Mushrooming (growth) and development of towns (urbanization). In the areas in which the railway line passed, the areas with busy truck roads were highly developed e.g. Nairobi, Moshi, Kampala, Arusha etc.
Development of Metro pole Africa: The areas with many transportation system e.g. Railways, harbors and airport at the same point grew from being small to towns into cities. Examples of these cities are Dar es Salaam, Mombasa etc.
Employment: Roads, railways, airports and harbor construction increased the employment chances. People were employed in a big number in laying down the infrastructure.
Settler production: Areas with enough infrastructure networks attracted many white settlers to dwell and establish their projects e.g. Kenya and Zimbabwe. In Kenya, the Kenya – Uganda railway attracted many setters.
Land alienation: The natives were evacuated by the colonial authorities from the areas in which the Europeans established road and railway constructs projects. This provoked the natives to fight and sometimes destroy the railway system e.g. The Nandi war in Kenya, the Nama / Herero uprising a Namibia, the natives tried to destroy the railway connection to the Windhoek and Swakopmund towns.
Forced labor: The Africans were also to work in areas in which the transport system crossed in their villages. The local rulers such as chiefs were used to mobilize African laborers to work in the roads or railway construction projects. This too provoked the Africans to revolt.
The transport system too facilitated communication in the interior and exposed African’s interior to the capitalists (colonialists). It became accessible to the whites and other native races. This simplified colonial management.
Integration of culture and economy in general: The communication network widened the sphere of interaction between native races and the immigrant races to an extent of washing out the outdated cultural elements and acquisition of new cultures.
