KENYA-NAIROBI-CHINESE-BUILT RAILWAY-TALENTS-TRAINING

KENYA-NAIROBI-CHINESE-BUILT RAILWAY-TALENTS-TRAINING

(230601) -- NAIROBI, June 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese instructor Chen Ling (R) works with apprentice Lucy Njeri Wanjohi in Nairobi, Kenya, May 23, 2023. Chen works for the electrical equipment maintenance section of the Africa Star Railway Operation Company. In the four years she has been working in Kenya, she witnessed the improvement on vocational skills of her female apprentices. "Now they can all work on their own," Chen said. Judith Wanzila Peter, one of Chen's apprentices, said she learned more than just skills from her instructor. She also learned a lot from their intercultural exchanges. "We are more like friends and sisters," Judith said. The Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya has become a flagship project of China-Africa cooperation, a "business card" of Chinese enterprises and a demonstration project of the Belt and Road Initiative. The 480-km rail line, linking the largest port in East Africa, Mombasa, to Kenya's capital Nairobi, was built by the China Road and Bridge Corporation

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