Under the draft decree, which is expected to be approved by the cabinet on Friday, Italy will help African nations in areas including education, exports, infrastructures, health and sustainable exploitation of natural resources. "The Mattei Plan encourages the involvement of African states in the identification, definition and implementation of the Plan's interventions," the draft said. The draft said the Mattei Plan would last four years and envisage differentiated strategies for separate areas of the African continent. Italy, which will take over the presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) nations in 2024, pledged to make Africa a central theme while it is at the helm. Another summit with African nations was due in November, but the government postponed it after the Israel-Hamas war erupted.
