President Uhuru Kenyatta, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a slew of african and global leaders have officiated the grand opening of the TICAD 6 conference here in Nairobi, Kenya. Speaking to a global audience in the million, in English French and Japanese, the leaders hailed the move to host the conference in africa for the first time and the impact that this is expected to have on Japan-Africa relations. The focus of the talks over todays are expected to revolve around industry, services, the environment, health and technical capacity and knowledge transfer even as multibillion shilling dollar deals get signed on the sidelines of the event.