New Delhi: India and Africa are likely to discuss various projects worth $12 billion in agriculture, mining and other sectors at the CII-EXIM Bank conclave, which would start here on Monday.

The three-day conclave on India-Africa Project Partnership would start here tomorrow and over 400 delegates representing government bodies and businesses from Africa will discuss opportunities for project partnerships worth $12 billion.

“India and Africa are making a joint bid to tune the current global economic uncertainty into an opportunity for business partnerships for establishing long-term business partnerships,” CII said in a statement.

The discussion would be on projects in the mining, agriculture and agro-processing sectors among others, CII said.

During the conclave held last year, the two side had discussed projects worth over $10 billion, CII said.

external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee would release a CII publication on the second day of the conclave.

India’s trade with Africa was at $51 billion in 2007 while it was about $7 billion in 1997.