Counting the Cost - India's rising power in Africa
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In an attempt to boost trade and investment opportunities abroad, India has welcomed heads of state, policymakers, and businessmen from every country in Africa, marking the largest ever India-Africa summit. Leaders from some 54 nations descended on New Delhi this week for a summit aimed at ushering in a 'partnership of prosperity' for Africa and Africans. In contrast to the economic powerhouse China, which has been accused of exploiting the continent's vast mineral and energy resources, India positioned itself as a fairer partner to a continent tipped as the global economic growth engine of the coming decades. With an estimated population of 1.1 billion, Africa's total GDP is worth over $2.8tn and has been growing at over 5 percent every year. And with India's trade with the continent worth $71bn a year, it believes Africa will help its economy grow faster and is targeting around $90bn by the end of 2015. Razia Khan, an economist and head of Africa research at Standard Chartered Bank, joins Counting the Cost to discuss India's pragmatic approach to Africa. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/
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Indians could be real help to Africans...because we have been through what you are facing today... no other country can understand feelings of africa better than India... jai hind
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anyway india is a good friend of africa
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better we trade indians &chinese than stupid western racist
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I am so so deeply hoping one day Africa will get rid of every corrupt government officials and put in smart dependable people. poor leader ship is really destroying africa. Africa can be a power to be reckoned with but the poor leadership NEEDS to end.
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India is quite poor and uneducated. Not sure how it can help Africa. Uganda, Kenya and Eritrea have higher literacy rates than India.
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India loves Africa
They are shy and humble people and treat people equally
Some people from America or Europe think that they are better than other BUT Africans are very good people -
i saw some african people speak Chinese
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More opportunities coming to Africa from India
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I'm a 7th generation Indian living in Durban,South Africa. Here there are over half a million of us living here and around a million of us living within the province of KZN.most of us came as indentured labourers working on the sugar cane plantations, railways from the 1860's and later settled in our country. since then we've contributed alot to the development of this country in education,law,activism,science,engineering,healthcare and so on. in South Africa many took part in activism and protests against human rights challenges like Ahmed Kathrada, Fatima Meer, Ela Gandhi and Mahatma Gandhi(when he visited South Africa for settling an issue)My parents for example and their relatives and parents were and are also teachers,health professionals engineers and accountants born and raised in this country a few of which work elsewhere in Africa,like Cameroon,Angola,Ghana and Nigeria.My aunt and others also used to protest against apartheid government alongside the ANC and other rallies. I've heard of and come across 1st and 2nd generation Indians working in other countries across Africa working in similar fields. Here and elsewhere across Africa there's a large diaspora of Indians many of whom came as slaves and indenturers to help improve the nations they worked in economicly and socially. when the PM of India visited us early this year he wished that this nation and others in Africa gain great development and cultural and economic trade, creating opportunities for many in the future and emphasised on the values of charity and "vasudaiva kutumbakam" that Is "the world is one family" and preserve the ideal s of "Ubuntu" I.e. "brotherhood and unity" and so we must continue whatever good, we do towards the society we live regardless of problems it faces or associated to, during his visit (he said it in English as the majority of us no longer speak our Indian languages :-/ :-P ) in my view he seemed rather true and charismatic.
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Indians are very racist...please kick them out of Africa. They have an anti-black agenda.
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I agree with you
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china is just in it for money and influence. India on the other hand is building long term relationships and many indians live in Africa....contributing to the continent
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Indian companies are second to none
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Love Our all African Brothers !!! and Always warm Welcome to India
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wtf where is jaby
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india goods are actually not good
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Africa - a land of opportunity and awesome people. reminds one where journey begins. excited to visit there ..
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I like seeing this unity. Hope India as an country will treat much better their African-descent Indian citizens
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so it will be
raprican -
China and India are the next Europe and USA.
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