Tunisia has been chosen to host the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development, TICAD, scheduled for 2022, Japan’s embassy to Tunisia announced on Thursday. “Initiated by Japan’s government since 1993, this international conference aims to speed up political dialogues between African leaders and development partners on challenges facing the Continent. It is a multi-lateral forum that gathers Japan and African countries, international organizations, development partner countries, private enterprises and civil society associations involved in the development of Africa,” the embassy pointed out. The health sector and post-COVID economic recovery for African countries is also on the agenda of TICAD 8, as the pandemic has revealed the vulnerability of Africa, particularly in the medical and health sectors. Tunisia is the 2nd African country to host this event after Kenya in 2016.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 17, 2020 15:45 UTC