Poland is revamping its relations with Africa, already having advanced a $110 million credit to Tanzania to improve its agriculture and food security sectors.
Speaking to The EastAfrican in Warsaw, deputy director of the Department of Economic Co-operation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Konrad Pawlik said that, given its agriculture potential and growing consumer market, Tanzania fits in with Poland’s focus on economic and development co-operation.
In 2008, Poland closed its embassy in Dar es Salaam due to budgetary constraints, but it was reopened last year.
While celebrating the centenary of Poland’s Independence, Polish ambassador to Tanzania Krzysztof Buzalski said his country sees the region as a promising economic partner in agriculture modernisation, efficient water usage and education: “We are ready to share with you some of our experiences that could be helpful in areas such as economic transformation and efficiency in agriculture and industry.”
Two Polish firms, Feerum SA and Araj, have already been contracted by Tanzania’s National Food Reserve Agency to construct silos for grain storage with a capacity of 250,000 tonnes of maize.
