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ICWA signs pacts with three African institutions

By Arvind Padmanabhan

The Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), a think tank of the external affairs ministry, has signed pacts with three key African bodies as part of New Delhi's focus on finding innovative ways to engage better with the 53-nation African continent.

Countdown begins for India-Africa summit

By Arvind Padmanabhan

Ahead of the second summit between India and the African continent, a two-day seminar begins in the Ethiopian capital Wednesday on how the India-Africa partnership can be mutually beneficial to their growth and development.

India-Ethiopia relations are model for cooperation: Official

The relations between India and Ethiopia are a model for cooperation between countries, a senior Ethiopian official has said.

India-China rivalry in Africa not zero sum game: Ethiopian PM

By Manish Chand

Hailing the Indian model of inclusive development, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has made a vigorous pitch for greater Indian investment in infrastructure and education in Africa and ruled out competition between India and China in the resource-rich continent.

Africa looks to India for IT success

By Manish Chand

In Tanzania, where China is building mammoth infrastructure projects, India is scoring big with its prowess in IT as east Africa's vibrant economy looks to New Delhi for training and capacity building that transforms the lives of ordinary people.

Tanzania offers India uranium deal

By Manish Chand

Even as nuclear power comes under a cloud following the Fukushima disaster in Japan, Tanzania, East Africa's economic powerhouse, has invited India to invest in uranium mining and underlined that India is a "special friend" it turns to for advice and capacity building.

Nigeria woos India for Vision 20:2020

Vice-President Namadi Sambo has said Nigeria will take advantage of its partnership with India in the pursuit of its economic development agenda reflected in the blueprint known as Vision 20:2020. Sambo made this known in Addis Ababa while addressing the Forum of the Africa-India Summit. Vision 20:2020 is Nigerias economic plan to make the country one of the 20 biggest economies in the world by 2020.

India grants 75 billion USD to boost agriculture in Senegal

During his meeting with President Abdoulaye Wade at the Sheraton Hotel in Addis Ababa, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced that Senegal would be financed for a sum of 75 billion CFA (160 million) meant for the achievement of the second phase of the programme of mechanization of agriculture in Senegal.