President of Ain Shams University Abdel Wahab Ezzat (2nd L) speaks during the International Forum of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and New Practices of China-Africa Cooperation in Cairo, Egypt on June 16, 2019. The two-day event kicked off Sunday in Cairo. Some 80 people attended the conference including government officials, entrepreneurs, experts, scholars and researchers from Nigeria, Kenya, China and Egypt. (Xinhua/Li Binian)