[YOKOHAMA — Africa will be an engine for world growth in coming decades, Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe said on Monday, wrapping up a meeting in which Tokyo pledged significant aid as it tries to match China’s reach on the continent. Mr Abe said Africa would be at the leading edge of economic expansion and that Japan must make a commitment in a way that would benefit both sides. “Africa will be a growth centre over the next couple of decades … it is time for us to invest in Africa,” he said at the end of the three-day Tokyo International Conference on African Development (Ticad) in Yokohama. ]

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