Chinese weekend print and broadcast media identify the young Angolan man as Valdemar Tchipenhe, who graduated in Biotechnology from the Zhejiang Normal University, in 2018.
With the coronavirus pandemic outbreak, the Angolan young man was handpicked in January to join a Chinese team of specialists, at a time they had to work for more than 12 hours a day, as most of the firm's technicians and labs were serving quarantine in their home cities.
"The fact that I left Africa, learned biotechnology in China and now I am here helping other African people in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the knowledge I acquired during my six years of study and work in China, makes me feel as if I had added responsibilities on my shoulders", says the young man, born in Sumbe, in an interview with the television channel" China Vision ".
In the conversation that the young man had this Sunday on the phone with the Angolan ambassador to China, João Salvador dos Santos Neto, the specialist expressed interest in taking his experience and BGI technology to Angola, to support the Government's efforts in combating the new coronavirus.
Even though he is currently in Togo, the Angolan ambassador to China called Valdemar Tchipenhe to encourage him and express his support for his dedication to this humanitarian project, and invited the young man to visit the Embassy as soon as he returns from Africa.
