Indian External Minister Shri S Jaishankar during in his speech at India Africa growth Partnership program organized by CII EXIM Bank Conclave said ” Being a trusted partner in the journey of socio-economic development, India has extended concessional loans of over 12.3 billion dollars to Africa. India and Africa jointly completed more than 197 projects so far, 65 projects are currently ongoing and 81 projects are in the pipeline stage.