# EDGE signs cooperation agreement with the Tanzania

- Link: https://www.military.africa/2023/02/edge-signs-cooperation-agreement-with-the-tanzania/
- Published: 2023-02-24T07:20:03+01:00
- Author: Patrick Kenyette

The United Arab Emirates’ EDGE group has signed a cooperation agreement with the
Tanzania People’s Defence Force (TPDF) during the IDEX defence show underway in 
Abu Dhabi.

EDGE said the agreement, signed on 21 February, “will pave the way for cooperation
between EDGE and the TPDF on strategic opportunities of mutual benefit which will
allow the TPDF to further develop and provide for Tanzania’s defence, security, 
and technology needs.”

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The TPDF aims to enhance industrial capacity through its defence industries so as
to be self-sustained in the manufacturing and production of industrial products 
for military and civilian use in Tanzania, and regionally, and to support the development
of the TPDF’s industrial capacity by facilitating various programmes and projects
in the field of automotive technological innovations undertaken at Tanzania Automotive
Technology Centre, an EDGE statement read.

The agreement was signed by Mansour AlMulla, Managing Director and CEO of EDGE, 
and General Jacob John Mkunda, Tanzania’s Chief of Defence Forces. It “builds on
the friendly relations between the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania
and the Government of the United Arab Emirates.”

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