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'''Indian aid to Africa''' is [[aid]] provided by the [[Government of India]] to African governments. India provides [[Development aid|development assistance]] to Africa through [[Line of credit|lines of credit]], [[capacity building]], [[Duty Free Tariff Preference|duty free and preferential]] [[market access]], educational [[Scholarship|scholarships]], and [[Humanitarian aid|humanitarian assistance]]. Between 2010 and 2024, India provided over US$ 13 billion in concessional aid and grants to African countries. In addition, India donated 150 metric tons of medical aid to 25 African countries to help fight the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Africa|COVID-19 pandemic]], and donated over 24.7 million doses of COVID vaccines to 42 countries in Africa as of February 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mishra |first1=Harsh V. Pant, Abhishek |title=Is India the New China in Africa? |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/06/17/india-china-africa-development-aid-investment/ |website=Foreign Policy |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>

==History==
India's development co-operation with Africa began in 1949, just two years after its independence, when it provided 70 educational scholarships for students to study in India.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chakrabarty |first1=Malancha |title=India-Africa relations: Partnership, COVID-19 setback and the way forward |url=https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/india-africa-relations-partnership-covid19-setback-way-forward/#_edn15 |website=ORF |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> Co-operation grew further after the 1955 [[Bandung Conference]], a meeting of Asian and African states most of which were newly independent.<ref>{{cite web |title=What Can India Offer Africa? |url=https://thediplomat.com/2020/06/what-can-india-offer-africa/ |website=thediplomat.com |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Venkatachalam |first1=Meera |last2=Modi |first2=Renu |title=A look at how India's Africa strategy is working |url=https://theconversation.com/a-look-at-how-indias-africa-strategy-is-working-113658 |website=The Conversation |access-date=13 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref> India was the first Asian country to become a member of the Africa Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Ian |title=India’s rise in Africa |url=https://ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/journals/riia/v88i4/f_0025566_20916.pdf |website=Columbia University |access-date=13 November 2021 |date=2012}}</ref>

At the first [[India–Africa Forum Summit]] in 2008, India pledged $5.4 billion in development assistance to African countries. It pledged an additional $5 billion at the second India–Africa Forum Summit in May 2011.<ref>{{cite web |last1=May 25 |first1=Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury |title=India gives $5-billion aid to Africa |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/rest-of-the-world/story/pm-announces-five-billion-dollars-aid-for-africa-134355-2011-05-25 |website=India Today |access-date=13 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The [[Pan-African e-Network project]] was launched on 26 February 2009. It is an [[information and communications technology]] (ICT) project between India and the [[African Union]] that seeks to connect the 55 member states of the Union through a satellite and [[fiber-optic communication|fibre-optic network]] to India and to each other to enable access to and sharing of expertise between India and African states in the areas of tele-education, [[telemedicine]], [[Voice over IP]], [[infotainment]], resource mapping, meteorological services, [[e-governance]] and [[e-commerce]] services.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news|title=Pan-African e-network for education and health care|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/11/stories/2009101153491000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014231846/http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/11/stories/2009101153491000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 14, 2009|access-date=4 January 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=October 11, 2009}}</ref><ref name="tcil-india">{{cite web|title=Ethiopia Pilot Project Highlights|url=http://www.tcil-india.com/new/html/Pilot_Proj.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719004501/http://tcil-india.com/new/html/Pilot_Proj.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 19, 2008|publisher=Telecommunications Connsultants India Limited|access-date=4 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Statement by H.E. Mr. Gurjit Singh, Ambassador of India to Ethiopia and Djibouti and Representative of India to the African Union and the UNECA at the World Information Technology Forum|url=http://www.panafricanenetwork.com/Portal/NewsDetails.jsp?newsidhide=14&newsnamehide=Statement%20by%20H.E.%20Mr.%20Gurjit%20Singh,%20Ambassador%20of%20India%20to%20Ethiopia%20and%20Djibouti%20and%20Representative%20of%20lndia%20to%20the%20African%20Union%20and%20the%20UNECA%20at%20the%20World%20Information%20Technology%20Forum%20|access-date=4 January 2013}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The project is often described as Africa's biggest ever in the ICT sector and is expected to extend ICT infrastructure to rural and previously underserved areas.<ref>{{cite news|title=Pan-African e-network project launched|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-others/tp-states/article1741299.ece|access-date=4 January 2013|newspaper=The Hindu Businessline}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=India kicks off pan-African e-network project|url=http://www.infoworld.com/t/networking/india-kicks-pan-african-e-network-project-666|access-date=4 January 2013|newspaper=InfoWorld|date=September 8, 2006}}</ref> The second phase of the project called e-VidyaBharti (Tele-education) and e-ArogyaBharti (Tele-medicine) was launched on 7 October 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Launch of e-VidyaBharti and e-ArogyaBharti Project by External Affairs Minister (October 09, 2019) |url=https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/31928/Official+Launch+of+eVidyaBharti+and+eArogyaBharti+Project+by+External+Affairs+Minister+October+09+2019 |website=www.mea.gov.in |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> The Indian Foreign Ministry contracted [[Telecommunications Consultants India]] to implement the project.<ref>{{cite web |title=India launches new digital bridge with Africa |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/india-launches-new-digital-bridge-with-africa-118091000560_1.html |website=Business Standard India |access-date=13 November 2021 |date=10 September 2018}}</ref>

