Lets take a look at what has and is happening in Kenya. This appears to link to the Northern Route on AVZ Transport options.
Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway Project
https://www.railwaypro.com/wp/kenya-launched-phase-2-of-sgr-rail-project/
https://www.railway-technology.com/projects/mombasa-nairobi-standard-gauge-railway-project/
China Road and Bridge Corporation, a subsidiary of China Communications Construction Co., was contracted to build the project according to Chinese railway design standards.
The SGR project is proposed to connect Mombasa to Malaba on the border with Uganda and continue onward to Kampala, Uganda’s capital city. It will further run to Kigali in Rwanda with a branch line to Juba in South Sudan. Branch lines along the route will extend to Kisumu, Kasese and Pakwach.
Freight trains will have a capacity of 216 TEUs and travel at an average speed of 80km/h. A typical freight train on the line will consist of 54 double stack flat wagons and measure 880m-long.
China will supply the initial rolling stock comprising 56 diesel locomotives, 1,620 wagons and 40 coaches.
The standard gauge railway (SGR project) that will connect Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan is one of the most important transport projects in Eastern Africa. The railway will provide connection between Mombasa and Malaba (Kenya), Uganda border and further to Kampala (Uganda’s capital), Kigali (in Rwanda) with a section to Juba (South Sudan). Also, extensions will be built to the important cities in the three countries.
This was also built by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation in Nigeria
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ias-capital-opens-to-passengers-idUSKBN1K8204