How is #India countering #Chinese influence in Africa? A thread:
India and #Africa have been historically connected during different eras through culture, economics, and politics. India’s Africa policy was solidified, however, under the current government of Narendra #Modi.
India and #Africa have been historically connected during different eras through culture, economics, and politics. India’s Africa policy was solidified, however, under the current government of Narendra #Modi.
Much of #Modi's India’s narrative, as it relates to engagement with Africa, has focused on “capacity-building.” Building local capacity to increase leverage and agency among African nations, to be largely directed against Chinese interests.
To this end, Modi’s government established 18 new diplomatic missions and outlined 10 guiding principles of Indian engagement in Africa: trade, investment, climate change, security/terrorism, digitalization, agriculture, and aid/development.
Modi is hoping to invest in his outlined 10 principles through the India-Japan-Africa Growth Corridor (IJAGC)- an Indian Road & Belt- but is so far falling behind. While India knows it Africa is a battleground against China, it simply must do more strategically to leverage itself
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