Aga
Khan on State Visits to West Africa
23
April to 1 May 2008
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His
Highness the Aga Khan and
President Abdoulaye Wade in Dakar.
Photo: Gary Otte
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Senegal
(1 May 2008)
During a brief official
visit to Dakar, Senegal on 1st May, 2008, His Highness
the Aga Khan held talks with His Excellency President
Abdoulaye Wade at the Presidential Palace. Later,
President Wade hosted the Aga Khan to a luncheon.
A small delegation accompanying the Aga Khan also
held discussions with senior government officials
in connection with the Aga Khan Development Network's
wide-ranging presence in West Africa and areas of
common interest that ranged from food security and
quality education, poverty alleviation, microfinance
and infrastructure to the key directions emerging
under Senegal's chairmanship of the Organisation of
the Islamic Conference.
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President
Laurent Gbagbo of the Republic of Côte
d’Ivoire meeting with His Highness the
Aga Khan
at the Presidential Palace in Abidjan.
Photo Credit: Gary Otte
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Côte
d’Ivoire (28 April to 1 May 2008)
Microfinance
agency launched: In addition to official
meetings, His Highness was in Cote d'Ivoire to launch
the Première Agence de Microfinance (PAMF),
which is to start operations in the areas of Boundiali
and Dianra in northern Côte d’Ivoire.
It joins two sister microfinance institutions, in
Mali and Burkina Faso, which were launched in 2006.
PAMF will serve disadvantaged communities through
a network that is expected to grow to over eight branches
by 2012. Loans are primarily intended for income-generating
activities, and are designed to improve agricultural
productivity, acquire livestock and establish small
enterprises in rural and urban areas.
Photographs
Lancement
d’une agence de microfinance en Côte
d’Ivoire
AKDN Projects
in Cote d'Ivoire: A Profile of the Azito Energie
Project
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His
Highness the Aga Khan touring the Sosuco sugar
factory in Banfora, Burkina Faso. Sosuco,
one of the largest employers in the country,
is an economic development project of the
Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED).
Photo: Gary Otte.
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Burkina
Faso (26-28 April 2008)
In addition to official meetings
with President Blaise Compaoré, His Highness
the Aga Khan spoke at a special Aga Khan Award for
Architecture seminar in Ouagadougou that was held
to celebrate three past Burkinabé recipients
of the Award. He
also toured the Sosuco sugar factory in Banfora, Burkina
Faso. Sosuco, one of the largest employers in the
country, is an economic development project of the
Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED).
Photographs
Discours
de Son Altesse l’Aga Khan à l’ouverture
du séminaire et de l’exposition de
l’AKAA
Discours
de Son Altesse l’Aga Khan
au dîner officiel offert par le Président
de la République du Burkina Faso
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President
Amadou Toumani Touré accompanied the
Aga Khan for the inauguration of the Great
Mosque of Mopti.Once at risk of collapsing,
the Mosque
has been stabilised and restored by the
Aga Khan Trust for Culture.
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Mali
(23-26 April 2008)
Cultural
Projects: President Amadou Toumani Touré
and His Highness the Aga Khan inaugurated the restoration
of the Komoguel I Mosque in Mopti and announced the
creation of an Urban Park in Bamako. The Aga Khan
also reviewed the work on the Djingarey Ber Mosque
in Timbuktu as part of the Aga Khan Development Network’s
(AKDN) expanded development activities in Mali.
25 April 2008
Bamako
Photographs
Discours
prononcé par Président Amadou Toumani
Touré lors
de la cérémonie annonçant la
création d’un parc urbain
Discours
prononcé par Son Altesse l'Aga Khan
lors de la cérémonie annonçant
la création d’un parc urbain
24 April 2008
Mopti
Photographs
Discours
prononcé par Président Amadou Toumani
Touré à
la Cérémonie d’inauguration
de la Grande Mosquée
Discours
prononcé par Son Altesse l'Aga Khan
à la Cérémonie d’inauguration
de la Grande Mosquée
Slideshow
of the Restoration of Mopti Mosque
Timbuktu
Photographs
Discours
de Son Altesse l’Aga Khan, 24 avril
2008
23 April
2008
Official meetings
Photographs
Dinner hosted by President
Amadou Toumani Touré
Discours
de Son Altesse l’Aga Khan
Discours
de Monsieur Amadou Toumani Touré
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