The Big Picture - India Woos Africa

Guests - Prime Minister Narendra Modi began a three-nation, five-day tour to Africa today. The visit to Africa comes ahead of the 10th BRICS summit in Johannesburg. First on the prime minister's itinerary is Rwanda, being referred by the Ministry of External Affairs officials as the "gateway to Africa." PM Modi's visit to the nation, from July 23-24, will be the first by any Indian prime minister. PM Modi is being accompanied by a high level business delegation in a bid to take forward strategic partnership with Rwanda. The PM will then depart for Uganda on July 24, where he is slated to address the parliament of Uganda. Two lines of credit worth 164 million dollars will be extended during the visit. PM Modi's visit to Uganda too will be the first by an Indian PM in 20 years. In the final leg, PM Modi will head to South Africa on July 25 to attend the BRICS summit. In South Africa, bilateral meetings with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, and countries participating in the BRICS summit are planned. On this edition of the big picture we analyse India’s Africa outreach. Guests - Suresh K. Goel, Former Diplomat, Sreeram Chaulia, Dean, Jindal School of International Affairs, Harsh V Pant, Head, Strategic Studies, Observer Research Foundation, Anchor - Frank Rausan Pereira