In May 2017, India and [[Japan]] proposed building an Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC) to boost economic development in region.<ref>{{cite web |last1=P |first1=Jagannath P. |title=Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC): An India-Japan Arch in the Making? |url=https://isdp.eu/publication/asia-africa-growth-corridor-aagc-india-japan/ |website=Institute for Security and Development Policy |access-date=13 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref> As of May 2019, 42% of all lines of credit extended by India had been extended to African countries.<ref name = "Chaudhury">{{cite web |last1=Chaudhury |first1=Dipanjan Roy |title=India’s partnership with Africa is free of conditionalities |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/indias-partnership-with-africa-is-free-of-conditionalities/articleshow/69568080.cms |website=The Economic Times |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>

Over 13 current or former African heads of state and government are graduates of Indian educational and training institutions including Mozambique President [[Filipe Nyusi]], Nigerian President [[Muhammadu Buhari]], and former Tanzanian President [[Samia Suluhu Hassan]]. Six current and former chiefs of armed forces in Africa have received training at Indian military institutions.<ref name = "Chaudhury"/>

==Algeria==
India provided Algeria with US$1 million as humanitarian aid for the victims of the earthquake which struck Algeria in May 2003. Medicines worth half a million US dollars were handed over in April 2004 and $2 million, which is the balance in the form of construction steel for the houses for the victims was handed over in October 2006. The [[Indian Space Research Organisation]] launched the Algerian satellite Alsat 2A into orbit in July 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iacci.org/country-algeria.html |title=Algeria Chamber of Commerce, Algeria Chamber of Industry, Algeria Chamber of Industries |publisher=Iacci.org |access-date=2012-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305165435/http://www.iacci.org/country-algeria.html |archive-date=2017-03-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Angola==
The Indian Foreign Ministry gifted ambulances manufactured by [[Mahindra & Mahindra]] to the [[Government of Angola]] as a goodwill gesture in December 2005.<ref name="MEAAngola2021">{{cite web|title=India-Algeria Bilateral Relations|url=https://mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/AngolaInd.pdf|website=Ministry of External Affairs|publisher=Embassy of India, Algiers|access-date=1 October 2021|date=July 2021}}</ref> India extended a $40 million line of credit (LOC) to Angola for the rehabilitation of the [[Moçâmedes Railway]] in 2005. The [[Government of India]] also extended to Angola three different grants worth $28.8 million for the purchase of agricultural equipment and infrastructure. The [[State Bank of India]], which opened its representative office in Luanda in April 2005, also extended concessional lines of credit of US$15.8 million for supply of tractors and import of capital equipment from India. The Government of India extended a $30 million aid to set up an industrial park and a $15 million aid to establish a cotton ginning and spinning plant in Angola in 2008–09.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indembangola.org/angolaeconomic_commercial.html |title=Angola - India- Angola relations - Economic & Commercial - Embassy Of India, Luanda, Angola |publisher=Indembangola.org |access-date=2012-04-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822215031/http://www.indembangola.org/angolaeconomic_commercial.html |archive-date=2018-08-22 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> In June 2012, the Exim Bank provided a $23 million LOC for supply of tractors, implements and related spares.<ref name="MEAAngola2021"/>

