Taif Airport (KSA) and PPP airports Arusha, Mwanza, Mtwara and Kiliminjaro (Tanzania)

If you need any advise, let me know

Region: MENA. Country: KSA. Project. Upgrading the Taif airport.

Is expected soon. As the big 3 are enough busy, this prospect may be a fair opportunity to integrate the market. It is a mid-small size project and the risk would be manageable. 


The scope is mainly a heavy rehabilitation on terminal and airside. 
The idea is to rehabilitate the infrastructure to be fitted as an international airport to support Jeddah and Medina. 
Almost 200k maximum for the design and the supervision packages. 

My advice to all: You should have connection with GACA and have a local sponsor. 

If you need more details, or you need advise on GACA and local Sponsor, let me know.

Region: Africa. Country: Tanzania. Projects: PPP opportunities; Arusha, Mwanza, Mtwara, Kilimanjaro.

Based on the TAA website, "Tanzania Airports Authority is undergoing the biggest transformation in its history. Over the next 10 years we want to become a HUB for Eastern and Central Africa." 
TAA needs funds to achieve a basic infrastructure upgrading. 
The less riskier one is Kilimanjaro International Airport. However, the CAPEX of the other three is low and will not attract the major International players (unless if they would be interested to have the three airports at the same time). 

I have photos of these airport, and contacts and who-is-who.

Following some direct questions: 
There are three main stockholders here and ALL are equal (in Africa this is VERY important): 
1. TAA. you have to know who-is-who in TAA. Why: to have access to technical documentations and history. Don't underestimate the engineers working for TAA: they are rally good and competent. 
2. The PPP agency. It is a new agency and reports to the Ministry of Finance. They are working based on a new PPP and BOT rules. Don't expect that much. Why you need this agency: to have advise and to know how to work with the Ministry of finance bureaucrats. 
3. The Ministry of Transport and The Ministry of Finance. You may have access to these two main stockholders through TAA and the PPP agency. But it is needed as well to know all the main influential bureaucrats there. 

This is Tanzania. Based on some question I received, you may know that you have to expect a fuzzy-fuzzy structure out of there. 
All you need is Patience and Perseverance. 

Advise: (1) work with your embassy or government representative. If they are business oriented, they may open doors. (2) Networking is key in East side of Africa. You can't do anything while you are abroad.