Table of Contents
Session 1

TICAD and Business ..........................................................002

Session 2

Energy and Power..............................................................003

Session 3

Agriculture and Agribusiness ...........................................011

Session 4

Infrastructure, Trade and Industry ....................................018

Session 5

Financing for Projects in Africa .........................................025

Session 6

Health and Sanitation ........................................................031

Session 7

Business Promotion through Partnerships ......................036

Session 8

ICT and African Business...................................................042

Thematic Session ...................................................................................048
ADC Heads of Mission ..........................................................................053

Session 1
TICAD and Business:

Feedback from the Yokohama Action Plan to the Nairobi
Declaration

Mr. Takeshi Osuga
Ambassador, Assistant Minister,
Director-General, African Affairs
Department,
Middle Eastern and African Affairs
Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

大菅 岳史 氏

外務省中東アフリカ局アフリカ部部長（大使）

Mr. Takeshi Osuga began his professional career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in1985 after graduating from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law.
Mr. Osuga held various MOFA posts including those as First Secretary in the Embassy ofJapan in France (1994-1998) and as Counselor in the Embassy of Japan in Indonesia (20032005). Prior to becoming Director of Crisis Management Coordination Division in the
Minister’s Secretariat in 2005, he also served in the Liaison Office of MOFA in Samawah, Iraq,
as Acting Chief.
He has then held prominent Director posts at the Global Issues Policy Division, Global
Issues Department (2005-2006) and at the Global Issues Cooperation Division, International
Cooperation Bureau (2006-2008), as well as Minister posts at the Permanent Mission of Japanto the United Nations (2008-2011) and at the Embassy of Japan in India (2011-2014).
Before taking up the current post of Director-General (Ambassador), African Affairs
Department in January 2017, he was Deputy Director-General, Asian and Oceanian Affairs
Bureau (2015-2017) and Deputy Director-General for International Cooperation and Global
Issues (2014-2015).

H.E. Mr. François Oubida
Ambassador of Burkina Faso; Chairof the ADC TICAD Core Committee

フランソワ・ウビダ 閣下

ブルキナファソ特命全権大使、
在京アフリカ外交団 (ADC)
TICAD 委員会 議長

H.E. Mr. François Oubida has been the Ambassador of Burkina Faso to Japan since
December 2011.
He has served in several countries including in the Republic of Cuba and the United States ofAmerica.
Ambassador Oubida graduated from the National School of Administration and Magistraturein Burkina Faso, majoring in Diplomacy. He has a Master’s Degree in Administration
Management from Ignatius University of New York/St. Clement University of Bulgaria.

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Session 2
Energy and Power:

Universal Access by 2025

Moderator

Professor Vincent Nmehielle
Secretary General, AfDB

ビンセント・ンメヒエレ 氏

アフリカ開発銀行 理事会担当事務総長

Professor Vincent Nmehielle is the Secretary General of the African Development Bank Group.
Professor Nmehielle is a legal scholar, with extensive experience and expertise in internationallaw, corporate governance and management of complex governance issues that involves multiple
stakeholders. He has 26 years of experience in corporate legal practice, university lecturing andscholarship in international law, and international civil service with a focus on international rule of law,policy, justice, governance and development in Africa.
He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from Rivers State University of Science and Technology,
Nigeria and qualified as Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. He holds advanced
degrees in law, including a Master of Laws in International Law from the University of Notre Dame
Law School, USA; and a Doctor of Juridical Science in International Law from George Washington
University, USA. He worked as a Managing Solicitor and Advocate prior to joining the academia, where
he worked as Professor of Law at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, and served as Head of
the University of Witwatersrand Program on Law, Justice and Development in Africa.
Prior to his appointment with the African Bank of Development, he was the Legal Counsel and Director
for Legal Affairs of the African Union Commission, where he served as the chief Legal Advisor of the
Policy Organs of the African Union, including the Assembly of Heads of States and Government, theExecutive Council, among other functions. He brings extensive experience and diplomacy in servicing
high-level governance structures, fostering institutional governance systems and building consensus
among diverse constituencies.
Nmehielle has served as a board member and chair of many international organizations.

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Session 2
Mr. Amadou Hott
Vice President, Power, Energy,
Climate Change and Green
Growth, AfDB

アマドゥ・ホット 氏

アフリカ開発銀行 副総裁（電力・エネ
ルギー・気候変動・グリーン成長担当）

Mr. Amadou Hott is the Vice President of the African Development Bank’s Power, Energy,
Climate Change and Green Growth Complex, since November 2016, and has 20 yearsof experience in areas such as structured finance, sovereign wealth funds management,
investment banking, infrastructure and the development of integrated energy solutions.
Prior to joining the African Development Bank, Amadou held various Investment banking
and Investment advisory positions in New York, London, Dubai and Lagos. He was Directorof Millennium Finance Corporation for Africa, where he was responsible for project finance
operations in sectors such as energy, mining, ICT and banking in Africa and Middle East. He
was also Managing Director of UBA Capital, which is present in 20 African countries, andthen Founder and Managing Director of Afribridge Capital, an investment firm specializing
in advisory services in Africa where he provided advice in the areas of energy, electricity,
information, communications and technology.
In 2012, after 15 years of international investment banking and advisory work, Amadou
returned to Senegal to serve his country. His roles in Senegal included: Special Advisor of
HE President Macky Sall, Chairman of Aéroport Internationale Blaise Diagne (Senegal’s newinternational airport) and Founder and CEO of Senegal’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, as part ofwhich he launched major infrastructure investment initiatives, including renewable energy andenergy projects.
Amadou has undergraduate degrees in applied mathematics and economy, an MSc in
Finance, from Sorbonne University in Paris, which included participation as an exchange
student in New York University’s MSc in Financial Mathematics program. He was named
Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2012.

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Session 2
Dr. Mateus Magala
CEO, Electricidade deMoçambique (EDM)

マテウス・マガラ 氏

モザンビーク電力公社（EDM）

Mateus is the Chairman and CEO of Electricity of Mozambique (EDM). Before thisappointment, Mateus worked at the African Development Bank as the Resident Representativeof the African Development Bank for Zimbabwe. He is an economist and engineer by training
with extensive experience in both public and private organizations where he developed
expertise in strategy development and advice, economic and financial analysis, analytics,
infrastructure development and financing and value chain management. He recently wasawarded the African Leadership Business Excellence Award 2017.
Mateus completed a BSc and an MSc in Mechanical Engineering in the Czech Republic. He
also holds a Master of Transport Economics and Management (MTM), an MBA and a Masterof Economics and Econometrics (MEc) a PhD in Economics from Sydney University, Australia.

About the company
Electricidade de Moçambique, E.P. is a vertical integrated state owned
company with responsibility to generate, transmit, and distribute electricity
in Mozambique. It provides safe and reliable power supply to household,agriculture, and general (low voltage) categories, as well as for small,medium scale industries (medium and high voltage), categories. The
company was founded in 1977 and is based in Maputo, Mozambique and has around 3 800
employees. Electricidade de Moçambique (EDM) is a company with 1 600 000 customers
with a maximum demand over 950 MW and a turnover of 500 MUSD in 2016. EDM financial
projections estimates a revenue growth to 1,1 bUSD by 2022.
The power consumption is growing rapidly, in the last five years, achieving an average of 10%
growth. EDM intends to connect 200 000 new customers per year, from its current rate below
100 000. This will enable a rapid increase of the population access to electricity in the near
future.
EDM is going into a profound institutional transformation in its organisation with the objective
to transform into a national and regional reference company based on good governance,transparent procedures and best practices. For the first time since its existence EDM was able
to close the financial accounts for 2016 within the timeline prescribed by the Law.
Electricidade de Moçambique has in its vision the aim to achieve Universal Access by 2030
and become the regional power Hub for the Southern Africa Development Community(SADC).

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Session 2
Mr. John Mudany
Finance & ICT Director, Kenya
Electricity Generating Company
Limited (KenGen)

ジョン・ムダニ 氏

ケニア電力公社 (KenGen) 財務・ICT
担当取締役

Mr. John Mudany is a financial management expert with over 30 years of extensive experiencein a business transformation, strategy, marketing, and operational leadership. He holds a Masterof International Business Administration (USIU, San Diego, California, USA), a Master of Business
Administration (USIU, San Diego, California, USA) and a Bachelor of Commerce (University of
Nairobi). He is a member of the Kenya Institute of Management (KIM) and Fellow of the Institute ofCertified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK).
He is currently the Finance & ICT Director of KenGen-Kenya’s leading electricity generator with close
to 80% of the energy consumed by Kenyans. Mr. Mudany has overseen various multi-billion capitalraising projects to Finance Energy generation projects for the country; in 2016, he successfully
steered KenGen towards a successful Ksh.28 billion rights issue that sort to shore-up the company’s
equity and create headroom for additional borrowing.
Mr. Mudany is actively involved in the development, financing and execution of Vision 2030
flagship Energy Projects. He participated in the development of the Energy Policy and Energy bill
2012. Before joining KenGen in November 2008, Mr. Mudany worked at Coca Cola (Finance andPerformance Manager), Orbit Distributors (MD & CEO), Kenya Airways (Head of Finance), World
Vision International and Price Water house Coopers.
He has undertaken trainings with various universities, some of which include; Advanced
Management Program at IESE Business School (Spain) and Pan Africa University – Lagos Business
School, The Effective Director at Strathmore Business School, Leadership and Strategic Planning at
London Business School.

About the company

Website: www.kengen.co.ke

Kenya Electricity Generating Company Limited, KenGen is the leading
electric power generation company in Kenya. Kenya’s GDP growth has
averaged over 5% for the last eight years. Since 2014, Kenya has beenranked as a lower middle income country because its per capita GDP
crossed a World Bank threshold.
For a long time, the population of Kenyans connected to the national grid
was about 20%, however between the years 2013-2016 electrification grewfrom 27% to about 60% against the government’s target of 70% connectivity
by June 2020.
KenGen being the leading electricity generator in Kenya produced over 80% of the country’s
electricity consumption in 2016. The company owns thirty one (31) power generating plants witha combined installed capacity of 1,632MW from diverse generation modes comprising of hydro
(820MW), geothermal(533MW), thermal(253MW) , and wind (26MW).
KenGen was incorporated on 1 February 1954 under the Companies Act (Chapter 486 of the Laws
of Kenya) as Kenya Power Company (KPC) to construct the transmission line between Nairobi andTororo in Uganda as well as to develop geothermal and other generating facilities in the country.
Following the energy sectoral reforms in 1996, the management of KPC was formally separated
from Kenya Power and renamed KenGen in January 1997. In 2006, KenGen was listed on the Nairobi
Securities Exchange after the Government of Kenya sold 30% of its stake in the company through an
Initial Public Offer (IPO).
The Company is currently propelled by the Good-to-Great (G2G) transformation strategy of movingfrom a “Good Company” to a “Great Company” through the creation of sustainable value from “OneGeneration” to the “Next Generation”. Under this strategic direction, KenGen has entered a phaseof scaling up geothermal development.

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Session 2
Mr. Emad El Sewedy
Group Chairman, El Sewedy
Electrometer

エマド・エルセウェディ 氏

エルセウェディ・エレクトロメーター
グループ会長Mr. Emad Zaki Sadek Ahmed Elsewedy is the founder/CEO/Chairman of EL SEWEDY
ELECTROMETER GROUP EMG Cairo, Egypt. He is specialized in the design, development
and manufacturing of mechanical and digital electricity, gas & water meters, Smart Meteringsolutions and services for utilities. He has clients in Africa, Middle East, Europe, Americas
and Asia; and 10 factories in Egypt, Czech Republic, Ghana, Mexico, Brazil, India, Zambia&Ethiopia. He established the company in 1998 with one factory, 60 employees, one customer.
The firm is among the top 10 global firms in its field, with 1,500 employees and clients in
45 countries. He established a Research & Development Centre for Digital Electronics and
Desktop Applications to develop tailor-made Metering Solutions and software in house,
which resulted in registered patents in North America. He also managed the company’s
successful strategic transition in 2005 from a manufacturer producing mechanical meters toa service and smart meters solution provider, doubling the sales, improving the profitabilityof the company, and developing ongoing partnerships with customers. He successfully
managed the acquisition of 2 major digital electricity meters producers in Europe in 2007 and2010; successfully merged one into the group while selling the shares of the other for a 50%
Premium. He also successfully implemented Corporate Governance with a Board of Directors
having a majority of independent members.

About the company

Website: www.elsewedyemg.com

In 1938, ZSG (the mother Company of Elsewedy
Electrometer EMG) was founded as a supplierof electrical materials in Egypt. In 1962, ZSG was
appointed by the Egyptian Government as the main
supplier of all electrical materials for the largest Hydropower Plant in Egypt “The High Dam
in Aswan”. In 1998, ZSG established El Sewedy Electrometer EMG the first private sector
company specialized in the Design & Manufacture of Electricity Meters in the Middle East.
In 2004, EMG founded Ghana Electrometer Ltd, the first Metering factory in West Africa,
followed by the successful implementation of e-Cash prepayment system. In 2007, EMG
ventured with EEPCO in Ethiopia Electrometer to produce Pre-Paid meters in Ethiopia as
well as with ZESCO in Zambia Electrometer. In 2009, EMG established Elsewedy Electrometer
India to supply Asia as well as the rest of the group with quality meters and modules. In 2010,
EMG acquired an established Meter Manufacturer in the Czech Republic to supply Europe
and the rest of the world with Smart Grid solutions. EMG has 10 Factories in 8 Countries
worldwide with more than 1,500 employees and More than 20 Million Meters running in 46
Countries. The company also have R&Ds operating in 3 strategic locations.

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Mr. Vincent Le Guennou
Co-CEO & Managing Director,
Emerging Capital Partners (ECP)
Private Equity

バンソン・ル・グノー 氏

エマージング・キャピタル・パートナー
ズ (ECP) プライベート・エクイティ 共
同 CEO 兼 専務取締役

Mr. Vincent Le Guennou is a Founding Partner and Co-CEO of Emerging Capital Partners.
He serves on ECP’s Executive Committee and on the Investment Committees of various ECP
funds. In addition, Le Guennou is the chairman of the board of Eranove, a leading private
operator in the water and electricity sectors in West Africa and a company in which one of
ECP Funds is a majority shareholder.
Prior to joining the ECP team in 2000, Mr. Le Guennou was Chief Financial Officer ofCompagnie Ivoirienne d’Electricité, the national power distribution company of Côte d’Ivoire.
Mr. Le Guennou began his career in 1989 in Arthur Andersen’s Paris office, where he became
senior auditor in the banking and capital markets division.
Mr. Le Guennou is a graduate of l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales in Paris and hereceived an MBA from Harvard Business School.

