H.E Prof. Alpha Oumar Konare, Chairman, African Union, who was in India to attend India-Africa Forum, visited NSIC and was quite impressed with NSIC's programmes to enhance the competitiveness of micro and small enterprises within the country and in other developing countries. Dr. H.P. Kumar, CMD, NSIC took him around NSIC's Incubator for creating self employment opportunities for unemployed youths. Prof. Konare took deep interest in more than 47 projects installed in NSIC incubator and expressed these projects could be quite useful for most of the African countries.