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Tanzania opens $290m bus network in Dar es Salaam

Tanzanian President John Magufuli. Tanzania opened a new public transport system in its commercial capital on Wednesday, in an effort to ease the journeys of millions of commuters. FILE PHOTO | AFP

Tanzania opened a new public transport system in its commercial capital on Wednesday, in an effort to ease the journeys of millions of commuters.

A city of four million people, Dar es Salaam until now has had only a haphazard transport system, based on mostly private mini-buses.

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