Africa's first AI-focused Confucius Institute was inaugurated at Mulungushi University in Zambia on Oct 26. Co-built by Zhejiang University of Media and Communications and Mulungushi University, it adopts a "Chinese + AI + media" training model. It will cultivate local talents with both Chinese proficiency and digital skills, strengthen China-Zambia digital education and tech exchanges, and galvanize practical cooperation including the development of the TAZARA Economic Belt.