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The Nile, Congo, and Zambezi (through Lake Malawi) all drain different parts of the East African Rift Valley. If these waterways could be made navigable, they could connect the Rift Valley to the Mediterranean, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans respectively.

The challenge, if you choose to accept it, it to have a canal system constructed which allows continuous navigation between the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Mediterranean Sea. This canal system must use parts of the Nile River, Congo River, and Lake Malawi/Shire River/Zambezi River. The canal can deviate from these rivers if necessary, but must primarily follow their course.

Please describe the route of such a canal as well as the political and economic conditions that would be necessary to make such a canal both feasible and worthwhile. POD can be as early as 3000BC - ATL civilizations based in the Rift Valley are encouraged. However, the earlier the POD, the more detailed your submission should be.
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