India, Japan identifying joint projects in Africa under their growth corridor project
Based on the success of the AAGC initiative in Africa, the two countries would undertake joint projects in Asia, the source added. Japan was also investing in connectivity and infrastructure project in India’s North-Eastern region.

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India and Japan have started the process of identifying projects they propose to undertake together under the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC), an economic cooperation initiative of the two countries seen as a counter to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

‘’The two countries are in constant touch. The idea is to first launch infrastructure projects in African countries which will be beneficial for the people,’’ a top diplomatic source said. Initially, the two countries propose to concentrate on launching projects in some of the most impoverished African nations.

While playing down the general impression that the AAGC was aimed at countering China, the source explained that the vision of the India-Japan initiative was based on four pillars – development and cooperation on projects, quality Infrastructure and institutional connectivity, enhancing capacities and skills and people-to-people partnerships.

Based on the success of the AAGC initiative in Africa, the two countries would undertake joint projects in Asia, the source added. Japan was also investing in connectivity and infrastructure project in India’s North-Eastern region.

“We would naturally like the initiative (Asia-Africa Growth Corridor) to be based on universally recognised international norms, good governance, rule of law, openness, transparency and equality,” added the source.

One of the reasons New Delhi cited for staying away from China’s BRI was that China did not hold any consultation with India before embarking on it. India’s primary objection to the Chinese initiative has been that its flagship project, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), passes through Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK).

Tokyo, unlike New Delhi, has joined China’s BRI. But Japan’s troubled relationship with China has cast a shadow over its enthusiastic participation in the initiative, which has lately also come in for criticism for putting smaller participating nations at the risk of being caught in a debt-trap.

The source acknowledged that there must be a strong sense of local ownership that could only happen with consultative project designing, transfer of technology and encouragement of skills.

The source said connectivity aspects of the AAGC would be supplemented with quality infrastructure. The growth, led by the initiative in Africa and Asia, would be responsive to the collective commitment for sustainable development goals.

https://www.thestatesman.com/india/india-japan-identifying-joint-projects-africa-growth-corridor-project-1502718934.html

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As China’s influence increases in Africa, Uganda minister to India: Don’t lament, come reclaim space
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/dont-lament-come-reclaim-space-in-africa-uganda-minister-to-india-5546747/

Interesting fact, though given large sizes & overwhelmingly endured growth for decades, China, India & SE Asia are referred as growth engines, right now, 6 out of 10 fastest growing economies are from Africa.
As Asia ages, Africa will undergo similar renaissance like West & Asia.

Goel:
As China’s influence increases in Africa, Uganda minister to India: Don’t lament, come reclaim space

go daydream , Indian pal .

1962 , uganda has evicted all indian out of It . and today there are some returnees over there .

i am a chinese, been working in Tororo, uganda for 2 momths in 2018.

IT is a small provincial town , close to kenya. IT is one of the towns with most indian in east africa . you indian guys only have existence in east africa. not else where in africa.

my chinese company is the biggest one in east uganda, in terms of investment ,local employees, land size, turnover. in Tororo, there are possibly 200 indian, they are vendors, brought to uganda by their british masters in the late 19th century. they still own some small business , hiring 2 or 3 local helps.

i always favored an indian coca cola store , when i was out for business. he was from ahmedbad, rajastan , which i have also visited. indeed,we chinese are more worldly and well travelled.

we chinese buy everything and build everything in uganda, we literally own that country, we produce in uganda and sell to kenya, because ugandan are too poor to buy . ugandan call us "boss" , the same way you guys call
our chinese staff "Mr." in india . you india can NEVER imagine the magnitude of what we chinese do in uganda.

a small flick of pen on the contract, an idea of the chinese enterpreneurs back in the restaurant table in china
, will bring an unrest or even a
war to uganda.