The Foreign Policy Research Institute published on 29 August 2022 an analysis titled "Political Training Under the Belt and Road Initiative: A Look at the Chinese Communist Party School in Africa" by Raphael Chan, a freelance researcher in Hong Kong.
The International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) provided $40 million to construct the CPC's first party training facility in Africa. Established by the six ruling political parties in Tanzania, South Africa, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia, and Zimbabwe, the Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Leadership School is located in Tanzania. Courses at the school emphasize the importance of strong party leadership across all dimensions of society, how the CPC disciplines itself, its approach to global affairs, and the advantages of a socialist system with Chinese characteristics.
The school in Tanzania may signal the development of additional training facilities in Africa. For example, China is constructing diplomatic academies in Tunisia and Sierra Leone.
