Africa's promising economic prospects and the pursuit of progress in consolidating peace and democratisation processes through self-efforts are the credentials the Government of Japan hopes to build upon as African leaders gather to discuss contemporary issues of development concerning the continent next month.
They will be meeting at the fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD IV) in the port city of Yokohama, Japan, in May.
President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has also been invited to the event.
The TICAD was launched in 1993 to promote high-level policy dialogue among African leaders and development partners. It has since evolved into a major global forum to promote development on the continent under the principles of African "ownership" and international "partnership."
The two concepts had a great influence on the launch of the New Economic Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), a strategy for development designed by Africans themselves.
The hosts believe Africa would be fully represented at the five-yearly summit, hopefully at the highest levels, describing the responses to the invitation so far as "very encouraging."
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The Tokyo Internation Conference on African Development will be held this May to aid African countries in their economic development. Hopefully the interference of more developed countries in African affairs will help Nigeria to make changes for the betterment of the country as a whole. President Yar'Adua was invited and plans to attend. The conference aims to help African ownerships and partnerships.
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