Luban Workshops continue mission to train African youth

Despite the pandemic, the city transported facilities on time and gave online lectures and training courses to teachers and students in African countries.

Zhang Jinguo, vice-president of the Tianjin Sino-German University of Applied Sciences which established the Nigerian Luban Workshop, said: "Many teachers provided online tutoring guides for leading laboratories and helped test the equipment online. They often work until dawn."

Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah, president of the University of Abuja, said: "The workshop has not only helped the university rank top in vocational education training in Nigeria, but also helped it rank among the world-leading universities."

Hassan Mohamed, deputy general manager of the Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway, said in a previous interview the Luban Workshop will provide strong support for high-quality technical skills training, consequently improving the capacity of railway staff to better perform their work.