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- President Ramnath Kovind returned to New Delhi after completion of his three-nation visit to three African nations: Benin, Gambia and Guinea.
- This is the first ever visit by any President of India to the three West African countries.
- In Guinea, he received National Order of Merit which is the highest civilian award of the country.
- MoUs were signed in the field of traditional medicine, pan Africa e-Network Project, solar and renewable energy, E-education and Ayurveda.
- About pan Africa e-Network:
- Started in 2009. Aims to provide ‘seamless’ and ‘integrated’ elite, fibre optics and wireless network to connect the African countries.
- The idea for the project came from the then President of India, A P J Abdul Kalam in Johannesburg in 2004.
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