About the company

Website: www.ecpinvestments.com
Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) is one of theoldest and largest private equity firms investing in
Africa. Over its 17-year history, the ECP team has
raised over $2.7 billion for investment in over 60
companies across Africa.

In the power & water sectors , ECP is the controllingshareholder of Eranove a Paris-based company which is a leading player in public service
management and electricity and drinking water production in West Africa. Eranove has
four core subsidiaries: Société de Distribution d’Eau de la Côte d’Ivoire (SODECI), a waterproduction and distribution company in Côte d’Ivoire; Compagnie Ivoirienne d’Electricité(CIE), a power generation, transmission, and distribution company in Côte d’Ivoire;
Compagnie Ivoirienne de Production d’Electricité (CIPREL), a power generation company inCôte d’Ivoire, and Sénégalaise des Eaux (SDE), a water distribution company in Senegal.
Eranove through its subsidiaries provides essential services:• in the Electricity sector, with its expertise in electricity production, transmission, anddistribution: 1,247 MW installed capacity; 1.63 million customers; a central role in the West
African interconnected network with its exports to Ghana, Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso andMali.
• in the water sector, with its expertise in drinking water production and distribution and in
sewage: 422 million m3 of potable water produced; 1.64 million households supplied.

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Session 2
Mr. Ken Kageyama
General Manager, IPP & IWPP
Dept. No.2, Sumitomo Corporation

蔭山 健 氏住友商事 電力事業第二部 部長

Mr. Ken KAGEYAMA was appointed General Manager, IPP & IWPP Dept. No.2, Sumitomo
Corporation in April 2015.
Prior to that, he had taken a number of posts at Sumitomo Corporation, Accounting
Dept., Machinery Business Unit (Osaka) in April 1991, Business Investment Dept. (Tokyo) in
December 1993, Planning & Administration Dept., Machinery Business Unit (Tokyo) in April
2001, Manager, IPP Team, Power & Water Investment Dept. No.1 (Tokyo) in April 2004.
He also served as General Manager, Los Angeles Office, Sumitomo Corporation of America
and President, Perennial Power Holdings, Inc. (Los Angeles) between 2007 and 2008,
President, Perennial Power Holdings, Inc. (New York) between 2008 and 2012, Team Leader,
Team No.2, IPP & IWPP Dept. No.2 (Tokyo) between 2012 to 2014, Team Leader, Business
Development & Strategic Planning Group, Global Power Infrastructure Business Div. (Tokyo)
between 2014 and 2015.
Mr.Kageyama graduated from Osaka University in March 1991.

About the company
With its global network and based on trust from companies
in various industries and from consumers, Sumitomo
Corporation engages in multifaceted business activities by making the most of its Integrated
Corporate Strength. These business activities include sales of a variety of products andservices within Japan, import and export, trilateral trade, and domestic and international
business investment.
Five business units and regional organizations in Japan and abroad work together to operate
a wide range of businesses extending from upstream to downstream globally.
【Business Units】•Metal Products Business Unit •Transportation &Business related to steel sheets, steel Construction Systems
tubular products, and non-ferrous
Business Unit

【Global Network in Africa】

metal products

Business related to ships, aerospace•Environment & Infrastructure equipment, railway cars, automobiles,
constructon equipment, and leasing

Business Unit

Business related to environmental •Mineral Resources, Energy,
and industrial infrastructure projects, Chemical & Electronics
electricity infrastructure projects, and Business Unit
logistics and insurance services
Business related to mineral resouces,•Media, ICT, Lifestyle Related energy, basic chemicals, eletronics,
and life sciences

Goods & Services Business
Unit

Business related to media, network,and lifestyle/retail, food, materials
and supplies, construction and realestate, and general construction anddevelopment009

Session 2
Mr. Seishi Narita
General Manager, Power Business
Dept. – IV, Marubeni Corporation

成田 正士 氏
丸紅 海外電力プロジェクト第四部

部長

Mr. Narita graduated from Department of Economics, Tokyo University and joined Marubeni
Corporation in April 1990. he has been working for power projects business for 24years and he iscurrently General Manager for Power Business in Africa, Middle East and South West Asia for
Marubeni Corporation. Based on his 24 years career and experiences in Power Business for Marubeni
Corporation, he has in-depth of experience and knowledge on development and management ofoverseas Independent (Water) Power Producer (“I(W)PP”) Projects as well as Engineering,
Procurement and Construction (“EPC”) worldwide, especially in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin
America.
He has also experience in overseas assignment, in Rio de Janeiro from 1998 to 2004 where he was the
local representative of the power projects office Since 2004, he focuses on development of new
I(W)PP Projects in the Middle East, such as 2,000MW & 130MIGD Fujairah F2 Gas Fired IWPP Project in
U.A.E., 360MW & 29MIGD Rabigh Oil Fired Co-Generation IWPP Project in Saudi Arabia, 1,500MW &100MIGD Shuweihat S2 Gas Fired IWPP Project in U.A.E., 2,000MW Sur Gas Fired IPP Project in Oman,
300MW Morupule Coal Fired IPP Project, 600MW Thabametsi Coal Fired IPP Project, etc. He was also
shareholder representative for Rades IPP Project in Tunsia, first IPP project in Africa, from 2015 to2016.

About the company

Website: www.marubeni.com/

Marubeni is involved in the handling of products
and provision of services in a broad range of sectors.
These areas encompass importing and exporting, as
well as transactions in the Japanese market, related to food materials, food products, textiles,
materials, pulp and paper, chemicals, energy, metals and mineral resources, transportation
machinery, and includes offshore trading. The Company's activities also extend to power
projects and infrastructure, plants and industrial machinery, finance, logistics and informationindustry, and real estate development and construction. Additionally, Marubeni conducts
business investment, development and management on a global level.

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Session 3
Agriculture and Agribusiness:

Enhancing the Food Value Chain in Africa

Moderator

Dr. Jennifer Blanke
Vice President, Agriculture, Humanand Social Development, AfDB

ジェニファー・ブランキ 氏

アフリカ開発銀行 副総裁（農業・人的資源・社会開発担当）

Jennifer Blanke, Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development at the African Development
Bank (AfDB), is a renowned and globally respected development economist.
With more than twenty years of experience, she is the primary responsible for carrying out two of AfDB's five
strategic priorities (the High 5s): Feed Africa and Improve the Quality of Life of People in Africa through thedepartments she oversees (Agriculture and Agro-industry; Agricultural Finance and Rural Development; Waterand Sanitation; Gender and Civil Society; Human Capital, Youth and Social Development). With her teams,
Jennifer aims to make Africa a net food exporter by 2025, create 25 million jobs, and train 32 million young
people over the next ten years.
Before joining the AfDB, she was Chief Economist and member of the Executive Committee of the World
Economic Forum, Switzerland, where she provided global leadership on economic and development issues.
During her 18-year career at the World Economic Forum, other roles held included Lead Economist and Headof the Global Competitiveness and Benchmarking team, and Senior Programme Manager responsible fordeveloping the business, management, and technology sections of the Annual Meeting in Davos.
Prior to joining the World Economic Forum, Jennifer worked as a management consultant for Eurogroup(Mazars Group) in Paris, France, where she specialized in banking and financial market organization.
She brings to the AfDB a diverse wealth of knowledge and experience on economic, human and social
development, private sector and public-private partnerships. She is globally respected for her works on how
to support countries to drive greater economic competitiveness and reduce the cost of doing business andhas led the development of the Global Competitiveness Report and the Africa Competitiveness Report.
She has worked extensively on Africa and has served as a respected advisor to several governments on
economic, human and social development issues to reduce growth inequalities. She is presently memberof the Canadian government’s Council of Economic Growth and holds a number of non-executive board
responsibilities in the not-for-profit sector.
She has written and lectured extensively on issues related to national competitiveness and has edited anumber of competitiveness reports, with a particular regional focus on Western Europe and sub-SaharanAfrica.
She holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs from Columbia University, New York, and an MA and PhD
in International Economics from the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva. She speaks French,
English and Spanish. She is married and has two children.

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Session 3
Hon. Henry Mussa, MP
Minister of Industry, Trade andTourism, Republic of Malawi

ヘンリー・ムッサ 閣下
マラウイ共和国 産業・貿易・観光大臣

In both business and political worlds, there is a comparatively small section of leaders; individuals who
seem able to build relationships, trust, and rapport with almost anyone, and then are able to broker
the relationships and make connections between people, creating partnerships and alliances, andinspiring forward impetus to ‘get things done.’
Henry Roben Amon Mussa is one of those people, and ‘getting things done’ and driving results throughcollaboration, partnerships, and relationships as a Senior Cabinet Minister responsible for Industry,
Trade and Tourism, is what he is all about. With an enthusiastic and genuinely friendly attitude, Mussa
radiates a sincere passion for delivering results on the ground.
Hon. Henry Mussa has a Masters Degree (Msc) with merit in Leadership and Change Management.
This qualification propped up with the 25 years of experience in the private sector, compelled Mussa
in 1994 to make the life-changing decision that he could make a larger, positive impact on more
people if he moved into politics. He ventured in politics as an active political activist and in 1999 waselected Member of Parliament (MP) for Chiradzulu East constituency, a position he has held on todate.
Throughout the 17 years as an MP, Mussa has repeatedly proved his ability to lead through diverseand challenging situations. His hard work and contribution has not gone unnoticed by various
Presidents along the way that in 2000, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture. In 2004 he
was appointed Minister of Transport, Public Works and Housing; in 2008 he was appointed Minister ofIndustry and Trade; in 2011 he was appointed Minister of Local Government and Rural Development;
in 2014 he was appointed Minister of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development and again in
2017, Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism.
As a Tayikondo Black Belt holder, he is an excellent agent of change and has a documented trackrecord of accomplishments that include the championing of the establishment of Community
Technical Colleges that target to roll out in all the 28 districts of the country. Since this Ministry has
been elevated to one of the priority Ministries aimed at championing skills development, youth
empowerment and sports development. Now at the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism he ispoised to accelerate and provide a conducive environment for Trade, Investment, Private Sector
Development and Tourism with a view to group Malawi economy.
Prior to his joining politics, Mussa had a background in industry ie private sector; where he has put in25 years of work, initially as a Shipping and Clearing Officer in African Lakes Corporation (ALC) andthereafter, as an Insurance broker with the same company which he then took over its operations on a
management buyout in 1996.
Other activities attributed to Mussa include; elected Treasurer General of the ruling Democratic
Progressive Party and Government Chief Whif Whip in Parliament. He is also the Chairman andManaging Director of Eagle Insurance Brokers.
Assuming all these portfolios clearly show that Mussa as a specialist in leadership and change
management has a great deal of value to offer to Malawians.

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Hon. Bary Emmanuel Rafatrolaza
Secretary of State at the Ministry ofForeign Affairs in Charge of Cooperation
and Development, Republic ofMadagascar

バリー・エマニュエル・ラファトロラザ 閣下
マダガスカル共和国
外務省付協力開発担当閣外大臣

Mr. Bary Emmanuël Rafatrolaza was appointed Deputy Minister in charge of Cooperation and Development
for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Madagascar in April 2016. He was Consul General ofMadagascar in South Africa from 2004 to 2016, in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Pretoria.
He was elected Member of Parliament representing the District of Kandreho, Betsiboka Region for threesuccessive mandates from 1993 to 2009. During his parliamentary mandates, he occupied different
positions of responsibility such as Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Rural Development, Member, later
Vice Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Vice President of the National Assembly, Spokesperson of
the Committee on Rural Development. Mr. Rafatrolaza was also President of the Russian-Malagasy and theIsraeli-Malagasy Friendship Groups at the National Assembly. During his third term of office as MP he was
Member of the deliberative body of the Autonomous Province of Mahajanga. From 1992 to 1993 Mr.
Rafatrolaza headed the Public Relations and Documentation Department at the Ministry of Public Service,
Antananarivo.

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Session 3
Mr. Ade Adefeko
Vice President, Corporate &Government Relations, Olam
Nigeria

アデ・アデフェコ 氏

オラム・ナイジェリア コーポレート ＆政府担当 VP

Ade Adefeko is Vice President Corporate & Government Relations and also in charge ofExternal Communication and Stakeholder Management at OLAM NIGERIA, the largest
Agribusiness and food company in Nigeria and a subsidiary of OLAM international ofSingapore the parent company with a presence in 70 countries.
His 27 year professional career spans diverse sectors including Broadcast/Pay-Tv, FMCG
and the Banking industry where he held senior management roles in Treasury, Credit andOperations. Prior to joining OLAM, Ade played a pivotal role in broadcast policy advocacy as
Head Corporate Communications and Public Affairs with Multi-Choice (Dstv) Nigeria.
Subsequently, he became Area Head of Communication and Regulatory Affairs, British
American Tobacco for Benin, Niger and Togo based in Nigeria where he managed coreregulatory issues in the highly sensitive Tobacco industry.
Ade is a polyglot, an avid writer, with a weekly column in Leadership Newspaper and a former
football pundit on SuperSport. He is on the advisory board of the African Wealth Report (AWR)
and SYNERGOS Nigeria’s State Partnership for Agriculture (SPA) in non-executive capacities.
He is also the current Chairman of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce,
Industry, Mines and Agriculture Export Action Group (NACCIMA) NEXAG.

