"The rising interest can illustrate the huge demand for Chinese language (skills) among our society." File photo shows students study at a library in the Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, March 28, 2017. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)A Chinese language education program, provided by the Confucius Institute at the TVET Institute, offers free Mandarin Chinese courses to meet an increasing demand from young Ethiopians to learn the language. The major driving force behind the increase in the provision of Chinese language training, he said, is the ever-increasing demand from young Ethiopians to learn the language. "In addition to the various Chinese enterprises where Chinese language proficiency is considered as an added value, the demand for Chinese language is also recently increasing among various Ethiopian companies," Li said, citing the Ethiopian Airlines Group as a prime example.

Source: Ethiopian News January 21, 2019 13:41 UTC