African, right, and Chinese workers, left, build railway track sections at the Kathekani T-girder and rail sleeper manufacturing plant which makes parts for the construction of the new Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line in Tsavo, Kenya, on Wednesday, March 16, 2016. By providing an alternative to roads, the 1,100-kilometer (684-mile) Chinese-financed railway will slash the time and cost of transporting people and goods between East Africa's landlocked nations. Photographer: Riccardo Gangale/Bloomberg via Getty Images