About the company

Website: www.olamgroup.com

Olam Nigeria is a subsidiary of Olam International,
the largest Agri-business and Food company inNigeria with major shareholders as TEMASEK ofSingapore and MITSUBISHI of Japan. One of thelargest employers in Nigeria, and deal in processed
Cocoa, cashew, sesame, wheat milling and pasta, noodles biscuit and confectionary as well
as Dairy and Juices with Rice farming and Milling and Animal feed and poultry in Nigeria
impacting 500,000 farmers
Giving direct cash micro financing to agents/ farmers at 0% interest
Largest non-oil exporter out of Nigeria
Operating 115 warehouses, 18 processing locations
Supplying 90 global customers like Nestlé, Unilever , Kraft, Mitsubishi
Operating in 10 Nigerian product categories

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Session 3
Mr. Karim SenhadjiCEO, OCP AFRICA

カリム・センハジ 氏
OCP アフリカ CEO

Mr. Karim Lotfi SENHADJI is the CEO of OCP Africa, a OCP subsidiary with 10 offices inAfrica and 150 employees. Prior to holding this position, Mr. Lotfi Senhadji spent more than
7 years at OCP in different leadership positions, including as OCP’s Shipping and Logistics
Vice President and as the Director of OCP Group Management Control Department. Before
joining OCP, Mr. Lotfi Senhadji held different managing positions at several Moroccan andmultinational companies, including Holcim Group, Altadis Maroc and Méditelecom.
Mr. Lotfi Senhadji has degrees from MIT in Boston and HEC Paris and holds an Executive
MBA from ESSEC & Mannheim Business schools. He is also a graduate of the Marrakech’s
Royal Air Forces School where he received his diploma in aeronautic engineering and trained
as a fighter pilot. Mr. SENHADJI is married and father of two children.

About the company

Website: www.ocpafrica.com

OCP Africa believes Africa can become a world leader in sustainableagriculture. OCP Africa works with African growers to help them, farmby farm, unlock the continent’s vast agricultural potential to feed itself—
and, someday soon, the world—through a sustainable, modern andproductive approach.
OCP Africa is a subsidiary of OCP Group, one of the world’s largest
providers of natural phosphate minerals and a company with deeproots in Africa. OCP Group created OCP Africa strengthen the entire
agricultural ecosystem throughout Africa, working closely with farmers
to arm them with the resources they need to succeed. OCP Africa uses
African natural resources to transform the local African market, customizing fertilizer to theindividual needs of the soil, the climate and specific crops. We apply nearly 100 years ofagricultural experience to the way we use that fertilizer—resulting in sustainable, affordable
farming.
Headquartered in Morocco, OCP Africa has presence in key markets across the continent
including: Ivory Coast, Senegal, Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Cameroon, Kenya, Ghana,
Nigeria, Zambia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Rwanda and Ethiopia.

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Session 3
Mr. Masakazu Ikefuchi
Councillor (Deputy DirectorGeneral for International Affairs),
Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry ofAgriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

池渕 雅和 氏

農林水産省 大臣官房 審議官（国際）Since starting his professional career at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries(MAFF) in April 1984, Mr. Masakazu Ikefuchi has held various posts at MAFF including Director
for Wood Utilization Division, Forest Policy Planning Department, Forestry Agency (20092011), Director for Commerce and Marketing Division, General Food Policy Bureau (in 2011),
Director for Food Retail and Service Division, Food Industry Affairs Bureau (2011-2013), andSenior Counsellor for Press, Minister’s Secretariat (2013-2015).
Prior to assuming the current post of Councillor (Deputy Director-General for International
Affairs) in October 2015..
Mr. Ikefuchi has Master of Agriculture degree from Hiroshima University.

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Session 3
Mr. Tatsuya Tim Narahara
Director, Mayekawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.

楢原 龍哉 氏

前川製作所 取締役

Mr. Narahara’s involvement in Refrigeration business in Africa started in 2012 with the visit
to a “more than 20 years” loyal agent of Mayekawa Europe in South Africa after 15 years ofexperience in North America, Canada and the US. He has also visited North Africa (Morocco,
Algeria and Tunisia), while he was in Switzerland to introduce distribution system with cold
store/Global Food Value chain for fresh fruit and vegetable to governmental organization andsome of the projects have materialized as turn-key orders with Mayekaw's French operation.
The company took over the business rights from the agent in South Africa and established
Mayekawa South Africa in March 2014. Mr. Narahara has been stationed in Cape Town for
2 years to build up the base of the company together with local Sales staff and travelled in
Senegal and Mozambique to follow up ODA projects, ICE PLANT and COLD STORAGE fromJapan. Also under JETRO’s scheme in 2013-14, he brought engineers from Tokyo to do an
Energy Audit for SAB Miller (2) breweries in Durban and Johannesburg and proposed morethan a million RAND saving a year. SAB adopted the cascade cooling system for chilled waterproduction in the following year. In 2016, Mr. Narahara has entered the Kenyan market to findand look after MYCOM compressor users. Mayekawa Europe in Brussels is now directly incharge of the African market with Dubai as service and plant centers.

About the company

Website: www.mayekawa.com

MAYEKAWA is one of the leading Industrial
REFRIGERATION compressor and equipment
manufacturers. In Africa, the company has
approx. 40 installations of ICE plant and Cold
Storage for fishing industry as ODA project for port facility from Japan. It provides COLDCHAIN and ENERGY SAVING system in various markets such as Beer & Beverage, Dairy,
Meat and Food/Fish processing industries, which require good cooling, freezing and heatingin the manufacturing process.
MYCOM compressors are also used in Oil and Gas companies like Afrox, Sasol South AfricaLtd. and Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) for CO2, NH3 and natural gas
compression. The start-up and field service by Japanese engineers with local staff and thequality of the gas compression packages are highly appreciated by Middle East and Africanusers.

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Session 4
Infrastructure, Trade and Industry:

Quality Infrastructure for Better Business

Moderator

Dr. Kapil Kapoor
Director, Strategy and Operational
Policies, AfDB

カピル・カプール 氏

アフリカ開発銀行 戦略局長

Kapil Kapoor is the Director for Strategy and Operational Policies at the African Development
Bank Group and, in that capacity, provides leadership for the Bank’s strategic vision and its policy
environment.
With a PhD in Economics and an MBA in Finance, he has led the preparation of the African
Development Bank’s Long-Term Strategy to support the transformation of Africa over the next decade.
He led the preparation of the Bank’s Private Sector Development Strategy and, more recently, the“High5” strategies for agricultural transformation and “Jobs for Youth”. He has played a central rolein developing and implementing several key policy initiatives that the Bank has implemented in recent
years such as the establishment of the multi-billion dollar Africa50 Fund to scale up infrastructure financein Africa and the diversification of the Bank’s Credit Policy to provide eligible African Development
Fund (ADF) countries access to resources from the ADB window.
As the Acting Vice President for Sector Operations, he increased the lending program for the sectors
under his jurisdiction by over 60 percent, to over US$5.5 billion in 2016, while significantly improving
portfolio performance. In this capacity, he supervised a team of about 300 professionals across thecontinent providing oversight to a portfolio of 370 operations with investments in excess of US$15
billion, covering sectors such as agriculture, human development, water and sanitation, governance,
natural resource management and the provision of counter-cyclical budget support.
Dr. Kapoor has an established track record of effectively engaging Governments in high level
policy dialogue, catalyzing policy change in a variety of difficult economic and political settings andsupporting development initiatives through innovative project finance. As a manager and development
economist with the World Bank for over twenty years, he managed an annual portfolio of projects inexcess of $1 billion. He has led numerous development initiatives in diverse country settings, ranging
from fragile states like Afghanistan and Somalia, to small island economies like Mauritius and Sri
Lanka, to large and fast growing economies like Bangladesh and India. Prior to joining the African
Development Bank Group in 2012, he held a series of senior positions with the World Bank Group, themost recent of which included the World Bank’s Representative for Uganda and Zambia and the WorldBank’s Sector Manager for its poverty reduction, economic management and governance program in
Asia.

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Session 4
Hon. Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah
Deputy Minister of Trade andIndustry and Member of Parliament
for Tema West Constituency,
Republic of Ghana

カーロス・キンスリー・アヘンコラ 閣下
ガーナ共和国 経済産業副大臣及びテマ
西区議員

Hon. Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah is a 50 year old entrepreneur par excellence. Born on the20th July, 1966, he attended basic schools in Bagabaga and Sakasaka in Tamale as well as
the Methodist Demonstration School in Ho. In 1980 he entered Tema Secondary School for
his O’Level and Abuakwa State College for A Level. He entered the University of Science andTechnology in 1988 and completed in 1992 with BSc. Honours. He holds a Master’s degree inPort and Shipping Administration (MA) from the Regional Maritime University.
After his National Service with NACVET, he established the Carloking Freight Services whichhandles mainly project cargo. In 2012, the Company was awarded the Business Initiative
Directives (BID) gold category for excellence in freight forwarding in Paris, France. With over
100 employees both casual and permanent and over 10,000 affiliate Companies, Carloking
looks forward to providing quality freight services to boost trading activities in the Sub-region
and worldwide.
Much of the successes chalked in the industry today could be attributed to him. He was thefirst lecturer in freight forwarding at the Regional Maritime University from 2002 where hestill lectures the graduate level till date. He also lectures at GIMPA and the FIATA diploma in
freight forwarding at the GIFF School.
He serves on many Boards both locally and internationally like the FIATA working group sea
transport, Switzerland, Gerson Lehrman Group , he is also the Chairman of the Kwaebibirem
Rural Bank.
Under the Newly elected NPP Administration in December, 2016, Mr. Ahenkorah has been
appointed Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry. As Deputy Minister in charge of Trade,
he is tasked with the responsibility of developing a vibrant, technology-driven, liberalized
and competitive trade sector that significantly contributes to inclusive and sustainableeconomic growth and employment creation, particularly involving mass mobilization or ruralcommunities and other vulnerable groups including women.
He has travelled extensively to logistics conferences around the world making him wellinformed and exposed to international best practices. Mr. Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah ismarried with 2 children.

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Session 4
Mr. Aboubaker Omar Hadi
Chairman, Djibouti Ports & Free Zones
Authority

アブバケル・オマル・ハディ 氏
ジブチ港湾フリーゾーン公社 会長

Mr. Aboubaker Hadi is a dynamic and dedicated professional with 36 years of proven experience in thetransport, logistics and ports business. With demonstrated leadership qualities, flexibility and the ability toprovide expertise and a consistently high-quality performance. He has management and administration
knowledge. Mr. Hadi joined the Djibouti port in 1978, where he held several management positions until
2008, he was Manager Director Ports & Cargo, Tincan Island, Lagos Nigeria until 2011 when he was appointed
Chairman of the Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority. He obtained degree from World Maritime University
in Malmö, Sweden.

About the company

Website: http://dpfza.gov.dj/

The Djibouti Ports & Free Zones Authority is the governing authoritythat sets the rules, directives and overarching principles for the smoothand efficient running of the current, and any future ports and freezones, in Djibouti.
It is also responsible for the enforcement and implementation of these principles and directives at
every free zone in the country.
DPFZA is the sole authority in charge of the administration and the control of all the free zones andports in Djibouti. The entity also plays an instrumental role as the sole interface between the free zone
companies and any other governmental bodies and comes under the direct authority of the Djibouti
Presidential Office.

020

Session 4
Mr. Neels van Niekerk
CEO, International Steel Fabricatorsof South Africa

ニールズ・ヴァン・ニエケルク 氏

インターナショナル・スティール・ファ
ブリケーターズ・オブ・サウス・アフリ
カ CEO

Mr. van Niekerk graduated from the University of South Africa in Economics and BusinessEconomics. He was employed from 1970 to 1988 in the Business and Systems Administration field of
which nine years was as owner of a private Consultancy. Major clients included large South Africanindustrial groups as well as overseas clients.
In 1988 he joined the Dorbyl Group and served in various management roles including Procurement,
Marketing and as General Manager of manufacturing units.
In 2000 he was contracted by the South African government to project manage a co-operative
Stainless Steel Spatial Development Initiative. This project was successfully executed and the main
target, i.e. the doubling of the stainless steel consumption in South Africa, was achieved.
In 2005 he was appointed the CEO of the International Steel Fabricators of South Africa, a non-profit
Private-Public-Partnership, membership based, global export development organisation activein the steel construction industry with a major focus on mining and infrastructure development in
Africa.
For the past 40 years he has, inter alia, been involved in inter-Africa trade and construction during
which he frequently witnessed the decay of installed infrastructure due to a lack of sufficiently
developed local maintenance capacities. He is a keen promoter of Africa regional integration as a
strategy to achieve the required economies of scale to enable Africa’s industrialisation.
He serves on various bodies including the Engineering & Technology Group of Export Councils andthe South African Government’s Steel Committee.

About the company

Website: www.isf.co.za

The International Steel Fabricators of South Africa (ISF)
is a joint venture initiative formed in 1991 representing
the leading Southern African structural steel fabricatorsand contractors, consulting engineers, steel merchants,
About the company
allied suppliers and primary steel producers, pipe & tube
manufacturers, etc. whose objective is to increase theirinvolvement in international and regional projects as well
as forming international partnerships by the pooling ofexpertise and resources.
The membership includes companies that provide thefull spectrum of services related to structural steelwork
design, fabrication and construction – anywhere in the World.
Projects such as stadiums, hotels, high-rise buildings, convention centers, road rail andpedestrian bridges, port structures, material handling systems, warehouses, cranes, thermal
power stations, electricity transmission towers, tank farms, renewal energy support structures,
pipe racks, airport buildings and hangars, mine headgear, mine shaftwork, conveyancesystems, mine processing plant, petrochemical structures, etc. have been successfullycompleted.
A major focus of the ISF is pursuing an important regional goal i.e. “Maximising African
content in African projects”.
Through its close relationship with institutional bodies and Government such as the Southern
African Institute of Steel Construction, South African Institute of Welding, Department ofTrade & Industry, etc., the ISF also facilitates training and skills development programs,
industry design and standards development, etc.

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Session 4
Mr. Yuji Sudo
Assistant Vice-Minister, Minister's
Secretariat, Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport & Tourism

首藤 祐司 氏国土交通省 大臣官房審議官（総合政策・
国際担当）

Mr. Yuji Sudo is currently engaged in the activities promoting “Quality Infrastructure
Investment” in the emerging markets such as Africa, Russia, Central Asia and Latin America
in Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. He has deep and professional
experiences in the Ministry for more than 30 years, especially in the field of urban policy
planning and housing policies, and previously served as a Board Director of Japan Housing
Finance Agency. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Law from University of Tokyo.

