the government was looking at additional ways to cover financing gaps. Mbadi described Kenya’s experience with public-private partnerships and attracting institutions such as pension funds. He also discussed the Kenya National Infrastructure Fund as a way to mobilise capital for projects that can operate commercially.

The High Commission said the ministers focused on exchanging experience and continuing technical cooperation. It did not report a joint borrowing agreement, the award of a road concession or any amount of money committed at the meeting.

A public-private partnership sets out how a public authority and a private participant will share the cost, responsibilities and risks of delivering a project. The choice of financing and the terms depend on how the project is structured and how its costs will be recovered.

Horn Economic Review reported on 13 November that roads were among the sectors discussed. The High Commission’s summary gave no timetable for adopting any of the financing methods under discussion.

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