The first Luban Workshop kicked off on Thursday in Djibouti City, capital of Djibouti, the nation in the Horn of Africa.

The workshop, located at Djibouti Industrial and Commercial School, was created by the China Civil Engineering Construction Group and will be academically supported by Tianjin First College of Commerce and Tianjin Railway Technical and Vocational College.

It is among the 10 Luban Workshops set to take place in Africa to provide vocational training to African youth under an initiative launched by China in collaboration with African countries during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).