Mr. Ryuichi Kato
Director General, Africa
Department, JICA

加藤 隆一 氏

国際協力機構（JICA）
アフリカ部

部長

Director General, Africa Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency
Ryuichi Kato is Director General of the Africa Department at the Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA). Since joining JICA in 1987, he has served various positions,
including in the Planning Department and the General Affairs Department. He was seconded
to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2nd Africa Division, Middle Eastern and African Affairs
Bureau in Tokyo (1997-1998). He has extensive working experience in Francophone Africa,
including his tenure as Deputy Resident Representative in the Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal
Office (2002-2006-), and as Chief Representative in the Senegal Office (2012-2016). As areward for his dedication and JICA’s continuous contribution to the country for the past
40 years, he was awarded ‘Officier de l'Ordre National du Lion’ from H.E. Macky Sall, thePresident of Senegal in March 2016. Ryuichi graduated from Sophia University in 1987,
majoring in Sociology. He is passionate about running and has so far completed over 15 fullmarathons.

022Session 4
Mr. Shinichiro Yamazaki
Deputy General Manager, Global
Trade Finance Department, Sumitomo
Mitsui Banking Corporation

山崎 信一郎 氏
三井住友銀行トレードファイナンス営業部
上席推進役

Shinichiro Yamazaki is the Deputy General Manager of the Global Trade Finance Department,
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. He acts as an aid to the management of the department byleveraging his network and expertise in the emerging market countries including major nations in the
Middle East, Russia / CIS and Africa.
Shinichiro has 22 years of experience in corporate finance and over 17 years of overseas experience inAsia Pacific, Middle East, Russia/CIS and Africa. Prior to moving back to Tokyo in April 2017, Shinichiro
worked 10 years in London. He established and grew the bank’s strong relationship with theGovernments, Government related entities and major corporates in Russia/CIS, Middle East and Africa
by originating and advising on various types of fund raising. Shinichiro also has considerable experienceof work out through his involvement in some of high profile debt restructuring deals such as UC Rusal
of Russia and Dubai World of UAE.
Prior to his work in London, Shinichiro was based in South East Asia, namely Manila Philippines andSingapore, collectively for 7 years with responsibility of coverage role on both Japanese and NonJapanese firms. Shinichiro started to accumulate experience in the area of trade finance, ECA financeand project finance from his assignments in South East Asia.
Shinichiro joined SMBC in 1995 after graduating from Keio University with a bachelor degree in
Economics. He also has a Masters in Finance from London Business School, University of London.

About the company
SMBC is one of the largest commercial banks in Japan withan extensive network and growing international presence.
The Bank has offices in 38 countries and regions in theAmericas, Europe, Middle-East, Africa, Asia and Oceania. As of March 31, 2017, the Bank had total assets of¥162,281.7 billion, of which total loans constituted 47% or ¥75,585.3 billion. Total deposits equaled ¥105,590.8
billion and total stockholders’ equity of ¥6,027.5 billion at the end of the period. SMBC is rated “A” by Fitch, “A”
by Standard & Poor’s, and “A1” by Moody’s.

023Session 4
Mr. Eiji Yonezawa
President, Oriental Consultants
Global

米澤 栄二 氏

オリエンタルコンサルタンツグローバル
代表取締役社長

Mr. Yonezawa, President of Oriental Consultants Global Co., Ltd. has over 30 years ofexperience in planning, design and construction of civil engineering works in road and bridge
projects. This valuable experience helped him to become a specialist in long-span cablestayed and extradosed bridge designs and construction. As a result of his experience andresearch, his team has been awarded several bridge competition awards, especially, theprestigious Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) / Tanaka Award to recognize excellence inbridge and steel structural engineering.
Major Projects in which he participated• Lach Huyen Port Access Road & Bridge Construction Project, Vietnam• The Preparatory Study on Lach Huyen Port Construction Project, Vietnam• The 2nd Nile Cable Stayed Bridge Project, Uganda• Study on Repair of Suez Canal Cable Stayed Bridge, Egypt• Neak Loeung Cable Stayed Bridge Construction Project, Cambodia• Project for Rehabilitation of Bridges in the Central Region (Phase III), Vietnam• Feasibility Study for the Ben Luc – Long Thanh Expressway Project, Vietnam• The Second Mekong Cable Stayed Bridge Construction Project, Vietnam• The Study of Yeosu-Gohung Road Construction Project, South Korea

About the company
Oriental Consultants Global offers consulting
services to support t h e c o m p l e t i o n o f a
d i v e r s e r a n g e o f projects in a diverse
range of situations, from upstream studies such as planning, surveys, and design todownstream processes including implementation, operation, and maintenance.
Oriental Consultants Global boasts many superior engineers experienced in taking overall
responsibility for managing large-scale projects on behalf of clients.

Oriental Consultants Global can take responsibility for the entire project cycle fromconception to operation and are well-versed in coordinating the activities of the many
parties involved to ensure the complex array of work is carried out in the most efficient andeffective way.

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Session 5
Financing for Projects in Africa:
PPP and Risk Sharing

Moderator

Mr. Charles Boamah
Senior Vice President, AfDBチャールズ・ボアマ 氏
アフリカ開発銀行

上級副総裁

Having served as Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of the African Development Bank for theprevious six years and as Acting First Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, Charles Boamah
became Senior Vice-President in April 2017 with solid first-hand understanding and knowledge ofthe finances, operations and administration of the African Development Bank. Boamah is a globallyrespected executive with over 35 years of successively challenging leadership experiences in andoutside of Africa.
A people-centered and results-oriented leader, Boamah has led and championed several majorchange initiatives at the Bank, including reorganizations, re-engineering of business process for
greater efficiency and increased decentralization of the Bank’s activities. He has first-hand experiencein business continuity planning and execution, having played a leading role in the successful
temporary relocation of the Bank to Tunis in 2003 and the equally successful return to Abidjan in 2015.
Boamah currently chairs the Governing Council of the African Legal Support Facility and the Steering
Committee of the African Financial Markets Initiative. He also serves on the Board of Directors ofAfrica50 and the Board of Governors of the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development (PTA)
Bank. He previously served on the Board of Directors of the African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank),
the Audit Advisory Committee of UNICEF and a couple of Global Action Committees of the World
Economic Forum.
He joined the African Development Bank in 1996 from Wells Fargo Bank (after the merger with FirstInterstate Bank where he previously worked), where, as Vice-President of Accounting Policy andResearch, he provided guidance to deal teams in the structuring of complex transactions, among
other responsibilities.
Charles Boamah holds a B.Sc. (First Class Honors) in Business Administration from the Universityof Ghana, Legon and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from the Universityof California, Los Angeles, USA. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from the State ofCalifornia, USA.

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Session 5
Mr. Gad Cohen
CEO, eleQtra

ギャッド・コーヘン 氏
エレクトラ CEOGad Cohen is the Chief Executive Officer and a Co-Founder of eleQtra Limited, one of theleading independent developers of energy and transport projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. Mr.
Cohen has over 20 years of professional experience in the development and financing of
infrastructure projects in the power and transportation sectors. Prior to co-founding eleQtra,
he was head of the Global Power Group at ABB Equity Ventures, the development and equity
investment arm of ABB Ltd. where he was responsible for the development and investment
in power generation projects worldwide. Mr. Cohen began career as an attorney at White& Case, where he advised financial institutions and project sponsors in connection with
infrastructure financings worldwide. Mr. Cohen is a graduate of McGill University where hereceived his law degree.

About the company

Website: www.eleqtra.com  

With its principal offices in London and New York, as well as regional
offices in Accra, Ghana (West Africa), Kampala, Uganda (East Africa),
Maputo (Mozambique) and Lusaka, Zambia (Southern Africa), eleQtra(www.eleqtra.com) is a leading developer and sponsor of power and transportation projects in
Sub-Saharan Africa, with a mission to develop, invest in, own and operate clean energy andtransport solutAbout the companyions in an economic, reliable and responsible manner. Since
2005, eleQtra has demonstrated a track record of delivering infrastructure projects in multiple
sectors, including the 28MW Cabeolica Wind Farm in Cape Verde, the $50 million multi-sector
Kalangala Infrastructure project in Uganda, and the 340MW Cenpower Combined Cycle Power
Plant project in Ghana. eleQtra is also the principal developer of InfraCo Africa, the project
development facility funded by the multi-donor Private Infrastructure Development Group.

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Session 5
Mr. Koffi Klousseh
Director of Project Development,
Africa50

コフィ・クロウセー 氏

アフリカ 50 プロジェクト開発局長

Koffi Klousseh was named Director of Project Development for Africa50 on May 1, 2017.
Mr. Klousseh is a recognized expert in infrastructure development, with a solid track recordin structuring and financing private, and public-private projects in Africa and other emerging
markets.
Before joining Africa50, Klousseh served as Regional Lead for the World Bank Group’s
Global Infrastructure Project Development Fund (“IFC InfraVentures”), where he contributed
to creating and executing a pipeline of early stage transactions in the conventionaland renewable power sectors. He was also a Principal Investment Officer in the Africa
Infrastructure Department of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), leading a team ofprofessionals in executing transactions in the power, water, and transport sectors across East
Africa.
Prior to joining IFC in 2010, Klousseh held several positions in the financial services industry,including Vice President at Helios Investment Partners, a London-based private equity firm.
Klousseh holds a Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School and a
Master of Finance from George Washington University.

About the company

Website: www.africa50.com
Because of limited public resources the private sector hasa significant role to play in delivering the infrastructure
which is necessary to support strong economic growth inAfrica.
This requires a greater focus on project development togenerate more bankable projects and to leverage a larger
pool of capital to fund them.

In 2012, in their Declaration on the Program for Infrastructure Development in Africa, African
heads of state called for innovative solutions to accelerate infrastructure delivery. After broad
consultations with African stakeholders, the African Development Bank established the newinvestment vehicle called Africa50.
Africa50 was designed as an independent infrastructure fund that focuses on high-impact
national and regional projects mostly in the energy and transport sectors. With separate
project development and equity financing companies, Africa50 can provide support at every
stage of the project cycle.

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Session 5
Mr. Geoffrey White
CEO, Agility Africa

ジェフリー・ホワイト 氏

アジリティー・アフリカ CEO

Geoffrey White, CEO of Agility Africa, is an expert on infrastructure development, retailsupply chains, agri-business, and investment for African markets. Agility, a leading global
provider of logistics and related infrastructure solutions for the oil and gas and FMCG
markets, has over $5 billion in revenue, 24,000 employees, and offices in more than 100
countries. Mr White is a member of the Agility Strategic Advisory Board.
Mr. White joined Agility in 2014 after serving as CEO of Lonrho Plc for 8 years, where hedeveloped product supply chains for some of the world’s largest retailers and developed
essential infrastructure and logistics facilities for Africa’s burgeoning oil and gas industry. Mr.
White’s career path has included Thomas Tilling Plc, BTR Plc, Asda Plc, Hilton, Ford PAG, anda leading Middle Eastern private investment office.
Mr. White has commented on Africa for the BBC, CNN, CNBC, Forbes, and at the World
Economic Forum, AU, NEPAD, Royal Africa Society, Chatham House, the Africa Investor IndexSeries Summit, and The Economist East Africa Summit and many other important African
debates. He is a regular author of editorials on Africa.

About the company

Website: www.agility.com/africa

Agility is one of the world’s leading
providers of integrated logistics bringing
efficiency to supply chains in some of the
globe’s most challenging environments.
Agility is a publicly traded company withover US$4 billion in revenue and 24,000
employees working in over 500 locations around the world. In Africa, Agility is funding,developing and managing a network of international-standard warehouse parks that provide
reliable infrastructure within a secure environment with consistent power and IT connectivity.
Agility warehouse parks reduce the capital necessary for multinational and SME businesses
to operate in Africa, enabling trade and growth. Agility also develops and manages fuelinfrastructure and distribution, airport services and ground handling, remote site camps andcatering, and customs modernization solutions across Africa.

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Session 5
Mr. Toshitake Kurosawa
Director, International FinanceCorporation (IFC)

黒澤 利武 氏国際金融公社 (IFC) 所長

Mr. Kurosawa currently assumes the position of Director of Tokyo Office of IFC. He holds
management responsibility with focus on developing overseas investment projects with Japaneseclients by leveraging IFC’s global network and its 60 years of experience; enhancing IFC funding
from Japanese capital markets, involving banks, insurance companies, institutions investors as well
as securities companies; and relationship management with major development finance institutions,like JBIC and JICA, as well as Ministry of Finance.
Prior to that, he was Deputy Director-General of Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau at the
METI, where he was in charge of the formulation and implementation of international trade andcooperation policy of Japanese Government. Immediately before joining the METI in 2014, he had
worked for two years as Advisor at the Monetary and Capital Markets Department (MCM) in theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF).
Mr. Kurosawa has a good understanding of international issues, as a result of his rich international
background, encompassing both academic and professional experiences in Japan, Europe, and theUnited States, including those in international organizations (IMF, WTO and IDB/IIC). Thirty yearsof Mr. Kurosawa’s service in the public sector involves extensive experience in various public andprivate finance policy areas. His core expertise is in the field of finance – development financing aswell as financial regulations for banks and securities markets.
He has degrees in Law and in Economics, and has good command of Japanese, English and French,and has basic knowledge of Spanish.

Mr. Nobumitsu Hayashi
COO, Senior Managing
Director, JBIC

林 信光 氏国際協力銀行 (JBIC)
代表取締役専務取締役

Mr. Nobumitsu Hayashi is COO, Senior Managing Director of Japan Bank for International
Cooperation (JBIC), which is a policy-based financial institution wholly owned by theJapanese government. As COO, he is in charge of the global lending operations of JBIC.
Prior to joining JBIC, Mr. Hayashi held various senior positions on international finance,
economic policy and administration at the Government of Japan, including Commissionerof the National Tax Administration in 2014. Mr. Hayashi was also Director-General of the
Finance Bureau (Ministry of Finance) in 2013, President of the Policy Research Institute (MoF)
in 2012, and Executive Director for Japan at the World Bank Group from 2010 to 2012. He was
Executive Assistant to Prime Minister in 2007. Mr. Hayashi holds LLB from University of Tokyo.

