# Elsewedy Electric to build $50M electrical appliances factory in Tanzania

Egyptian investor Elsewedy Electric will invest about $50 million to build an electrical appliances factory in Kigamboni District, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, creating 400 jobs initially and producing electric wires, cables, transformers, smart meters and other products.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2021-02-07
- Where: Kigamboni District, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Value: $50.0M
- Jobs: 400
- Starts operating: Jun 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 1,500 tonnes of electric wires and cables per month; 400 transformers per month
- Products: electric wires and cables, transformers, smart meters, digital valve controllers, transformer tanks
- Sectors: [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Elsewedy Electric](https://endata.com/companies/15852.md)

## Sources

- [africa-press.net](https://www.africa-press.net/tanzania/community/egyptian-investor-to-create-400-jobs), 2021-02-07: "We are investing about $50m (equivalent to 116bn/-) in Dar es Salaam's Kigamboni District after securing 30 hectare with support from the government"

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