Recently, India offered Angola a grant of $100 million in May 2021 for the purchase of naval boats, interceptor crafts and construction of naval vessels and slipways.<ref name="MEAAngola2021"/>

==Cameroon==
India donated 60 tractors and agricultural implements to the Government of Cameroon in 2007. India extended an [[aid]] worth $37.65 million on 29 May 2009 to fund rice and maize farm plantations. The [[Pan-African e-Network project]] was implemented in Cameroon in June 2010. India established tele-medicine and tele-education projects at the Cameroon State Regional University Yaoundé and its hospital. India provided Cameroon with a grant of $42 million in September 2012 for [[Cassava]] plantation projects in the country.<ref>{{cite web|title=INDIA-CAMEROON BILATERAL RELATIONS|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/India-Cameroon_-_December_2016.pdf|website=Ministry of External Affairs|access-date=14 April 2017|date=December 2016}}</ref>

==Madagascar==
In 2022, India sent 500 tons of rice to flood hit Madagascar. India has donated 15,000 bicycles to the country on the occasion of '[[World Bicycle Day]]' for students who need to walk for hours to get to school.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Bicycle day: India announces donation of 15 thousand bicycles to Madagascar |url=https://newsonair.gov.in/Main-News-Details.aspx?title=World-Bicycle-day:-India-announces-donation-of-15-thousand-bicycles-to-Madagascar&id=442423 |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=newsonair.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=India donates 15,000 bicycles to Madagascar on its 76th Independence Day |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/world/pacific/india-donates-15000-bicycles-to-madagascar-on-its-76th-independence-day20220815180806/ |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=ANI News |language=en}}</ref>

In 2021, India has sent medicinal assistant to Madagascar also sent food grains to draught hit country.<ref>{{Cite web |title=India's aid to Madagascar |url=http://theprint.in/world/india-hands-over-5000-tonnes-of-rice-to-madagascar-as-humanitarian-assistance/1120254/ |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=The Print}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=India extends a helping hand to Madagascar yet again; Sends food and medical supplies |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/india-extends-a-helping-hand-to-madagascar-yet-again-sends-food-and-medical-supplies/2204966/ |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref>

The initiative was named 'Mission Sagar'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MISSION SAGAR |url=https://pib.gov.in/pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1796165 |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=pib.gov.in}}</ref>

==Sierra Leone==
India provides [[development assistance]] to Sierra Leone primarily through concessional [[lines of credit]] (LOC) and through the [[ECOWAS]] Bank for Investment and Development. As of June 2021, India had provided over US$250 million worth of development assistance to Sierra Leone.<ref name="MEASierraLeone2021">{{cite web|title=India-Sierra Leone Bilateral Relations|url=https://mea.gov.in/Portal/ForeignRelation/Sierra_Leone_2021new.pdf|website=Ministry of External Affairs|publisher=High Commission of India, Freetown|access-date=4 October 2021|date=June 2021}}</ref>

