Tanzania, July 21 -- Dar es Salaam. For decades, Kigoma carried a description that reflected its physical location but failed to capture its economic potential as it was widely known as the 'end of the railway.'

This meant that Kigoma was the final destination of Tanzania's Central Line where trains from Dar es Salaam stopped before reaching the shores of Lake Tanganyika.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan now wants that narrative to change.

Her administration is positioning Kigoma not as a terminal point, but as a strategic logistics and commercial gateway linking Tanzania with some of the most important markets in East and Central Africa, particularly eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Burundi and Zambia.

The ambition is being b...