Kenya positioned to become hub for Mandarin learning

Kenyatta University's Confucius Institute has begun developing a master's degree program in Chinese studies as it seeks to position Kenya as a regional hub for Chinese language education amid deepening ties between China and Kenya.

The institute's local director, Leonard Chacha Mwita, said the proposed program will build on the recently launched Bachelor of Arts in Chinese language, currently the only full major degree program of its kind in the East African nation.