India provided US$15 million for agricultural projects including procurement of tractors, harvesters, rice threshers, rice mills, maize shellers and pesticide spray equipment in 2008. A $29.45 million line of credit was provided in 2010 for modernization and expansion of state-owned [[Sierratel]]'s network and infrastructure, and for the procurement of buses for university and tertiary institutions. India provided $30 million for rehabilitation of existing potable water facilities and addition of new infrastructure to supply potable water in 2010, $20 million for public lighting of Freetown and 13 municipal headquarters through solar energy in 2011, and $78 million to build transmission lines and sub-stations in 2016.<ref name="MEASierraLeone2021"/> In 2018, [[IBSA Dialogue Forum|IBSA]] (India, Brazil, South Africa) approved a $1 million contribution from the IBSA Fund to expand digital financial services among women, youth, micro, [[small and medium enterprises]] in Sierra Leone.<ref name="MEASierraLeone2021"/> In 2019, India provided $45 million for irrigation development in [[Tomabum]] aimed at making Sierra Leone self-sufficient in rice production, and for the expansion of rehabilitation of potable water facilities in four communities in Sierra Leone. A $32 million LOC was extended for the construction of the University of Science & Technology at [[Koidu|Koidu Town]], [[Kono District]] in 2020.<ref name="MEASierraLeone2021"/>

India donated 200 military barracks to Sierra Leone in January 2009, which were built by a [[Public sector undertakings in India|public sector undertaking]]. India donated 29 packages of [[indelible ink]] in May 2007 for use in Sierra Leone's presidential and parliamentary elections held in September 2007. India also donated 40,000 tonnes of rice to Sierra Leone in June 2008 to meet urgent needs. India implemented the [[Pan-African e-Network project]] in Sierra Leone in 2010.<ref name="HCIrelations">{{cite web |title=India - Sierra Leone Bilateral Relations |url=http://www.indiahc-ghana.com/pages.php?id=67 |website=High Commission of India, Accra |access-date=9 April 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425132427/http://www.indiahc-ghana.com/pages.php?id=67 |archive-date=25 April 2017 |date=December 2016}}</ref><ref name="MEASierraLeone2021"/> In December 2014, India donated $12 million to the [[United Nations Ebola Response Fund]] and $50,000 to the [[World Health Organization]] to help fight the [[Western African Ebola virus epidemic|ebola virus outbreak]] in Sierra Leone, [[Liberia]] and [[Guinea]]. The country also donated $50,000 worth of medical equipment and medicines directly to the Government of Sierra Leone.<ref name="MEASierraLeone2021"/> The [[Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations]] donated $100,000 to the [[Special Court for Sierra Leone]] and $50,000 towards relief efforts for damages caused by floods and mudslide in August 2017.<ref name="MEASierraLeone2021"/> India donated a large consignment of medicines in February 2021 to help Sierra Leone fight the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Sierra Leone|COVID-19 pandemic]]. India donated 1,000 tonnes of rice to Sierra Leone in March 2021.<ref name="MEASierraLeone2021"/> India shipped 96,000 doses of the [[Covishield]] vaccine produced by the [[Serum Institute of India]] through [[COVAX]] to Freetown on 8 March 2021. India will provide Sierra Leone around 528,000 doses of vaccine through COVAX.<ref>{{cite web |title=COVID-19 vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Sierra Leone |url=https://www.afro.who.int/news/covid-19-vaccines-shipped-covax-arrive-sierra-leone |website=WHO |access-date=4 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

India sent 1,000 metric tons of [[rice]] on 24 March 2026 to support Sierra Leone's school [[Midday Meal Scheme|midday meal scheme]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.ETEducation.com |title=India sends 1,000 metric tons rice to support Sierra Leone's school midday meal scheme |url=https://education.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/india-sends-1000-metric-tons-rice-to-support-sierra-leones-school-midday-meal-scheme/129807590 |access-date=2026-03-26 |website=ETEducation.com |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Indian foreign aid]]

==References==
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[[Category:Indian foreign aid]]

Indian aid to Africa - Revision history

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