(Eastern Eyes)
On Monday Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan welcomed the African nations at the inaugural ceremony of India Africa Knowledge Exchange Mission and stressed on working towards further enhancing co-operation in fields of energy, skill development with all the African countries. The exchange mission is organized by Ministry of Skills Development and Entrepreneurship and World Bank.
At the inaugural ceremony of the five-day programme, Pradhan said, “We are working towards further enhancing co-operation in fields of energy, skill development with all African countries. As Prime Minister keeps reiterating- this century belongs to India and Africa, future is ours to build.”While asserting that both the countries have potential of solving the problem of global skilled manpower shortage Pradhan said, “Both India and Africa have huge demographic advantage with two-third of our population below the age of 35.
