As part of the follow-up to the arrangements for the official opening of Julius Nyerere Dam and Hydropower Plant in the United Republic of Tanzania, the committee overseeing the Egyptian JV implementing the project conducted a field visit to inspect the project after its completion and the full operation of all its components. The visit included Eng. Ahmed El Assar - Chairman of the Arab Contractors Company, Eng. Heba Abu El Ella - Vice Chairman of the Arab Contractors Company, Eng. Wael Hamdy - Vice President of Elsewedy Electric Group, and Eng. Darem Debsi - Representative of the Egyptian JV, in the presence of Eng. Youssef Hamdeen - Manager of Civil Works for the project. During the visit, the committee members inspected the various components of the project and followed up on the arrangements for the anticipated opening ceremony being prepared by the Tanzanian government. The project cost $2.9 billion and aims to generate 2,115 MW of electricity. The generated power is transmitted via 400 KV transmission lines and integrated into Tanzania’s national electricity grid. The dam also controls flooding to protect the surrounding environment from the dangers of flash floods and swamps, and stores approximately 34 billion m3 of water in a newly created lake. This ensures a year-round water supply for agriculture, fishing, and the conservation of surrounding wildlife in Africa’s largest nature reserve, and one of the largest in the world. The project embodies the ability and potential of Egyptian national companies to implement major projects at the international level, especially in Africa, as the project provided job opportunities for 1961 workers, most of whom are Tanzanian brothers, in addition to operating 525 pieces of equipment. The project includes the construction of a dam on Rufiji River, 1025m long at the crest and 131m high, and a power plant located on the side of Rufiji River in Selous Game Reserve in Morogoro region, southwest of Dar es Salaam (the commercial capital and largest city of Tanzania). The plant is the largest in Tanzania with an electrical capacity of 6307 MW/hour annually. The project components included: the main dam, which is a concrete dam 1036m long at the top with 7 water outlets, and the supplementary dams, with 4 dams to form the water reservoir with a capacity of about 34 billion m3 (a concrete dam 1700 m long, and 3 rockfill dams with a total length of 16.5 km), and 2 temporary dams in front of and behind the main dam to carry out dewatering and diversion during the implementation of the main dam. The project components also include a hydropower plant with its civil works, turbines and transformers with a capacity of 2115 MW, an electricity connection station and 400 KV lines, and various equipment: the construction of a residential complex, a road network, crushers and mixers, a water spillway in the middle of the main dam, and an emergency spillway on the secondary dam No.1, in addition to temporary and permanent roads, tunnels, including a 703-meter-long tunnel to divert river water, and 3 tunnels with a total length of 1550m to allow the passage of water needed for the power station, in addition to bridges, including a permanent concrete bridge and a temporary one over Rufiji River.