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ical equipment such as Bhabhatrons and of extended neighbourhood. the Vice President of Tanzania. Six current
phototherapy machines from India are India and South Africa have been work- or former chiefs of armed forces in Africa
being used as lifesaving drugs and equip- ing together right from the establishment trained in India’s military institutions.
ment in Africa. of the Indian Ocean Rim Association During the last four years, six IT centres
In pursuance of the Asia Africa Growth (IORA) in maritime affairs in 1997 and were established in South Africa, Egypt,
Corridor trilateral cooperation among BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Morocco, Lesotho, Ghana, Namibia, and
India, Japan, and Africa, India is collab- Africa) in 2010, as a gateway to the Afri- Tanzania; a CGARD Technology Centre
orating with Japan and Kenya to build a can continent and two of the most recent in Madagascar; seven vocational training
cancer hospital, and is collaborating with collaborations among others like the G-20 centres in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi,
the UAE and is in discussion with Ethio- and the India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Burkina Faso, the Gambia, Zimbabwe,
pia to set up a Centre for IT Excellence. Dialogue Forum. and Egypt. A technology centre was also
India is also helping the African countries Every year, thousands of bright minds established in Zimbabwe. Entrepreneur-
to bridge the digital divide. from the African continent come on ship centres are being set up in some
The India-South Africa Three-Year self-financing basis to Indian universities countries. Several similar projects are at
Strategic Programme of Cooperation and colleges. As many as 13 current or various stages of execution.
(2019-21) is an instance of the cardinal former Presidents, Prime Ministers, and India is one of the largest contributors
‘Look West’ or ‘Link West’ policy of In- Vice-Presidents in Africa have attended to UN Peacekeeping Missions in Africa
dia, moving beyond the generic notion of educational or training institutions in which have played an important role in
associating West and Central Asia within India. The list includes the current Pres- bringing peace and stability to the Afri-
the concept, refurbishing the importance idents of Nigeria and Mozambique and can continent.

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