Civil engineering work is set to be completed in a few weeks on the first Standard Gauge Railway connecting the Kenyan capital Nairobi and East Africa's largest port, Mombasa.
Once the railway is fully operational by January 2018, the travel time between the two cities will be cut from more than ten hours down to four.
The 472-kilometer railway is being built by the China Road and Bridge Corporation. The Export-Import Bank of China is financing 90% of the 3.8-billion-dollar cost.
Solomon Ouna, an engineer for the railway, says the bank's financing plan stood out from a number of competitors.
"There are many financing models that were consi
