Korea-Africa Foundation conducts capacity building training for African diplomats as a follow-up project to the 'Korea-Africa Foreign Ministers' Meeting'

The Korea-Africa Foundation (Chairman Kim Young-chae) announced on the 5th that as a follow-up project to the '2026 Korea-Africa Foreign Ministers' Meeting', it recently invited 31 working-level diplomats from 31 countries to conduct 'Special Training to Strengthen the Capacity of African Diplomats'.

According to the foundation, the training was designed to increase African diplomats' understanding of Korea and expand the foundation for sustainable diplomatic cooperation between Korea and Africa. It started on the 26th of last month and ended on the 3rd.

At the entrance ceremony on the 28th of last month, Chairman Kim Young-chae said, "Korea and Africa are important partners that require closer cooperation in the international community," and asked, "Please broadly understand Korea's foreign policy, development experience, and culture, and serve as a bridge in each country's diplomatic field."

Training participants attended lectures on topics such as Korea's foreign policy toward Africa and Korean Peninsula policy, economic development experience and development strategy, K-Initiative and K-culture, etc.

On the 29th of last month, he visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to hear explanations about Korea's foreign policy toward Africa and the Korean Peninsula from former and current diplomats, and discussed the current status and development direction of diplomatic cooperation between Korea and Africa.

They also visited the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the National Museum of Korean History, the Korean Folk Village, the Samsung Innovation Museum, and Suwon Hwaseong Fortress to observe Korea's division and peace, history and traditional culture, industrial development, and technological innovation.

In particular, based on what they learned during the training, the participants wrote and presented a business proposal under the theme of 'Measures to strengthen diplomatic cooperation between Korea and Africa using the K-Initiative.'

Based on each country's situation and demand for cooperation, ideas for expanding diplomatic cooperation with Korea were presented, opinions were exchanged among participants, and specific possibilities for cooperation were explored.

They also said, "We were able to expand our understanding of the cooperative relationship between Korea and Africa and gain new knowledge and experience as diplomats," and expressed their intention to share what they learned from the training with their respective governments and use it in diplomatic settings after returning to their home countries, the foundation said.