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The 7th African Development Conference Yokohama Held Friendship Exchange Event!
Last update date August 6, 2020
On Sunday, May 13, as a friendly exchange event of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7), which was decided to be held in Yokohama in 2019, a friendly soccer game and an exchange of opinions were held.
At the entrance of the friendly soccer game players, the children of the Shirosato soccer club serve as escort kids, and during the half-time, the venue was played with a Japanese drum performance by the creative Japanese drum group "Dakoon" Was excited. The match was played between the ADC team and the Yokohama City Council team, a mixture of parliamentarians and city council members.
At the discussion meeting, participants actively exchanged opinions, and as a networking initiative between Africa and city companies, a city company booth was set up in the venue, and exchanges were held.
Opening ceremony of the friendly soccer game
Greetings from Chairman MATSUMOTO Ken
Silence Lomo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Republic of South Africa
Japanese drum performance by the creative Japanese drum group "Uchikoon"
Greetings from the President of the Africa Diplomatic Corps in Tokyo (ADC)
Greetings from SATO Hirofumi, President of Japan-African Friendship, Yokohama City Council
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