♤ Development Partnershi/Capacity building:

o Suitability of Indian technology and spirit of Jugaad for Africa

o India’s credentials as a uniquely suitable development partner for Africa have been

widely acknowledged.

o Pan Africa E-Network

o ITEC scholarships

o India’s contribution towards Ebola, Public Health.

♤ Socio-economic similarities: Urbanisation, industrialisation, young population, poverty

♤ Relations largely driven by private operators: market forces, middlemen, has resulted in steady but slow growth of the relations

♤ Solutions for the problems of India can provide a way forward to Africa in its developmental trajectory

♤ India’s crude oil imports from Africa: the share of African crude fell to about 10.5 percent October 2017, the lowest since November, 2012,