Japan Calls for Private Investments in Africa at TICAD 9

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Yokohama, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan called on the private sector to increase investments in Africa, at the ongoing Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD 9, on Thursday. “We will promote the expansion of Japanese companies (into Africa) and the development of local industries (on the continent),” said former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, acting chai…

Yokohama, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)–Japan called on the private sector to increase investments in Africa, at the ongoing Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, or TICAD 9, on Thursday. “We will promote the expansion of Japanese companies (into Africa) and the development of local industries (on the continent),” said former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, acting chai…