All The Priorities Identified by Africa and Japan at TICAD7

Electricity, transport, and health identified as key priorities at the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7) where Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe told African leaders that Japan would do its best to support enterprises aimed at transforming the future of Africa through remarkable technological development.

"Let’s be visionary. Let's be bold. Let’s support concrete initiatives to boost science, technology, and innovation in Africa."- Akinwumi Adesina at the Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum held in Yokohama, as part of TICAD 7.

TICAD7 concluded on August 30 in Yokohama, Japan.

The city of Yokohama, Japan (file photo).

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