{"id":8914,"date":"2019-09-04T21:41:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T19:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/?p=8914"},"modified":"2019-09-04T21:41:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T19:41:25","slug":"oltre-venti-presidenti-africani-in-giappone-allapertura-del-7-ticad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/en\/business-in-africa\/over-twenty-african-presidents-in-japan-at-the-7-ticad-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: Over twenty African presidents in Japan at the opening of the 7th TICAD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8915\" src=\"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/TICAD-Jappone.jpg\" alt=\"TICAD-Japan\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" title=\"\"><strong>INVESTING IN AFRICA:<\/strong> Over twenty African leaders are participating in the 7th Summit of the International Conference for African Development (\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">TICAD<\/span>\u00a0) in Tokyo, which kicked off today (28 August) in Japan.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Index<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #1e73be;color:#1e73be\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #1e73be;color:#1e73be\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/en\/business-in-africa\/over-twenty-african-presidents-in-japan-at-the-7-ticad-opening\/#I_leader_africani_in_Giappone_includono\" >African leaders in Japan include:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/aedic.eu\/en\/business-in-africa\/over-twenty-african-presidents-in-japan-at-the-7-ticad-opening\/#I_leader_della_delegazione_che_non_sono_presidenti_includono\" >Delegation leaders who are not presidents include:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p><span class=\"caps\">TICAD yes<\/span>\u00a0is held in Japan with the exception of\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">TICADVI<\/span> held in Africa. TICAD7 takes place in Yokohama, Japan.The event ended on Friday 30 August 2019.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"I_leader_africani_in_Giappone_includono\"><\/span>African leaders in Japan include:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Faustin Archange Touadera, Central African Republic<\/li>\n<li>Azali Assoumani, Comoros<\/li>\n<li>Danny Faure, Seychelles<\/li>\n<li>Alpha Conde, Guinea<\/li>\n<li>Patrice Talon, Benin<\/li>\n<li>Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone<\/li>\n<li>Andry Rajoelina, Madagascar<\/li>\n<li>Ismail Omar Guelleh, Djibouti<\/li>\n<li>Joao Lourenco, Angola<\/li>\n<li>Hage Geingob, Namibia<\/li>\n<li>George Weah, Liberia<\/li>\n<li>Felix Tshisekedi, Democratic Republic of Congo<\/li>\n<li>Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya<\/li>\n<li>Yoweri Museveni, Uganda<\/li>\n<li>Abdul Fatten Al-Sisi, Egypt and current chairman of the African Union<\/li>\n<li>Paul Kagame, Rwanda<\/li>\n<li>Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, Somalia<\/li>\n<li>Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe<\/li>\n<li>Faure Gnassingbe, Togo<\/li>\n<li>Mahamadou Issoufou, Niger<\/li>\n<li>Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Ghana<\/li>\n<li>Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria<\/li>\n<li>Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa<\/li>\n<li>Ibrahim Boubakar Keita, Mali<\/li>\n<li>Edgar Lungu, Zambia<\/li>\n<li>Macky Sall, Senegal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"I_leader_della_delegazione_che_non_sono_presidenti_includono\"><\/span>Delegation leaders who are not presidents include:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Thomas Thabane, Prime Minister of Lesotho<\/li>\n<li>Everton Herbert Chimulirenji, Vice-President of Malawi<\/li>\n<li>Isatou Touray, Vice-President of The Gambia<\/li>\n<li>Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Prime Minister of C\u00f4te d'Ivoire<\/li>\n<li>Osman Saleh, Foreign Minister if Eritrea<\/li>\n<li>Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In response, the co-chair, Sameh Shoukry, Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs, declared his intention to strengthen partnerships and aim to achieve AU Agenda 2063 and the\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">SDG<\/span>\u00a0through the TICAD7 process, under the theme 'Promoting Africa's Development through People, Technology and Innovation'.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, through discussion among participants at ministerial level, they affirmed the contents of the 'Yokohama 2019 Declaration' and the 'Yokohama 2019 Action Plan', and the two documents will be presented to leaders to be adopted at the TICAD7 Summit.<\/p>\n<p>At this meeting, the measures expressed during the process\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">TICAD<\/span>\u00a0over the past three years have also been presented through the 'TICAD VI Report 2016-2018'.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The government of Japan leads the conference with co-hosts such as the United Nations, the United Nations Development Programme (\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">UNDP<\/span>\u00a0), the World Bank and the African Union Commission (\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">AUC<\/span>\u00a0).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"caps\">TICAD<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is an international summit-level conference on African development launched by Japan in 1993.\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">TICAD yes<\/span>\u00a0is held every 5 years until\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">TICADV<\/span>\u00a0(2013).<\/p>\n<p>The hosting period was reduced to 3 years from\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">TICAD<\/span>\u00a0VI (2016), during which it was held for the first time in Africa (Kenya, Nairobi).<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the main deliberations of presidents, heads of state and government representatives, there are a number of side events planned for countries to engage in bilateral talks with the host nation and each other.<\/p>\n<p>During the\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">TICAD<\/span>\u00a06, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, revealed that Africa will benefit from a $ 30 billion investment package by 2018, including a $ 10 billion investment in infrastructure development.<\/p>\n<p>\"When combined with private sector investment, I expect the total real amount to be $ 30 billion. This is an investment that has confidence in Africa's future development,' he said at the time.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INVESTING IN AFRICA: More than twenty African leaders are participating in the seventh Tokyo International Conference for African Development ( TICAD ) summit, which kicked off today (28 August) in Japan. TICAD was held in Japan with the exception of TICADVI which was held in Africa. 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