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Session 5
Mr. Tomoki Muto
General Manager, Head of Project
Finance Office, Structured Finance
Division, The Bank of Tokyo
Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

武藤 知樹 氏三菱東京 UFJ 銀行 ストラクチャード
ファイナンス部 部長 兼 プロジェクト
ファイナンス室 室長

Mr.Tomoki Muto has over 20 years’ experience in the banking industry joining MUFG in
1993, with comprehensive experience in project finance starting from 1997, mainly in theinfrastructure and power sector. He served as financial advisor for a Japanese Firm for
Projects in Mexico, including a number of power projects, all working closely with JBIC andNEXI.
He was seconded to the Inter-American Development Bank, a multilateral institution in
Washington DC from 2002 to 2005, where he successfully syndicated multiple deals, andalso managed various projects in Latin America, including hydroelectric power projects,
transmission lines, ports, and water sanitation, in countries such as Brazil, Chile, Peru and
Bolivia.
From 2011 to 2015, he was posted in Sydney Australia as Managing Director for Project
Finance, where he lead the team to close multiple transactions in a wide range of sectors,
including rail, road, ports, fossil and renewable power, water desalination, airport andhealthcare, which some were financed under PPP structures.
Currently, Mr.Tomoki Muto is General Manager and Head of Project Finance Office, where heleads the professionals in MUFG with significant project finance presence around the globe.
Mr.Tomoki Muto has a BA in Law from Keio University in Tokyo.

About the company

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Session 6
Health and Sanitation:

For a Healthier African Population

Moderator

Dr. Jennifer Blanke
Vice President, Agriculture, Humanand Social Development, AfDBProfile on page 11031

ジェニファー・ブランキ 氏

アフリカ開発銀行 副総裁（農業・人的資源・社会開発担当）

Session 6
Hon. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu
Minister of Health, Republic ofGhana

クエク・アジェマン・メヌ 閣下
ガーナ共和国 保健大臣

Hon. Kwaku Agyeman-Manu is the Minister of Health of the Republic of Ghana. He assumed
this role from January, 2017 to date. He also is a third term Member of Parliament of theDormaa Central Constituency, the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. Prior to him being
appointed minister, he had served as the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of
the Parliament of Ghana from 2013 to 2017 as well as Vice-Chairman of the Public Accounts
Committee from 2009 to 2013. Whiles in Parliament he was also a member of the Trade andTourism Committee of the Parliament of Ghana.
He served as Deputy Minister from 2001 to 2009, in the Ministry of Transport andCommunications, Roads and Transport, Finance, Interior and Trade & Industry, he also acted
as CEO of the National Health Insurance Authority.
He was also the Director of Finance for Toyota Ghana Limited from 1994 to 2000. Deputy
Chief Accountant of Mim Timber Company Limited from 1990 to 1994. He served as AssistantManagement Accountant of Richwills Furniture, United Kingdom in 1989.
He is an Associate Member of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. He
graduated from the University of Ghana.

Dr. Takao Toda
Vice President, JICA

戸田 隆夫 氏

国際協力機構 (JICA) 上級審議役

As the Vice President for Human Security and Global Health, Dr. Toda promotes strategicplanning and implementation of JICA's operations.
Dr. Toda received Ph.D at the Graduate School of International Development in Nagoya
University in 2009, master’s degree at the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences in the
University of Tokyo in 2001, and LL.B at the Faculty of Law in Kyoto University in 1984.
For more than three decades, he has been playing various key roles of strategizing andimplementing Japan's ODA, such as Group Director on Peace Building, Group Director on
Human Security, Senior Fellow of JICA Research Center, Chief Representative of Bangladesh
Office, Director General of Human Development Department.
He has a wide range of knowledge and experience especially on the operationalization
process of Human Security, which has been the core concept of Japan's diplomatic policy ofinternational cooperation.

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Session 6
Mr. Yasusuke Tsukagoshi
Special Representative, Japan,
World Bank Group

塚越 保祐 氏

世界銀行グループ駐日特別代表

Mr. Yasusuke Tsukagoshi became Special Representative, Japan on August 1, 2013.
Special Representative leads the institutional relationship with the Japanese Government,
partners, and stakeholders and oversees the World Bank Tokyo office and has responsibility
for coordinating and managing outreach and communications programs in Japan. Mr.
Tsukagoshi, a Japanese national, has had a long career in Japan’s Ministry of Finance (MoF).
Most recently, he served as Director General of Tokyo Customs following senior positionsin the Ministry’s Customs and Tariff Bureau. Prior to the Customs’ positions, Mr. Tsukagoshi
had 17 years of experience in international finance and development. From 2008 to 2011 Mr.
Tsukagoshi was Executive Director at the Inter-American Development Bank, representing
Croatia, Japan, Korea, Portugal, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom; and from 1988 to 1991
he served as Executive Director at the African Development Bank, representing Argentina,
Austria, Brazil, Japan, and Saudi Arabia.

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Session 6
Mr. Tetsu Kawamura
President, Lequio PowerTechnology Corp.

河村 哲 氏レキオ・パワー・テクノロジー
代表取締役

Mr. Kawamura had numerous experiences as both business consultant and engineer before
his establishment of Lequio Power Technology Corp. in 2011. He completed graduate
program in chemistry from Kyoto University, Graduate School of Engineering, in 1997. From2012, the company has been involved in field of health in Sudan. In 2015, the company
developed its first product of USB Portable Ultrasound Diagnostic Device, based on theneeds from doctors in developing nations. The device best fit for the difficult environmentin Africa. In the same year, the company started its marketing in some African countries. In
2015, the company initiated a verification survey project with JICA in Sudan, which trained
midwives how to use ultrasound device and diagnose and conduct antenatal care. Today, Mr.
Kawamura and his company member are putting their most efforts to promote the device
and services in all African countries taking advantage of IT solutions from Japan.

About the company
LEQUIO believes that resolving nationaland regional disparity in medical careis indispensable for raising the level ofhealthcare. Thus, LEQUIO thinks that
it is extremely important to establish
the system of remote medical careand education for healthcare professionals. LEQUIO’s product “PsCAM” is a series of USB
Portable Ultrasound Diagnostic Device. It is designed to be marketed at drastically low pricecompared to the conventional systems available in the Western countries and Japan. It works
with any windows computers; therefore, it can be used even during continuous power outage.
The device is remarkably light, approximately some 170g, so that it is very easy carrying. The
device is fully exploits Japan’s state-of-the-art power source technology, imaging technology
offering the highest possible resolution with the extremely limited power capacity of USB
connection. We always welcome inquiry and contacts from all African countries.

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Session 6
Mr. Susumu Tsubaki
Representative Partner, Asia Africa
Investment & Consulting

椿進氏

アジア・アフリカ・インベストメント＆コンサルティング 代表パートナー

Susumu Tsubaki is a director of Asia Africa Investment and Consulting Pte. Ltd. Tsubaki
is also the Managing Partner and Representative Director of AAIC Japan Co., Ltd.. Prior
to founding AAIC (formerly known as Pan Asia Partners Co., Ltd.), Tsubaki was a Partnerand Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he developed his vast
professional skills and network throughout the Pan-Pacific region ('91-'06). At BCG, Tsubaki
worked closely with clients in a wide range of industries with a special emphasis on high-tech,telecommunications, IT, entertainment contents and consumer goods. Tsubaki established
Asia Africa Investment and Consulting Pte. Ltd. in 2013, and supported the establishment andoperations of the first Japanese social venture development fund in Africa.
Tsubaki holds a B.S. degree in molecular biology from The University of Tokyo.
Tsubaki is a professor of Business Breakthrough University.

About the company
Founded in 2013 in Singapore, Asia Africa Investment & Consulting Pte Ltd (AAIC)
is providing the fund management support as well as direct investments to new
businesses. AAIC has its liaison office in Nairobi, Kenya.
AAIC has provided the fund management support to a social venture fund,“Toyota Tsusho CSV Africa Pte. Ltd.”, established by Toyota Tsusho Corporation,
which is the very first social venture fund by a Japanese company in Africa. The
fund aimed to identify and develop business in Africa that can directly solve social issues bycreating job opportunities. Three investments were executed by CSV Africa Pte. Ltd.
Also, AAIC has a direct investment to Rwanda Nuts Company for nurturing Rwandan businessof growing and processing macadamia nuts with the dispatch of key management team.
AAIC plans to launch a new private equity fund, focusing on Healthcare in Africa in July 2017
and will be managing the fund to build and grow sustainable businesses in the healthcare
sector in Africa.

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Session 7
Business Promotion through Partnerships:

Unlocking Business Opportunities with African and Third
Country Collaborations

Moderator

Mr. Tadashi Yokoyama
Head of Asia External
Representation Office, AfDB

横山 正 氏

アフリカ開発銀行アジア代表事務所
所長

Mr. Yokoyama is the Head, Asia External Representation Office of African Development Bank (AfDB)Group, located in Tokyo. He joined the AfDB Group and assumed the current position in 2015.
He started his career as a government official of the Ministry of Finance (MOF) of Japan in 1988. In
addition to careers in the MOF, he has also working experiences within the Japanese Government
such as the Financial Services Agency (FSA) for 8 years and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) for 5
years.
He has been engaged in a wide range of international affairs with regard to international organizations
and forums for more than 20 years including IMF, Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), GATT
(WTO), OECD, APEC, G7/G8, G20, IFIAR and ASEAN+3 (China, Korea and Japan). Before joining
the AfDB Group, he also actively took assignments as a Director in the areas of international taxation
policy formulation to avoid double taxation and cope with tax avoidance & evasion, Asian financial
cooperation through bilateral and ASEAN+3 frameworks, bilateral currency swap arrangements and
MDBs (Word Bank, AfDB, ADB, IDB and EBRD) related issues within the MOF. In addition, he was incharge of Japanese ODA policy formulation for Eastern and South East Asian countries as well as the
Pacific region within the MOFA.
Mr. Yokoyama holds a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Tokyo, Japan and a Master ofBusiness Administration from the University of Sydney, Australia. He also studied at the Fuqua Schoolof Business, Duke University, U.S.A.

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Session 7
Mr. Symerre Grey-Johnson
Head, Regional Integration,
Infrastructure and Trade, NEPAD
Planning and Coordinating Agency

シメール・グレイ ジョンソン 氏

NEPAD 計画調整庁 地域統合・インフ
ラ・貿易局長Mr. Symerre Grey-Johnson joined the NEPAD Agency in 2014 and since then he has held anumber of senior positions. He is currently the Head of Regional Integration, Infrastructure
and Trade. Prior to joining the NEPAD Agency, he worked for the German Development
Agency (GIZ). His work focused on assisting African Institutions implements their mandates
and was initially seconded to the African Forum for Utility Regulators (AFUR). Thereafter, heserved as Technical Advisor under the GIZ programme to support the Collaborative Africa
Budget Reform Initiative (CABRI) and later worked as Component Manager under the GIZ
programme to Support Pan-African Institutions (SPAI).
In his home country of the Gambia, he worked at Gambia Public Utility Regulatory Authority(PURA) as the Director in charge of Policy, Strategy and Consumer Affairs. He holds a
Bachelor’s degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax Canada and a Masters of Arts degree
in International Economics from the University of Colorado, Denver USA.

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Session 7
Mr. S. Kuppuswamy
Member, The Confederationof Indian Industry (CII) Africa
Committee; Advisor, Group Finance& Special Projects, Shapoorji
Pallonji Group Companies Private
LimitedS. クプスワミー 氏

インド工業連盟 (CII) アフリカ委員会 メ
ンバー、シャプールジ・パロンジ・グルー
プ 顧問

A citizen of India, Mr. S. Kuppuswamy holds a First Class Honours degree in Engineering from theIndian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, a Master’s in Management from the University ofMadras, and a Diploma in Bank Management from the Indian Institute of Bankers, Mumbai. As
Advisor (Group Finance) and a Director on the Boards of Group Companies of the 151 year old
Shapoorji Pallonji Group, he has led the Financial Closure of several landmark Infrastructure andother projects in India and abroad.
As Founder-Head of the Group’s Africa Business Centre (ABC), Mr. Kuppuswamy has overseen thegrowth of Shapoorji Pallonji Group Companies’ Africa business; the Presidential Office of Ghana, theNational Assembly of the Gambia, the recently awarded works of Tema-Akosombo Railway Project(Ghana), the Decongestion Project of Lusaka City, the EPC work of a Peat Power Project in Rwanda,
and an Agriculture Project in Ethiopia – are among the Group’s prestigious projects in Africa.
A senior member of the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) Africa Committee, Mr. Kuppuswamy
has successively headed its Infrastructure and Finance Working Groups and Conclave Co-ordination
Committees. Recommendations of the Reports on Financing of Infrastructure brought out by his
Committee have found acceptance in the Norms for Government of India Lines of Credit, andIndia’s business engagement with Africa.
Development of Africa, and Indo-Japan Collaboration for Africa’s progress – are subjects he ispassionate about. He represented CII at the TICAD three years ago.
Earlier, Mr. Kuppuswamy was in Bank of India (with a five year stint at Tokyo) and the ICICI Group.

About the association

Website: www.cii.in

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to createand sustain an environment conducive to the developmentof India, partnering industry, Government, and civilsociety,through advisory and consultative processes.CII is a
non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industrymanaged organization,playing a proactive role in India's development process. Founded in 1895,
India's premier business association has over 8,300 members, from the private as well as public
sectors,including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of over 200,000 enterprises fromaround 250 national and regional sectoral industry bodies.CII charts change by working closelywith Government on policy issues, interfacing with thought leaders, and enhancing efficiency,
competitiveness and business opportunities for industry through a range of specialized services andstrategic global linkages. It also provides a platform for consensus-building and networking on key
issues. Extending its agenda beyond business, CII assists industry to identify and execute corporate
citizenship programmes. Partnerships with civil society organizations carry forward corporate
initiatives for integrated and inclusive development across diverse domains including affirmative
action, healthcare, education, livelihood, diversity management, skill development,empowermentof women, and water, to name a few. The CII theme for 2017-18, India Together: Inclusive. Ahead.
Responsible emphasizes Industry's role in partnering Government to accelerate India's growth anddevelopment. The focus will be on key enablers such as job creation; skill development and training;affirmative action; women parity; new models of development; sustainability; corporate social
responsibility, governance and transparency. With 66 offices, including 9 Centres of Excellence,in India, and 10 overseas offices in Australia, Bahrain, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Singapore,
South Africa, UK, and USA, as well as institutional partnerships with 344 counterpart organizationsin 129 countries, CII serves as a reference point for Indian industry and the international business
community.

