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DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: Over twenty African presidents in Japan at the opening of the 7th TICAD

TICAD-JapanINVESTING IN AFRICA: Over twenty African leaders are participating in the 7th Summit of the International Conference for African Development ( TICAD ) in Tokyo, which kicked off today (28 August) in Japan.

TICAD yes is held in Japan with the exception of TICADVI held in Africa. TICAD7 takes place in Yokohama, Japan.The event ended on Friday 30 August 2019.

African leaders in Japan include:

  • Faustin Archange Touadera, Central African Republic
  • Azali Assoumani, Comoros
  • Danny Faure, Seychelles
  • Alpha Conde, Guinea
  • Patrice Talon, Benin
  • Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone
  • Andry Rajoelina, Madagascar
  • Ismail Omar Guelleh, Djibouti
  • Joao Lourenco, Angola
  • Hage Geingob, Namibia
  • George Weah, Liberia
  • Felix Tshisekedi, Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya
  • Yoweri Museveni, Uganda
  • Abdul Fatten Al-Sisi, Egypt and current chairman of the African Union
  • Paul Kagame, Rwanda
  • Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, Somalia
  • Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe
  • Faure Gnassingbe, Togo
  • Mahamadou Issoufou, Niger
  • Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Ghana
  • Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria
  • Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa
  • Ibrahim Boubakar Keita, Mali
  • Edgar Lungu, Zambia
  • Macky Sall, Senegal

Delegation leaders who are not presidents include:

  • Thomas Thabane, Prime Minister of Lesotho
  • Everton Herbert Chimulirenji, Vice-President of Malawi
  • Isatou Touray, Vice-President of The Gambia
  • Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire
  • Osman Saleh, Foreign Minister if Eritrea
  • Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia

On Tuesday 27 August, the ICTAD7 ministerial preparatory meeting was held in Yokohama, and Mr Taro Kono, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, attended the meeting as co-chair and rallied support for a successful summit.

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CAMEROON - Jesuit Fathers develop training projects

Douala - The Jesuit Fathers promote both micro-entrepreneurship projects and also save banana trees from extinction. This is the project launched in Douala capital jesuit reproduction bananaeconomic by the Cameroon Jesuits. An initiative that has a double value, educational and naturalistic, in a context not as simple as that of the African country.

Fides Agency is carrying out these interesting projects in Cameroon where more than three million boys and girls have not reached the minimum level of schooling. 70% of girls are illiterate.

This phenomenon is particularly visible in the northern regions, where more than one million girls between the ages of 10 and 19 cannot read or write (31.9% of girls in the region).

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