
President William Ruto joins other presidents and heads of goverment during the opening session of the TICAD 9 in Yokohama in Japan /REBECCA NDUKU/PCS
The ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development took place in Yokohama, Japan, from August 20 to 22.
Representatives of 49 African countries, including 33 heads of government equivalents, participated, together with many international organisations, NGOs and business entities from Japan, Africa and the world. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba of Japan and President Joao Lourenzo of Angola (chairman of the African Union) co-hosted it.