This article describes India's development partnership with Equatorial Guinea, covering training and capacity building, humanitarian and health assistance, and cooperation in defence and health. Because the brief's cultural section is short, this article also covers scholarships and cultural exchanges. It is based on the MEA brief of August 2026.

ITEC training

According to the MEA brief of August 2026, India has offered training slots to Equatorial Guinea under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme as part of its capacity building schemes with African countries.

  • 32 slots are allocated annually under the ITEC programme.
  • A total of 67 ITEC slots had been utilised by Equatorial Guinea up to FY 2024-25.
  • Equatorial Guinea utilised 35 ITEC slots during FY 2025-26. These included a group of 22 officials who attended a special ITEC course on "Computer Science and New/Emerging Technologies" from 12-25 November 2025.

Other training programmes

  • 4 Equatoguinean diplomats attended a special course organised by the Sushma Swaraj Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi, in May 2019, and one diplomat each attended a course in 2022 and in 2024.
  • An Army officer of Equatorial Guinea attended a training course at the College of Military Engineering from February to April 2024.
  • One officer attended the ITEC Executive Programme on "Data for Development-Capacity Building Initiative" at NILERD, New Delhi, in October 2024.
  • Two officers attended the ITEC Executive Programme on "Land Governance" at the Haryana Institute of Public Administration in March 2025.

Media visits

Three journalists from Equatorial Guinea made a familiarisation visit to India in October 2024 with journalists from countries of the Central and West Africa Region. One journalist took part in the familiarisation visit of Media Editors and Journalists from Africa, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands Region, held in India from 13-22 January 2026.

Humanitarian and health assistance

  • During President Ram Nath Kovind's visit in April 2018, the First Lady of India presented a cash grant of USD 15,000 to the CANIGE School and the Sampaka Psychiatric Care Centre in Malabo.
  • On 8 June 2020, the Government of India donated medicine and medical equipment to Equatorial Guinea in solidarity during the Covid-19 pandemic.
  • On 12 May 2022, the Embassy of India in Malabo handed over anti-Tuberculosis medicines gifted by the Government of India.
  • On 11 February 2025, India gifted anti-retroviral drugs and diagnostic kits for the management of HIV/AIDS, weighing around 10,000 kgs. They were handed over by Additional Secretary Shri Sevala Naik Mude to the Minister of Health, Social Welfare and Health Infrastructures, Mr. Mitoha Ondo'o Ayekaba.

Artificial limb fitment

From 2-15 March 2022, the Government of India organised an Artificial Prosthetic Limbs Fitment camp in Mongomo, with resources from Bhagwan Mahaveer Vikalang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS), known as Jaipur Foot. According to the brief, more than 100 Equatoguinean nationals benefited.

An MoU was later signed between the Constancia Mangue Nsue Okomo Foundation (FCMNO) and Jaipur Foot to set up an Artificial Limb Fitment Center in Mongomo.

Health and science

Two senior officers from Equatorial Guinea's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare took part in the Policy Makers Forum for recognition of the Indian Pharmacopoeia in August 2024. An officer from the Government of Equatorial Guinea attended the international conference on "50 years of Biological Weapons Convention (BWC): Strengthening Biosecurity for the Global South" in New Delhi on 1-2 December 2025.

Defence

In February 2023, Vice-Minister of National Defence Mr. Candido Ncogo Engono, with a 5 members delegation, attended Aero India Show 2023 in Bengaluru.

Scholarships

India offers one annual ICCR scholarship to Equatorial Guinea for undergraduate or post-graduate studies. The brief states that it is being utilised for the first time in academic year 2026-27.

Cultural exchanges

  • Equatorial Guinea's cultural troupe "National Ballet Ceiba" took part in the 35th Surajkund International Craft Fair. The brief describes this as the first-ever participation of an Equatoguinean cultural troupe in an Indian cultural festival.
  • Another dance troupe from Equatorial Guinea, Mokom Enam Lugu, took part in the Lusophone Cultural Week in Goa from 1-7 December 2022.
  • "National Ballet Ceiba" participated again in the 38th Surajkund International Craft Fair in February 2025.
  • An 18-member troupe from the "Abock Mnam Traditional Dance Group" and the artisans' group "Ceiba Magica" took part in the 39th Surajkund International Craft Mela-2026.

The Minister of State for Information, Press and Culture, Mr. Jeronimo Osa Osa Ecoro, took part in the World Audiovisual and Entertainment Summit in Mumbai from 1-4 May 2025.

The 12th International Day of Yoga was celebrated on 21 June 2026 with resident diplomats, Equatoguinean yoga enthusiasts and the Indian diaspora.