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Great piece. Something I noticed while in Kenya in early 2020 is local Mombasa officials were very concerned about *internal* competition from other trade routes within Kenya. I’m sure the discussion has moved on since then, but it’s another feature of the broader competitive trade race you captured so well.

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What about expansion of the Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway? It has been included in the East African Railway Master Plan before.

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