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Session 7
Mr. Zemedeneh Negatu
Global Chairman, Fairfax AfricaFund

ゼメデネ・ネガツ 氏

フェアファックス・アフリカ・ファンド
グローバル会長

Zemedeneh is widely recognized as one of Africa’s top business leaders and has received numerous global
recognitions including:• “Top 15 CEOs of Africa to Watch for 2015” – African Business Magazine (UK)• The "100 Most Influential Africans of 2013" - New African Magazine (UK)• “Who-is-Who of African Finance 2015” Global Finance Magazine (New York)• “Titans Building Nations 2014” Award, CEO Magazine (SA)• “Pioneer Ethiopian-American Diaspora Business Person of the Year Award 2012” - Washington D.C.
An American of Ethiopian origin, Zemedeneh has worked in the U.S., Brazil, Argentina, the Middle East andthroughout Africa. He has advised Wall Street investment banks, Governments, Sovereign Wealth Funds
and multinational corporations in various sectors.
Zemedeneh was recently appointed the Global Chairman of the American investment firm Fairfax African
Fund, LLC, based in Washington D.C. Fairfax makes private equity and venture capital investments inemerging markets but is primarily focused on high performing African countries.
Prior to joining Fairfax, Zemedeneh had founded Ernst & Young Ethiopia and served as its Managing
Partner and also as the Head of Transaction Advisory including M&A. Zemedeneh is an alumni of PwC (U.S.)
and had worked in PwC’s various global offices including Washington D.C., Sao Paulo, Brazil and Buenos
Aires, Argentina
Zemedeneh regularly provides influential global thought leadership about finance, economics andinvestments and has been featured on CNN, BBC, the FT, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera TV and CNBC.
Furthermore, he has been invited to give speeches at high profile events such as the World Economic
Forum (WEF), Harvard Business School the Milken Global Summit in Los Angeles and Global Business
Forum in Dubai.
Zemedeneh has a business degree from Howard University, Washington D.C., completed the LSE programat the Harvard Business School, Boston and is a U.S. C.P.A.

About the company

Website: www.Fairfaxafrica.com

Fairfax Africa Fund, LLC, is based in Washington, D.C.
(Mclean, Virginia). It makes private equity and venture
capital investments in emerging markets especially inhigh performing Sub-Saharan Africa. Fairfax also has
offices in Dubai, UAE and in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, as
headquarters for our Africa business.
Fairfax focuses on the following sectors: manufacturing,
infrastructure (energy, transport, telecoms, technology,
aviation), agriculture (agro-processing), hospitality(hotels, etc) and natural resources.
Highlights of Fairfax's Africa investments:
1. Co-investor (with other PE funds) in one of the largest mobile payment companies in Africa
called "HellCash" with about 1.0 million customers and growing.
2. Fairfax is also a major investor in one of the largest SAP and Oracle implementation andintegration firms in Africa.
3. Fairfax has partnered with an international investment group from Europe and the Middle-East toinvest in a construction materials factory. The factory produces roofing, gypsum board partitions
and other construction materials for large scale housing and infrastructure projects.
4. Fairfax has signed a joint investment agreement with a major multi-billion dollar corporation in
Asia to build a US$3.0 billion, 120,000 barrels/day oil refinery in East Africa.
5. Fairfax is currently evaluating two aviation investment opportunities, one in West Africa andanother in Southern Africa.
6. Fairfax’s investment banking division is currently working on several exciting transactions in Africa
primarily focused on capital rising for investment projects. For instance, the team is the global
investment banker on a US$110 million financing mandate for a U.S. based hospital corporation
which is currently constructing a 300 bed world-class referral hospital which will service patentsfrom East, West and Southern Africa.

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Session 7
Dr. Katsumi Hirano
Executive Vice President, JETRO

平野 克己 氏

日本貿易振興機構 ( ジェトロ ) 理事

Dr. Katsumi Hirano has been engaged in African Studies and Development Studies more than
30 years. He holds a MA of Economics (Waseda University), and a Ph.D. of Global Studies(Doshisha University). He joined the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) in 1991
after working as Special Assistant in the Embassy of Japan in Zimbabwe, and as Program
Officer in Sasakawa Peace Foundation. He has been visiting Research Fellow, Universityof the Witwatersrand, South Africa (1993-1995). Executive Director, JETRO Johannesburg
Office (2004-2007). Director General, Area Studies Center, IDE-JETRO (2008-2012), Chief
Senior Researcher (2012-2015). Lecturer at the University of the Sacred Heart (1997-2002),
University of Tokyo (2002-2004), Rikkyo University (2014-2015), Keio University (2015- ). He
published many books on African affairs including one in English, Japan and South Africa in a
Globalising World: A Distant Mirror, co-ed. with Chris Alden, Ashgate: UK, 2003. He received
the Ono Azusa Memorial Award (1982) and the Okita Saburo Memorial Prize (2003).

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Session 7
Mr. Yasuhiko Yokoi
Executive Vice President, Toyota
Tsusho Corporation

横井 靖彦 氏豊田通商 副社長執行役員

Born in 1954, Yasuhiko Yokoi graduated from Nagoya University on March 1977.
He began his career in sales & marketing for the Japanese domestic market in Toyota Motor
Corporation (TMC). During his career at TMC, he was in charge of sales & marketing for the Asia
& Oceania regions from 1987 to 1996, including as a Representative of Toyota Motor Corporation
Australia from 1991 to 1993.
Leaving his services for the Asia & Oceania region, he became a Representative of Toyota Motor
Marketing Europe from 1997 to 2000.
After returning to Japan, he was appointed as General Manager at Lexus Japan Sales & Marketing
Division where he has achieved a successful launch of Lexus brand in Japan.
In 2006, he was further appointed as Managing Officer at TMC.
After his resignation from TMC, he joined Toyota Tsusho Corporation as Senior Managing Director in2009 and was further appointed as Chief Division Officer of TTC Automotive Division in 2010 where
he has developed and successfully concluded numerous projects notably in emerging markets.
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About the company

Website: http://www.toyota-tsusho.com/english/

Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) was founded
in 1948 as the trading company for the Toyota
Group. Today, TTC operates in more than 90
countries with approximately 58,000 Group employees and provides products and services
across diverse sectors for enriching life in nations worldwide.
TTC has seven business divisions: Metals/ Global Parts & Logistics/ Automotive/ Machinery,
Energy & Project/ Chemicals & Electronics/ Food & Consumer Services and Africa.
The Africa Division was established in April 2017 as our first business division dedicated toa single geographic region. TTC has an African history of more than ninety years and ourbusiness foundation in Africa was solidified even further when we acquired equity in CFAO
S.A., a major French trading company, in 2012. Now, we are covering 53 of the 54 countries inAfrica.

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Session 8
ICT and African Business:

Creating ICT-enabled economies for better growthModerator

Dr. Kapil Kapoor
Director, Strategy and Operational
Policies, AfDB

カピル・カプール 氏

アフリカ開発銀行 戦略局長

Profile on page 17042

Session 8
Mr. David Nkoto Emané
General Manager, Cameroon
Telecommunications Corporation (Camtel)

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Session 8
Mr. Samir Lamrissi
VP, Strategy, HPS

サミール・ラムリシ 氏

HPS 副社長（戦略担当）

Mr Lamrissi has a great knowledge of the African Payment industry ecosystem and has a wide
experience in payment project development. He is skilled in strategic market analysis.
He joined HPS as commercial and Marketing Director, after having successively been Sales
Director and Managing Director within a Payment Software company. Mr Lamrissi definedand implemented the current sales strategy of HPS, and contributed to develop the Group’s
Distributor network. He is currently in charge of the Group’s global strategy. Graduatedfrom the University of Granada he holds a Master in business administration. He has also
graduated from the International School of Translators and Interpreters of the University ofGranada. Mr Lamrissi speaks fluently, French, Arabic, Spanish, and English.

About the company

Website: www.hps-worldwide.com
HPS is listed on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
With Headquarters in Casablanca, we have offices in
Dubai, Paris, Aix en Provence and Singapore

HPS is an innovative payment solutions and services
company at the forefront of the international
payment industry. PowerCARD, HPS’s comprehensive
suite of solutions can process any card type via any
channel and is used by payments operators counting several top 100 financial institutions
worldwide. HPS has grown rapidly to become one of the leading global cards and payments
technology companies, with over 350 clients in 85 Countries on five continents, providingthem with cutting edge payment technology. HPS mission from the start has been to provide
its clients with innovative technology solutions that covers the entire payment value chain,enabling them to bring new products to market rapidly using HPS’ PowerCARD Software,
which is increasingly seen as the future for payment industry.

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Session 8
Mr. Didier Nkurikiyimfura
Head of Technology and Innovation,
Secretariat, Smart Africa

ディディエル・ンクリキイムフラ 氏
スマート・アフリカ 事務局
技術・イノベーション ヘッド

Didier Nkurikiyimfura is the Head of Technology and Innovation at the Smart Africa Secretariat. He is incharge of developing a sustainable Technology and Innovation ecosystem in Smart Africa Member
States collaboration with Governments, private sector, civil society, academia and a wide range ofstakeholders and partners.
Didier has more than 14 years of experience in the ICT Sector. A national of Rwanda, he holds a
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science and a Masters of Science Degree in Software
Engineering.
Prior to his current functions, Didier worked the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) where he served in
the capacity of head of the IT Security Division, a division that plan, implement and coordinate
Rwanda’s ICT Security. Didier also worked at the Rwanda Information Technology Authority where herespectively served as Director of the National Computing Center (NCC) and Director of the National
Data Center (NDC).

About the company
The Transform Africa Summit held in Kigali, Rwanda on October 2013
culminated in the adoption of the Smart Africa Manifesto document by 7
African Heads of States in which they committed to provide leadership inaccelerating socio-economic development through ICT’s.
On January 2014, The SMART Africa Manifesto was endorsed by all Heads of State andGovernment of the African Union at the 22nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of theAfrican Union in Addis Ababa.
This development places the Manifesto at the heart of the ICT agenda in Africa beyond justthe 7 original signatories at the Summit to all the 53 African countries.

SMART AFRICA ALLIANCE
The Alliance is a framework for implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the SMART
Africa Manifesto, designed to make it actionable. Currently, the Alliance is apartnership bringing together all African countries adhering to the Manifesto represented
by the AU, the ITU, World Bank, AfDB, ECA, the GSMA, ICANN and the Private Sector.
Besides its initial membership, other organizations and countries sharing the same
vision, interests and goals will be admitted to the Alliance.
PILLARS OF SMART AFRICA
The SMART Africa has 5 pillars which reflect the 5 principles of the Smart Africa
Manifesto. These pillars are (1) Policy, (2) Access, (3) e-Government, (4) Private Sector/
Entrepreneurship and (5) Sustainable Development.
SMART AFRICA ENABLERS
The pillars mentioned above are built on four, cross-cutting enablers which will support
the implementation of SMART Africa. These enablers are (1) Innovation; (2) Communications
and Advocacy; (3) Capacity Building; and (4) Resource Mobilization.

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金子 賢二 氏Mr. Kenji Kaneko
総務省 情報通信国際戦略局 国際協力課
Director for International Policy
国際交渉専門官
Coordination, International
Cooperation Division, Global ICT
Strategy Bureau, Ministry of Internal
Affairs and Communications

Mr. KANEKO is Director for International Policy Coordination of International Cooperation
Division, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan.
He joined the MIC in 1981 and has many experiences of international affairs includingInternational Telecommunications Union (ITU) and Asia Pacific Tele community (APT).
He is in charge of issues regarding cooperation with developing countries in the field of ICT
and is currently working on social challenges in these countries.

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Mr. Satoshi Akita
CEO, Digital Grid Inc.

秋田 智司 氏

デジタルグリッド CEO

Satoshi founded Digital Grid Inc. in 2013, with a strong passion for African development andclear vision, "POWER TO THE PEOPLE".
When he was 20 years old, he visited a rural village in Tanzania. And through exchanges withlocal ambitious entrepreneures, he realized that, regardless of nationality, working together
with talents to creating new values through business is the most enthusiastic and important
approach for African growth.
After serving as a business consultant at IBM Japan(2006-2011), and Chief Business Producer
at soket, not-for-profit organization(2011-2013), he finally started his own business andbecame CEO.
Satoshi holds a Masters of Commerce at the Waseda University. He also a member of StartX,
Stanford affiliated entrepreneurs' community from 2016.

About the company

Website: http://wassha.com
Digital Grid Inc., as known as WASSHA contributes ruralcommunity development with profitable businesses.
Currently, the company provides accessible, affordable
and sustainable solar charging service to off-grid regions
by combining "Digital Grid Technology", which isinnovative remote energy controlling and monitoring
technology invented by the professor at the University ofTokyo, and "Mobile Money Technology" popular in SubSaharan Africa.

With the solar charging service, DG is also planning to introduce various services that requires
electricity, such as cold chain, e-learning, remote healthcare, microfinance and etc.
WASSHA is now used by more than 1 million people in Tanzania and Senegal, collaboratingwith more than 800 local entrepreneurs in rural communities.

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Promotion of SMEs and BOP Businesses

Moderator

Mr. Keiichi Shirato
General Manager, EMEA & Russia
Dept., Global Economic & Political
Studiens Division, Mitsui Global
Strategic Studies Institute白戸 圭一 氏三井物産戦略研究所

国際情報部

欧露・中東・アフリカ室長

Keiichi Shirato is General Manager of EMEA & Russia Department of the Mitsui Global Strategic
Studies Institute in Tokyo. Shirato is in charge of researching politics and security issues in Sub-Sahara
Africa.
Shirato is a specially appointed associate professor of the Center for African Area Studies, KYOTO
UNIVERSITY since 2015.
Prior to this career, Shirato had been working in Mainichi Newspapers of Japan for 19 years since 1995
to 2014. He was a correspondent of that newspapers based in Washington DC from 2011 to 2014 andin Johannesburg from 2004 to 2008.
Shirato has written many books including “The Great Resource Continent Africa” which earned theJapan Congress of Journalists award in 2010.
Shirato has a MA in international relations from Ritsumeikan University in Japan.

