Africa – BRICS common ground

... bringing together representatives of 39 Confucius Institutes in Africa [14] . The “African Talents” programme has produced 30,000 specialists. Researcher exchanges and joint research projects are also being carried out. India Catching Up with China The second most important partner for Africa from among the BRICS countries is India. In 2012–2013, trade turnover between India and African countries reached $70.25 billion; [15] in 2015, that figure was $90–100 billion [16] . Indian companies generally focus on toil and gas resources. In 2014, the Indian state oil ...