Japan Vows Billions for Africa Amid Rising Chinese Influence
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has pledged $30 billion in an effort to counter China’s influence on the continent as Tunisia hosted the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development. Speaking virtually Saturday to a conference in Tunis focused on Japanese investment in Africa’s development, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged $30 billion (€30.1 billion) over three years in…