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Mr. Thomas Viot
Principal Investment Officer in the
Industrial and Trade Development,
AfDB

トマ・ヴィオ 氏
アフリカ開発銀行 産業・貿易開発局
上席投資官

Mr. Thomas VIOT currently leads the AfDB’s work on Industrialization. He has twelve years’
experience in international development and project finance working with public and private
financial institutions across Africa, Europe and Asia-Pacific. In recent years the focus of Thomas’
work has been on supporting large transformative investments in Africa. Thomas worked forinternational and regional financial development institutions including the European Union and
the African Development Bank (AfDB), leading teams in Europe, Africa and the Asia-Pacificregions.
Thomas studied at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. He
holds three Masters Degrees (M.Sc.) in Engineering, Economics and Ecological Sciences.

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Mr. Ziad OueslatiFounding Partner, AfricInvest

ジアド・ウェスラティ 氏

アフリクインベスト設立パートナー

Mr. Oueslati is currently the MD and co-founding Partner of AfricInvest, the first private equity
fund management company in the Maghreb and one of the leading players in Sub-SaharanAfrica. Mr. Oueslati participated to the structuring and raising of several investment funds
targeting the North and Sub-Saharan Africa, and France totaling about US$ 1 billion. He
is a board member of several North African and sub-Saharan companies. Mr. Oueslati has
structured over 50 investments in Africa in several industrial and service sectors.
Between 1990 and 1994 he was head of the Financial Institutions and Capital Markets
Department at Citibank, Tunis. Mr. Oueslati is a graduate of the engineering college, Ecole
Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris in Paris, France and holds a Master of Sciences inTechnology and Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Mr. Oueslati is a member of the Board the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association, theAfrican Venture Capital Association, and the Tunisian Venture Capital Association. He is also
an Educational Counselor for undergraduates’ recruitment at MIT.

Website: www.africinvest.com
AfricInvest was founded in 1994 and is today
among the leading private equity firms in Northand Sub- Saharan Africa with more than 1 billion
USD of assets under management across 16 PE
funds and sponsored by prestigious DFIs, private
and institutional investors. The firm has made 136
investments over the course of its history, andrelies on a team of 60 highly skilled investment
professionals with over 130 years of cumulative PE experience. AfricInvest operates out ofeight offices in Tunis, Casablanca, Algiers, Lagos, Abidjan, Nairobi, Paris and London.
AfricInvest Group is the co-founder of the African Venture Capital Association (http://www.
avca- africa.org/) and the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (www.empea.org) andmember of the Euromed Capital Forum (www.euromed-capital.com).

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Mr. Eiji Kubo
Director of the Private Sector
Partnership Division, Private
Sector Partnership and Finance
Department, JICA

久保 英士 氏

国際協力機構 (JICA) 民間連携事業部
連携推進課長After graduating from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, Eiji Kubo completed a master’s
program at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, and acquired
an MPP there. After joining Japan International Cooperation Agency in 1996, he worked at
the Embassy of Japan in Israel, the General Affairs Department, the Economic Development
Department and the Palestine Office, and took charge of the supervision of programs forsupporting overseas expansion of Japanese Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and otherduties, before assuming his current position in July 2017.

Mr. Tetsuo Kondo
Director, UNDP Representation
Office in Tokyo

近藤 哲生 氏

国連開発計画（UNDP）
駐日代表事務所

駐日代表

Mr. Tetsuo Kondo assumed his current position as Director, UNDP Representation Office inTokyo, in January 2014. Prior to this, he was serving as Country Director, UNDP Chad (20102013). He also served as Deputy Resident Representative Programme/Operations, UNDP
Kosovo (2007-2010); Senior Humanitarian Coordination Advisor, UNMIT Timor Leste (2006);
Senior Advisor, UNDP Regional Centre in Bangkok (2005-2006); Special Advisor to the SRSG,UN Mission for Assistance to Iraq (UNAMI), Amman and Bagdad (2004); Special Advisor/
Senior Programme Advisor, Bureau for Resources and Strategic Partnerships (BRSP), UNDP
New York (2001-2004).
Before joining UNDP, he held various positions with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan(MoFA): Vice-President of UNDP/UNFPA Executive Board (Representative of Western Europe
and Others Group) (2000), First Secretary in the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United
Nations, New York (1996-1999); Assistant Director, Law of the Sea Office, Treaty Bureau, MoFA
(1992-1996); UN Bureau (1989-1992); Embassies of Japan in Zaire (DRC) (1986-1989) andFrance (1982-1986); Treaty Bureau, MoFA (1981).
Tetsuo holds a Masters-equivalent degree from Jones International University, USA and a
B.A. in Economics from Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan. He currently also serves as an
Adjunct Professor (Global Health Policy) at the University of Tokyo (2011- ).

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Ms. Atsuko Hirooka
Executive Officer, Sumitomo
Chemical Co., Ltd.

広岡 敦子 氏住友化学 執行役員

Ms. Atsuko Hirooka is an Executive Officer of Sumitomo Chemical, managing 90 personnel inJapan and global affiliates, and with primary responsibility for environmental health and animal
nutrition businesses. The Environmental Health Division conducts business primarily in household
insecticides and other insect control products, as well as the animal health fields. In April 2015, theprevious Vector Control Division was merged with the Environmental Health Division to leverage
the company's deep expertise in household insecticides, animal health and human public healthtechnologies. From 2012-2015, Ms. Hirooka served as General Manager of the Vector Control
Division, which was created in 2008 specifically to respond to the rapid business expansion of
Olyset® Net, a long-lasting insecticidal mosquito net accredited as a core tool for fighting against
malaria. The Vector Control Division actively promoted the Olyset® Net and public healthbusinesses in the areas that require vector borne disease control. Ms. Hirooka's responsibilities
include the Long-Lasting Insecticidal Net (LLIN) business as well as other Vector Control products
including R&D, production, marketing and sales, especially in Africa, South East Asia, Middle Eastand Latin America. Prior to 2012, she served as General Manager of Vector Control Division'sMarketing Department, where she was in charge of “Key Accounts” to communicate with majorinternational organizations such as UNICEF and WHO. Ms. Hirooka joined Sumitomo Chemicalin 2006 as Marketing and Logistics Manager of Vector Control Team in Marketing Dept. ofEnvironmental Health Division. She serves as a Board member of Vector Health International Ltd. in
Tanzania and a Board member of Sumitomo Chemical East Africa Ltd.

About the company
Sumitomo Chemical was established in 1913
to manufacture fertilizers from sulfur dioxide
emitted from smelting operations at the
Besshi copper mine in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture, with the aim of solving environmental problems
caused by the emissions.
Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Sumitomo Chemical is one of Japan’s leading chemicalcompanies, offering a diverse range of products globally in the fields of petrochemicals, energy
and functional materials, IT-related chemicals and materials, health and crop science products, andpharmaceuticals. It has at present over 100 subsidiaries and affiliates and consolidated net sales for
FY 2016 were JPY 2 trillion with those five sectors.
Over the last 100 years Sumitomo Chemical has initiated and supported environmental, social, andhealth efforts around the world, from the initial business converting harmful emissions to fertilizer toprotecting our urban forests and food supply from invasive and destructive pests.
"We must not merely seek business profits but must contribute broadly to society through ourbusiness activities." — Sumitomo Chemical, founded with the dual goals of eliminating pollution
and helping increase crop yields, has upheld this founding principle as it has evolved in keepingwith the changing times.
For more than a decade, Sumitomo Chemical has actively supported the fight against malaria.
They have invested significantly in developing innovative tools and, notably, in localizing bed net
production in Africa, thereby providing jobs and public health benefits where they are most needed.
They have been a longtime advocate for the Millennium Development Goals and are committed
to supporting the United Nation’s new Sustainable Development Goals. They are committed
to working towards a world free of malaria within our generation and access to educational
opportunities for all children. They are committed to the future.

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ADC Heads of Mission
H.E. Mr. Mohamed El-Amine Bencherif, Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary
Embassy of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
特命全権大使：モハメド・エル・アミン・ベンシェリフ
アルジェリア民主人民共和国大使館

閣下

H.E. Mr. Mohamed El-Amine Bencherif is the Ambassador of Algeria to Japan since 2015. He
held various prominent positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs along his career, including
assignments in the Algerian Embassies in Dakar and Brussels. In 2003, he was appointed
Minister Counselor, Permanent Mission of Algeria to the UN in New York, and Deputy
Permanent Representative of Algeria to the UN Security Council the following year.
In 2004, he was appointed Ambassador to Burkina Faso and served in this post until 2009, when
he became Director of Human Rights, Social Development and Cultural, Scientific and TechnicalAffairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During this period, Ambassador Bencherif was also a memberof the Board of Trustees of the Algerian Red Crescent, member of the National Commission forInternational Humanitarian Law, national focal point in the Support Group of the International
Commission for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, member of the Board of Trustees of the
National Agency for the Management of Achievements of Major Cultural Projects, and Acting
Director-General of Political Affairs and International Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ambassador Bencherif received an award as Officer of the National Order of Merit of Burkina
Faso.

Website: www.algerianembassy-japan.jp/
H.E. Mr. João Miguel Vahekeni, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Angola
特命全権大使：ジョアン・ミゲル・ヴァヘケニ
アンゴラ共和国大使館

閣下

H.E. Mr. João Miguel Vahekeni is the Ambassador of Angola to Japan since 2011. Prior
to assuming the current position, he served as the Ambassador to Hungary from 2003 to
2011, where he was awarded the Commander’s Cross of Merit of the Republic of Hungary.
Ambassador Vahekeni holds a Master’s Degree in Science and a Certificate in Applied
Mathematics from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland and is an elected Council Member of
the Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe.

Website: www.angola.or.jp053

ADC Heads of Mission
Mrs. Yabavi Allagbe, Chargée d’Affaires a.i.
Embassy of the Republic of Benin
臨時代理大使：アラベ・ポゴド・ヤバヴィ
ベナン共和国大使館

一等書記官

Mrs. Allagbe has been appointed Chargée d’Affaires a.i. of the Republic of Benin to Tokyo in
December 2016. Prior to that, she served as the Chargée d’Affaires a.i. of the Republic of Beninto the United Arab Emirates from 2015 to 2016. As a diplomat, Mrs. Allagbe joined the Ministryof Foreign Affairs in March 2006. She has a Master II Degree in Diplomacy and International
Relations from the National School of Administration and Magistrature of the Republic of Benin.
She has also an Academic Diploma in Private Law with majors on Judicial Careers and Business
Law.

Website: www.beninembassy.jp

H.E. Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Botswana
ンコロイ

ンコロイ

ボツワナ共和国大使館

H.E. Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi was appointed Ambassador of Botswana to Japan in 2017. Prior to that,he served as Deputy Permanent Representative in New York from 2012 to 2017. He joined theForeign Service in 1992 and served in Pretoria, South Africa as a young diplomat from 1996 to1999 before returning home where he served as Private Secretary to Former President Festus
Mogae.
Ambassador Nkoloi returned to the Foreign Service in 2008 where he headed the Departmentof Europe & Americas and later became the Minister’s Spokesperson. During his tenure in
Japan, he will focus on promoting the bilateral relations as well as attracting outward trade,investment and tourism from various Japanese sectors to Botswana. A multilateralist andlinguist, he enjoys empowering others, sharing experiences, lessons and best practices.

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ADC Heads of Mission
H.E. Mr. François Oubida, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary
Embassy of Burkina Faso
特命全権大使：フランソワ・ウビダ
ブルキナファソ大使館

閣下

H.E Mr. François Oubida is the Ambassador of Burkina Faso to Japan since 2011. Ambassador
Oubida has served in several countries including in the Republic of Cuba and the United Statesof America. He graduated from the National School of Administration and Magistrature in
Burkina Faso, majoring in Diplomacy and has a Master’s Degree in Administration Managementfrom Ignatius University of New York/St. Clement University Bulgaria.

Website: https://sites.google.com/site/burukinafasotaishikan

H.E. Dr. Pierre Ndzengue, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Cameroon
特命全権大使：ピエール・ンジェンゲ
カメルーン共和国大使館

閣下

H.E. Dr. Pierre Ndzengue was appointed Ambassador of Cameroon to Japan in 2008. Prior tothat, Ambassador Ndzengue was a Senior Lecturer of Diplomacy at the University of Yaoundé
and Geopolitics at the Cameroon Defense Institute. At the Ministry of External Relations, hehas served as Desk Officer North African Affairs (1979-1981), Chief of Section, North Africa &Middle Affairs (1981-1985), Deputy Director for African & Asian Affairs (1985-1986) and Director
for American & Caribbean Affairs (1997-2006).
Ambassador Ndzengue has served as Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Cameroon in
Geneva (1986-1991) and as Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Cameroon in Washington
DC, USA (1991-1997). He has been part of numerous UN missions in Africa, North & Latin
America and has served several times as the Acting Secretary General of the Ministry of External
Relations of Cameroon. He is a member of the Pearson Center Montreal, Canada and the Africa
Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) Washington, USA. Ambassador Ndzengue holds a BA in
History (Major in Political Sociology), a Master’s Degree in Political Sociology and a Ph.D. in
Political Sciences (International Relations) all from the University of Yaoundé.

Website: http://cameroon-embassy-jp.org

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ADC Heads of Mission
H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Mohamed Aboud, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary
Embassy of the Union of Comoros
特命全権大使：マハムード・モハメド・アブード
コモロ連合大使館

閣下

H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Mohamed Aboud is Ambassador of the Comoros to China with accreditation
to Japan since 2014. He has served as a Counselor at the Unity of Research and Training of the
University of Paris 8 from 1990 to 1992. Between 1994 and 2010, he held various positions at thePermanent Mission of the Comoros to the UN in New York, including Head of Administration,
Attaché and Minister Counselor (Deputy Permanent Representative). In 2010, he was appointed
as Ambassador-at-Large to China, Japan, South Korea and Thailand.
Ambassador Aboud served as Commissioner General of the Shanghai Expo and the Yeosu Expoin 2010 and 2012, respectively. He holds a Master’s degree in International Relations, Farleigh
Dickinson NJ USA and a Maitrise from the University of Paris VIII, with a Major on American
Civilization.

