BRI cooperation creates opportunities: Nigerian scholar
Ehizuelen Michael Mitchell Omoruyi's story with the Belt and Road Initiative started out of his curiosity to find out how this colossal plan could lift African people out of poverty via infrastructure development.
He also wanted to be one of the first Africans to introduce the BRI to Africans through publication as infrastructure development has become a key ingredient in Africa-China relations.
Omoruyi has lived in China for 18 years. He earned his master's degree and PhD at Xiamen University in Fujian province of China in 2009 and 2012, respectively. Since 2015, he has been working at the Institute of African Studies at Zhejiang Normal University and is now executive director of the Center for Nigerian Studies at the institute.