Japan to pledge around $30 bln in African aid at conference – Sankei

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Japan to pledge around $30 bln in African aid at conference – Sankei

2:42 CAT | 26 Aug 2022

FILE - Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi arrives at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's official residence in Tokyo, Japan August 10, 2022.[File photo: Reuters/Issei Kato]

Japan is set to promise some $30 billion in aid for African development at a conference to be held in Tunisia this weekend, the Sankei Shimbun daily reported on Friday.

The aid, which will centre around developing human resources in order to promote economic growth, will be announced at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who will be taking part in the conference online since he is recovering from COVID-19, the paper added.

The government was not immediately available for comment on the report.

Other topics will include food security for African in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as well as climate change and the promotion of environmentally friendly businesses, a Japanese foreign ministry official said on Wednesday.

The eighth TICAD is the first since 2019 and only the second held in Africa. It is co-hosted with the United Nations, the World Bank and the African Union Commission.

Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi will be attending the conference and is set to meet with his Tunisian counterpart on Friday ahead of the main conference.

I just recieved my counterpart H.E Yoshimasa Hayashi MOFA of Japan who leads his country delegation to @Ticad8Tunisia.Bilateral woking session will be held tomorrow to discuss ways to strengthen 🇹🇳🇯🇵 bilateral cooperation in diverse areas. pic.twitter.com/U54Y8jdRWJ

— Othman Jerandi (@OJerandi) August 26, 2022

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— TICAD8 Tunisia (@Ticad8Tunisia) August 26, 2022