Nigerian financial agency Infrastructure Bank has plans to invest US$2bn in a Lagos Red Line mass transit system which will transport at least two million passengers daily from Alagbado to Marina

Nigeria has announced a partnership with General Electric (GE) under which GE will assemble 200 rail locomotives over a 10-year period

South African railway company Transnet and the China Development Bank have signed a cooperation agreement to finance the construction and upgrade of South African railway and port infrastructure

Mining company Beacon Hill Resources has entered into an agreement with Mozambican state rail and port company Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM) for the right to transport coal along the Sena railroad  

A railway line to connect Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania is now under construction, according to Canadian consultancy firm, Canarail