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Kenyan employees of Chinese firms honored in speech contest on Belt and Road Initiative

STORY: Kenyan employees of Chinese firms honored in speech contest on Belt and Road Initiative DATELINE: Oct. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:49 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the awards ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PATRICK NYANGWESO, CEO of Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNNCI) 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CONCILIA OWIRE, Locomotive driver, SGR 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JEANEE MAY ONGIYO, Head of Public Relations, MOJA Expressway company STORYLINE: Ten employees of Chinese companies based in Kenya were awarded on Friday after they emerged as winners in "The Belt and Road: My China Story" Speech Competition, organized by the Kenya-China Economic and Trade Association. The inaugural edition of the contest began in September where 60 participants won in the preliminary rounds and advanced through the intense stages of the semifinals, which culminated in the selection of the final ten contestants. The Kenya-China Economic and Trade Association said that the competiti

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KENYA-NAIROBI-BRI-"MY CHINESE STORY"-SPEECH CONTEST

(231013) -- NAIROBI, Oct. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Concilia Owire, a female locomotive driver at the Standard Gauge Railway, gives a speech during the Belt and Road "My Chinese Story" Speech Competition in Nairobi, Kenya, on Oct. 13, 2023. Ten employees of Chinese companies based in Kenya were awarded Friday after they emerged winners in the Belt and Road "My Chinese Story" Speech Competition, organized by the Kenya-China Economic and Trade Association. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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KENYA-NAIROBI-BRI-"MY CHINESE STORY"-SPEECH CONTEST

(231013) -- NAIROBI, Oct. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Concilia Owire, a female locomotive driver at the Standard Gauge Railway, receives an interview after taking first place in the Belt and Road "My Chinese Story" Speech Competition in Nairobi, Kenya, on Oct. 13, 2023. Ten employees of Chinese companies based in Kenya were awarded Friday after they emerged winners in the Belt and Road "My Chinese Story" Speech Competition, organized by the Kenya-China Economic and Trade Association. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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KENYA-NAIROBI-BRI-"MY CHINESE STORY"-SPEECH CONTEST

(231013) -- NAIROBI, Oct. 13, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Concilia Owire (C), a female locomotive driver at the Standard Gauge Railway, speaks after taking first place in the Belt and Road "My Chinese Story" Speech Competition in Nairobi, Kenya, on Oct. 13, 2023. Ten employees of Chinese companies based in Kenya were awarded Friday after they emerged winners in the Belt and Road "My Chinese Story" Speech Competition, organized by the Kenya-China Economic and Trade Association. (Xinhua/Li Yahui)

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Xinhua Headlines: Chinese-built modern railway key enabler to Kenya's Vision 2030

(220814) -- NAIROBI, Aug. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese instructor Yang Ming (L) and his Kenyan female apprentice Concilia inspect the locomotive in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 22, 2021. (Xinhua/Li Yan)

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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-SGR-5TH ANNIVERSARY

(220708) -- NAIROBI, July 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Female train driver Concilia (C), Alice (L) and Chinese instructor Tu Zhuxin gesture before the operation of the standard gauge railway (SGR) in Mombasa, Kenya, on May 31, 2017. The SGR passenger train has moved some 7.78 million passengers between the capital, Nairobi and Mombasa since its inception in June 2017, a national statistics agency said in a report released on July 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)

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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-SGR-5TH ANNIVERSARY

(220708) -- NAIROBI, July 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Train drivers Concilia, Wendy, Caroline (from L to R) follow the operating procedures with their Chinese instructor Zhang Cheng during training in Nairobi, Kenya, May 17, 2017, before the operation of Kenya's Mombasa-Nairobi standard gauge railway (SGR). The SGR passenger train has moved some 7.78 million passengers between the capital, Nairobi and Mombasa since its inception in June 2017, a national statistics agency said in a report released on July 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)

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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-SGR-5TH ANNIVERSARY

(220708) -- NAIROBI, July 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese instructor Yang Ming (L) and his Kenyan female apprentice Concilia inspect the locomotive in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 22, 2021. The standard gauge railway (SGR) passenger train has moved some 7.78 million passengers between the capital, Nairobi and Mombasa since its inception in June 2017, a national statistics agency said in a report released on July 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Li Yan)

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Young Africans see China as most influential country

STORY: Young Africans see China as most influential country DATELINE: June 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the views in Africa 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARTIN GITHINJI, Kenyan content creator 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANTHONY BRIAN OTIENO, Retail manager in charge of sales, Tecno Kenya 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): CONCILIA OWIRE, Locomotive driver in Kenya 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): TEI KINSLEY, Ghanian student, KsTU Kumasi Technical University 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): JOSEPH OLIVIER MENDO'O, Cameroonian student at Peking University, China STORYLINE: According to a survey commissioned by South Africa's Ichikowitz Foundation earlier this month, young Africans consider China to be the most influential country for the continent. The African Youth Survey 2022 was done in 15 African countries. It showed that 76 percent of the respondents view China's influence as positive. They picked up China for providing loans and economic support and for creating employm