Yokohama [Japan], September 9 (ANI): The ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) was held in Yokohama, marking the fourth time the town has hosted the occasion.
Participants included not solely representatives from African nations and Japan, but in addition delegates from different Asian nations, companion nations, and worldwide organisations.
The African Clean Cities Platform (ACCP), representing 47 nations and 200 cities, additionally participated.
Takeharu Yamanaka, Mayor of Yokohama City, stated, ‘To realise the clear metropolis and wholesome lifetime of Africa, we make varied initiatives. We ought to share the expertise of Yokohama metropolis, Japan, and Africa to make a match and focus on. The Mayor of Yokohama, Takeharu Yamanaka, introduced contributions to the African Clean City initiative, drawing on Yokohama’s historic expertise. At the enterprise convention, Japanese firms and African nations showcased their strengths in know-how, merchandise, and different areas. Akiko Sugai from Yokohama City stated, ‘Yokohama City constantly promotes worldwide cooperation as a part of its initiatives below TICAD. This consists of areas resembling waste useful resource administration, water provide, and harbour upkeep. One ongoing initiative focuses on nurturing the subsequent era: highschool college students take part in mutual visits with companion nations, whereas junior excessive and first college college students study Africa via specifically themed college lunches’.
Student Volunteer stated that ‘One yr in the past, I visited Africa, suspending college. In primarily east Africa, I skilled help for refugees, an internship at an attire firm, and volunteering’.
One of the Visitors from Kenya, ‘This convention is about going into Africa. So how do they wish to hook up with Africa? So I’m nonetheless making an attempt to determine the direct contact between the Japanese firms in Africa. This system could be very good’.
Akiko Sugai, Yokohama City, ‘In two years, Yokohama City will host the Green Expo. We will ship the message of a brand new inexperienced society everywhere in the world’.
Through years of effort, Yokohama has constructed a clear and comfy metropolis, serving as a super mannequin for the way forward for African societies. (ANI)