Ethiopia has signed agreements with Turkey and China to set up a major railway network for improving communication across the country

Rift Valley Railways (RVR), the company that runs rail services in Kenya and Uganda, has received US$49 million to carry out infrastructure upgrades

Transnet, to extend the reach of its healthcare offering, has launched its second health train — Phelophepa II

China has announced plans to pump more than US$66 million into the Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) to revamp operations and fund infrastructure rehabilitation

With a feasibility study having been completed three years ago, the construction of the US$4.7bn railway line linking Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania is to begin in 2014