Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)
Moshi — THE city of
Yokohama in Japan is setting the stage for welcoming the seventh Tokyo
International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7).
This was revealed
by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Tanzania,
Shinichi Goto, who is currently in a three-day press tour of various
Japan International Cooperation Agency
(JICA), projects in Dar es
Salaam, Moshi and Arusha which focuses towards TICAD 7.
Under the theme
'Africa and Yokohama, sharing Passion for the future' TICAD was
established in order to refocus international attention on the
importance and urgency of African development issues as well as to
promote high-level policy dialogue between African leaders and
development partners.
"After the
developed countries' interest in providing assistance to Africa began to
wane in the 1990s, TICAD took shape," he explained.
He further
elaborated that the first TICAD was organized in 1993 by Japan, with the
corporation of the United Nations and global coalition for Africa, and
attracted participants from 4 8 African countries, including five heads
of state.
He elaborated that
TICAD is an inclusive and open forum which includes participants from
not only African countries but also international organizations, partner
countries, private sector, and civil society.
It's a forum that will further promote the relationship between Japan and African countries, including Tanzania, he pointed out.
TICAD 1, he said, puts aid and development in Africa back on the international agenda.
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