Japan PM in Kenya to launch summit on African development

This was the prevailing message at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) that ended in Nairobi, Kenya yesterday (Monday), culminating in the Nairobi Declaration.

Announced last week already, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has now announced and provided details about a a bold new African infrastructure plan worth United States $10 billion.

At the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, created by China on the model of TICAD, President Xi Jinping pledged last year to spend $60 billion on development projects in Africa over the next three years, demonstrating China's strong presence in the region.

Africa's exports to Japan in 2015 were valued at $8.57 billion, according to the Japan External Trade Organisation, compared with imports worth $11.6 billion.

The pledge was made by Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Japan-Africa economic summit in Nairobi, as Tokyo competes for influence in the continent with the U.S., China and former European colonial powers such as Britain and France.

Also commenting on the newly found partnership, Power Africa's coordinator, Andrew Herscowitz, said: "We are thrilled to be partnering with Japan to increase access to renewable energy for people across sub-Saharan Africa".

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In tow is Japan's foreign minister Fumio Kishida who is joining the first sitting prime minister to visit Kenya in around 15 years.

However, Japan has promised to channel most of its investments through organizations and civil society groups rather than government agencies.

Japan has a sense of rivalry with China, which has provided large-sized assistance. "Africa still has not lived up to its potential", he said.

Seijiro Takeshita, an economist and professor at the University of Shizuoka, said the political reasoning behind Japan's decision was to secure itself on worldwide and regional fronts.

"Since Japan can't fight China in terms of amounts of cash, it needs to stress quality", Sakamoto added. It has also demonstrated a growth in African ownership in the TICAD process.

That includes the growing threat from radical Islamist groupings, such as Boko Haram and the Shabaab group - which is active in Kenya.


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