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Japan's Abe pledges $30 billion for Africa over next three years

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told African leaders on Saturday that his country will commit Sh300b ($30 billion) in public and private support for infrastructure development on the continent.

Resource-poor Japan has long been interested in tapping Africa's vast natural resources, even more so since dependence on oil and natural gas imports jumped after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster shut almost all of Japan's nuclear reactors.

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