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Construction Begins on New Chinese-Financed Vocational Campus in an Important Congolese Cobalt Mining City

by Eric Olander

The Chinese embassy in Kinshasa announced that construction will begin soon on a new vocational education campus in Kowlezi, the capital of the southern Lualaba province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The new 15,000 square meter facility will provide various educational and training opportunities for students in the area.

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