ETHIOPIA-CHINA-SPONSORED TRAINING PROGRAM-DRIVERS
(230718) -- ADDIS ABABA, July 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Dejen Gezu, one of the first licensed drivers for electrified trains in Ethiopia, works inside a locomotive at Indode Station of Ethiopia-Djibouti standard gauge railway in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 13, 2023. The 752-km Ethiopia-Djibouti standard gauge railway, also known as the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway, is the first electrified trans-boundary railway in Africa, a flagship project under the framework of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative.
Gezu described himself as an example of China's successful knowledge and experience transfer endeavor toward helping Ethiopia's quest for development and modernization.
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