Tanzanian Prime Minister Mizengo K. Pinda will visit Ahmedabad and Vadodara in Gujarat during his four-day India visit starting Monday.

There is excitement about Pinda’s Gujarat visit in both the country as there are 40,000 Gujarati origin people settled in Tanzania.

Pinda, accompanied by senior ministers and officials, arrives in India late Sunday night.

According to Tanzanian government statistics, during 1990-2006, 118 companies with “Indian interest” have invested $825 million in Tanzania.

Reliance Industries Ltd has acquired a majority stake and management control of major oil company Gulf Africa Petroleum Corporation.

Other major Indian companies with a presence in Tanzania include Bank of Baroda with branches in Dar es Salaam and Arusha; Air India; Tata International, which has a MoU with the National Development Corporation of Tanzania for setting up a soda ash factory at Lake Natron; and National Mineral Development Corporation.