OTL until a few million years ago, Lake Tanganyika drained north acoss western Burundi and Rwanda into the Albert Nile. The the Virunga Volcanoes blocked the Nile in Rwanda. Lake Tanganyika rose until it drained west into the Congo, and later cut its exit down to make a deep gorge.
ATL: No Virunga Volcanoes. Lake Tanganyika still drains north into the Nile. More water in the Nile. A navigable waterway from the Med a long way into Africa.
ATL: No Virunga Volcanoes. Lake Tanganyika still drains north into the Nile. More water in the Nile. A navigable waterway from the Med a long way into Africa.