India-Africa Forum Summit

India-Africa Forum Summit

Question: Where did Third India-Africa forum summit held recently?

(a) Ahmedabad
(b) Jaipur
(c) New Delhi
(d) Jodhpur

Ans (c)

Related Facts:

  • India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) 2015 was held for four days between 26 October and 29 October 2015 at Indira Gandhi Stadium Complex in New Delhi.
  • The motto of the summit was “Reinvigorated partnership-Shared Vision”
  • The India-Africa forum summit (IAFS) provides an official platform for the African-Indian relations and opportunity to forge a constructive and deeper alliance.
  • It was organized by the African Union (AU) and the Government of India jointly.
  • The first summit was held in 2008 in New Delhi and second summit was held at Addis Ababa, capital city of Ethiopia.
  • On October 26, 2015 the start of the summit took place through official level discussions.
  • The summit saw the participation from 54 African countries and the African Union leaders and delegates.
  • On October 29, 2015 the Prime Minister of India addressed the Africa Forum Summit.
  • On this occasion prime minister announced 10 billion US dollars of credit at concessional rate.
  • He also announced a grant assistance of 600 million US dollars.
  • It includes an India-Africa Development Fund of 100 million US Dollars and an India-Africa Health Fund of 10 million US dollars.
  • He announced to provide scholarships to 50,000 African students and the expansion of the e-network in Africa and also to provide support for increasing the efficiency of the people of the country.
  • On the sidelines of the India-Africa Forum Summit Prime Minister held bilateral meetings with African leaders.
  • During this summit prime minister meet the president of Zimbabwe, Mr. Robert Mugabe and Chairperson of African Union, Mr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.
  • They exchanged views on matters of common interest, including UN reform and the threat of terrorism.
  • The Prime Minister talked about the bilateral relations between India and Zimbabwe.
  • Robert Mugabe was the vice chairman of this summit.
  • Moreover, the Prime Minister met South African President Jacob Zuma, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Kenyan President Uhuru Kentyatta and also met with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari.
  • This is to be noted that political brotherhood and unity among India and Africa exists since several decades ago of 20th century.
  • Logo of Third IAFS depicts a Lion with one half of an Indian lion and another half of African lion.
  • In the background of logo, an African map is overlapped with Indian map as a reference to ancient Gondwanaland depicting Indian subcontinent was part of today’s Africa’s continental landmass.
  • Officially the logo means “Proud, Courageous, Bold and on the Prowl, ready to take on the future and seize every opportunity”.

Reference:

http://pmindia.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/p2015102903.pdf

http://pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/india-africa-framework-for-strategic-cooperation/?comment=disable

http://www.mea.gov.in/media-briefings.htm?dtl/25984/Transcript_of_Media_Briefing_on_3rd_IndiaAfrica_Forum_Summit_October_16_2015