President Ramkalawan to attend 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (Ticad) |25 August 2022
President Ramkalawan
President Wavel Ramkalawan will join other world leaders at the eighth meeting of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (Ticad 8) to be held from August 27-28, 2022, in the Republic of Tunisia.
During the two-day Summit, high-level delegations from African countries, Japan as well as other organisations such as the African Development Bank, the African Union, World Trade Organisation, and other UN Agencies will be deliberating around issues related to the Covid-19 recovery and the declaration entails points of cooperation under three pillars:
- Realising Africa as a vigorously growing region while taking advantage of resolving social issues as opportunities of development
- Realising a resilient and sustainable society;
- Realising sustainable Peace and Stability.
The President leaves the country today and will be back on August 29.
During President Ramkalawan’s absence from the country, his duties and responsibilities will be discharged by Vice-President Ahmed Afif.
Press release from the Office of the President