Mr. Marc Elengue-Okongo, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.
Embassy of the Republic of Congo
臨時代理大使：マーク・エレンゲ・オコンゴ
コンゴ共和国大使館

参事官

Mr. Marc Elengue-Okongo has been appointed Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Republic of Congoto Japan with accreditation to Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand, Republic of Korea and TimorLeste. Mr. Elengue-Okongo studied Law and Diplomacy (ENAM-University, Brazzaville, Congo,
2000-2003) and International Relations (IRIC, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 2008-2009).

Website: http://www.ambacojapan.net/

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ADC Heads of Mission
Mr. Raphael Mwenda Bambinganila, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
Embassy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
コンゴ民主共和国

臨時代理大使：ラファエル・ムウェンダ・バンビンガニラ

全権公使

Mr. Raphael Mwenda Bambinganila is Charge d’Affaires a.i at the Embassy of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo in Japan. He started his career in 1970 and has held several posts
including Chief of the Economic Division (PNUD, GATT, CNUCED, ECOSOC), Chief of Bureau
in charge of diplomats in the State Protocol, Chief of the African Division, Counselor in theoffice of the Minister of Transport and Communications, Counselor/Vice-Minister in Chargeof International Cooperation and Director in charge of the division of economic and financial
International Organizations.
Mr. Bambinganila has also served as First Secretary at the Embassy in Tanzania, Minister
Plenipotentiary at the Embassy in Congo Brazzaville and was part of the Congolese delegation
to the 46th and 48th UN General Assembly in New York and to the 7th Session of UNIDO in
Vienna.

H.E. Mr. Jérôme Klôh Weya, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
特命全権大使：ジェローム・クロー・ウェア
コートジボワール共和国大使館

閣下

H.E. Mr. Jérôme Klôh Weya was appointed Ambassador of Côte d’Ivoire to Japan in 2011, withaccreditation to Indonesia, the Philippines and Singapore. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
in 1981 and has held several key positions at the Ministry and in different Embassies and Permanent
Missions of Côte d’Ivoire abroad, particularly in Rabat, Geneva and Vienna. Before his appointment
as Ambassador to Japan, he was Chief of Cabinet, then Director of Cabinet of different Ministers ofForeign Affairs.
Ambassador Weya, a career diplomat and multilateralist, has participated in several international
conferences and negotiations (UNCTAD, UNIDO, WHO, WTO, WIPO, etc.). He was also the head of
Ivorian delegations to several international meetings and conferences, namely the 8th Session of theSpecial Committee on the Drafting of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized (Vienna,
2000) and the TICAD V Ministerial follow-up Meeting (Yaounde, 2014).
Graduated in Law from the University of Abidjan, he is also a graduate of the National School of
Administration (ENA) of Abidjan as well as the international Institute of Public Administration (IIAP) of
Paris and the International Institute for diplomatic Studies of Cairo (Egypt).
As part of his education, Ambassador Weya has taken practical training courses respectively at thePermanent Mission of France in Geneva, the Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Groupof States (ACP Group) in Brussels, the International Court of Justice at the Hague and the European
Investment Bank (EIB) in Luxembourg.

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ADC Heads of Mission
H.E. Mr. Ahmed Araita Ali, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Djibouti
特命全権大使：アホメド・アライタ・アリ
ジブチ共和国大使館

閣下

H.E. Mr. Ambassador Ahmed Araita Ali has been appointed Ambassador of Djibouti to Japan
in 2008 with accreditation to Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Thailand, and Vietnam. He is the Honorary President of the Council of the Promotion ofFrancophonie and Specially Appointed Professor at Tokyo International University.
Ambassador Ali joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Roving Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary responsible for the NEPAD and Peer Review Mechanism. He has served
as Executive Director of the Djiboutian Social Fund Project financed by the African Bank ofDevelopment. He started his carrier as a professor of History and Geography and has worked
tirelessly for the national education as advisor to the Minister until 2000.

Website: http://djiboutiembassy.jp

H.E. Mr. Ismail Khairat, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary
Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt
特命全権大使：イスマイル・カイラット
エジプト・アラブ共和国大使館

閣下

Prior to assuming his post in Japan, H.E. Mr. Ismail Khairat served as Ambassador to Thailand
and Cambodia. Ambassador Khairat previously served at the Permanent Mission of Egypt toUN in New York, as well as at Egyptian Embassies in UK, India and Greece. He was Chairman of
the Egypt State Information Service and Board Member of the Egyptian Radio Television Union
in Cairo. He speaks fluent Arabic, English and French.

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ADC Heads of Mission
H.E. Mr. Estifanos Afeworki Haile, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary
Embassy of the State of Eritrea
特命全権大使：エスティファノス・アフォワキ・ハイレ
エリトリア国大使館

閣下

H.E. Mr. Estifanos Afeworki Haile is the Ambassador of Eritrea to Japan since 2003.Throughout
his long career, Ambassador Haile has held various key posts, including Computer operator
in CMAO, Air France (Ethiopia 1971-1973), Rural Public Administration Head (Eritrea, 1975),
Commissioner in Brigade Four of the Eritrean People’s Army, EPLF (1977-1980), elected as amember of the Central Committee of the EPLF (1977 and 1987), Permanent Secretary, of theForeign Mission of EPLF stationed in Beirut, Lebanon (1981-1983) and in Rome, Italy (19831989), participated in the negotiations for the peaceful resolution of the Eritrean question with
the Ethiopian Government in Italy, Greece and Yemen, (1984 - 1987), Head of the Departmentof Finance and the Department of Trade in the Provisional Government of Eritrea (1991-1993),
Head of the Economic Affairs Office of the Provisional Government of Eritrea in the Sudan (1993),
Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of the new State of Eritrea (1994-1996), Acting
Minister of the Ministry of Transport and Communications (2001) and Director General of theCommunications Department (1998-2002).

Website: http://www.eritreaembassy-japan.org

H.E. Mr. Cham Ugala Uriat, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary
Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
特命全権大使：チャム・ウガラ・ウリヤトゥ
エチオピア連邦民主共和国大使館

閣下

H.E. Mr. Cham Ugala Uriat was appointed as Ambassador to Japan in 2016. He was transferredto the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2001, and appointed as Ambassador to Uganda
and then as Ambassador to Ghana, after working as Inspector General of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs. Ambassador Uriat graduated in Economics at the University of Asmara in Eritrea.

Website: http://www.ethiopia-emb.or.jp059

ADC Heads of Mission
Mr. Francis Bernardin Hygnanga, Charge d’Affaires a.i
Embassy of the Gabonese Republic
臨時代理大使：フランシス・ベルナルダン・イニャンガ
ガボン共和国大使館

一等参事官

Mr. Hygnanda is First Counsellor at the Embassy of Gabon in Tokyo, Japan, since 2015. Prior tothat, he had assignments at the Embassy of Gabon in Brussels, Belgium, as Cultural Counsellor(2000-2005) and at the Embassy of Gabon in Seoul, Korea, as First Counsellor (2005-2015).
Mr. Hygnanda started his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation andFrancophone Affairs in 1995, as Chief of the Division of External Relations. He has a Master’s
Degree in History & Archeology, a Diploma in Anthropology and a Diploma in Diplomacy at the
National University of Administration from the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA).

Website: www.gabonembassyjapan.org

H.E. Mr. Sylvester Jude Kpakpo Parker-Allotey, Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Ghana
特命全権大使：シルベスタ・ジュドゥ・パポ・パーカー・アロテ
ガーナ共和国大使館

閣下

H.E Mr. Sylvester Jude Kpakpo Parker-Allotey was appointed as Ambassador of Ghana toJapan and High Commissioner to Singapore in 2014. Prior to that, he has held several positions
including Non-Aligned Movement Secretariat (1990 – 1991), AG. Director of Finance (1993 –
1994), International Organizations and Conference Bureau (1994), Deputy Director, Financeand Accounts Bureau (1995 –1996; AG. Director, Policy Planning (2000 –2002); Director, Policy
Planning, Research and Monitoring and Evaluation Bureau: (2007 –2008), Deputy Permanent
Representative, UN Agencies in Geneva and Austria (2000 – 2003); Deputy Head of Mission,
Saudi Arabia (2004); Director of Passports (2005); Consul-General in Lagos (2008 – 2011); Deputy
Head of Mission, Ghana High Commission, South Africa (2011 – 2012); Charge d’Affaires a.i.,
Ghana High Commission, South Africa (2012 – 2012); Director, PPMEB, MFA & RI (2012 –2014).

Website: http://ghanaembassy.or.jp060

ADC Heads of Mission
H.E. Mr. Senkoun Sylla, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Guinea
特命全権大使：サンクン・シラ
ギニア共和国大使館

閣下

H.E. Mr. Senkoun Sylla has been serving as the Ambassador of Guinea to Japan since May 2013.
From 1996 to 2003, he built his career as a diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served
as the Acting Head of the Africa-Asia and Middle East section. He was also in charge of theearly warning mechanism in the management and resolution of conflicts in Africa. From 2004, he
was appointed as an advisor and the Charge d'Affaires to China, and took part in organizing the
Sino-African Cooperation Forum.
Ambassador Sylla holds an advanced degree in International Negotiation from Higher School of
Administration, Trade and Industry of Paris, France as well as a Masters in Economic and Social
Administration from the University of Paris.

H.E. Mr. Solomon Karanja Maina, MBS, Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Kenya
特命全権大使：ソロモン・カランジャ・マイナ
ケニア共和国大使館

閣下

H.E Mr. Solomon Karanja Maina was appointed Ambassador to Japan in November 2014.
Prior to that, he held a number of posts in Kenyan High Commissions in the UK (1988-1995),
Pakistan (1998-2002) and Uganda (2002-2003) as well as in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Third
Secretary (1987-1988), First Secretary/Desk Officer (1995-1998), Second Counsellor/Assistant
to Director of Political Affairs (2003), Second Counsellor/Head, Europe & Commonwealth
Department (2004), Second Counsellor/Deputy Head, International Organizations andConferences (2004-2005). He also served as Social Secretary, State House in Nairobi in 2004.
In 2005, he was appointed First Counsellor/Deputy Head of Mission, Kenya Embassy in Rome,
Italy, in 2009, served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as First Counsellor/Acting Director,
International Organizations and Conferences Directorate (2009-2010), and as Ambassador/
Director, Multilateral Affairs Directorate (2010-2013). Then, he became Chief of Protocol,
Government of Kenya (2013-2014).
Ambassador Maina holds a M.A. in International Affairs from Ohio University, U.S.A. (1985), B.A.
in Political Science from University of Wisconsin, U.S.A. (1984), and Certificate in Diplomatic
Studies from Oxford University, UK (1995).

Website: http://www.kenyarep-jp.com

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Mr. Andries Sixakeko Yengane, Chargé d’Affaires a.i.
Embassy of the Kingdom of Lesotho
臨時代理大使：シタイケコ・イエンガネ
レソト王国大使館参事官

Mr. Yengane was appointed Counsellor and Head of Chancery at the Lesotho Mission in
Japan in 2016. He started his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2007 as Assistant
Administration Officer, Directorate of Europe and America. In 2009, he was posted to the
Lesotho Embassy in Malaysia where he became Counsellor in 2011.
In 2012, he was appointed First Secretary, Directorate of Policy and Research at the Ministryof Foreign Affairs in Lesotho. Mr. Yengane graduated from the School of Economics andManagement Sciences, B. Com (Law) University of Free State in 2005.

H.E. Ms.Youngor S.Telewoda, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Liberia
特命全権大使：ヤンゴー・セベリー・テレウォダ
リベリア共和国大使館

閣下

H.E. Ms. Youngor S. Telewoda is the Ambassador to Japan with multiple accreditations toIndonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and New Zealand. Prior toher current position, she served as Ambassador to Belgium, the Netherlands, the Grand Duchyof Luxembourg, and to the European Union from 2003 to 2010.
Ambassador Telewoda began her diplomatic career in 1985 when she served at the Liberian
Permanent Mission to the UN as Minister Development. She is Member of the Board of
Directors of the Angie Brooks International Center for Women Empowerment and Leadership.

Website: www.liberianembassyjp.org

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H.E. Mr. Ahmed A.K.S. Own, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary
Embassy of Libya
特命全権大使：アフマド・アブドルカリーム・サーレム・オウン
リビア大使館

閣下

H.E. Mr. Ahmed A. S. Own was appointed Ambassador to Japan in 2014. He joined the Libyan
Foreign Ministry in 1976 and has served as Consul in Palermo, Italy, Deputy Chief of Mission in
Burkina Faso, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. at the Libyan Mission to the International Organizations and
UN office in Austria.
Ambassador Own has further served as Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN andChargé d’ Affairs a.i. of the Libyan Mission in New York, as well as Director-General of theInternational Organization Department and Director of American Department at the Libyan
Foreign Ministry.

Website: http://www.lytokyo.org

Ms. Rosette Rasoamanarivo, Chargée d'Affaires a.i.
Embassy of the Republic of Madagascar
臨時代理大使：ロゼット・ララティアナ・ラソアマナリヴォ
マダガスカル共和国大使館参事官

Ms. Rosette Rasoamanarivo began her career in 2001 as officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
in Madagascar. She then held important posts such as Head of Human Resources Department
at the Ministry before becoming Advisor on Administrative and Consular Affairs at the Embassyof Madagascar in Japan since 2011.
Ms. Rasoamanarivo is also an active advocate for the development of women in all sectors, andis engaged in the fight for equality and the public good. She graduated in Private Law after her
studies in Antananarivo University in 2000, strengthening her expertise in International Relations
and Diplomacy at IRIC in Yaoundé, Cameroon in 2003.

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H.E. Mr. Grenenger Kidney Msulira Banda, Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Malawi
特命全権大使：グレネンガー・キドニー・ムスリラ・バンダ
マラウイ共和国大使館

閣下

H.E. Mr. Grenenger Kidney Msulira Banda has served in the government, at the University of
Malawi, at the National Assembly, at the office of the President and in the Cabinet as Deputy
Minister before joining the diplomatic career. As a diplomat, his focus is on investment,
trade and tourism. Ambassador Banda is a holder of a Master’s Degree of Science in Forest
Management from the University of Aberdeen, U.K.

Website: www.malawiembassy.org/en

Mrs. Camara Mariétou Diarra, Chargée d’Affaires a.i.
Embassy of the Republic of Mali
臨時代理大使：ジャラ・カマラ・マリエトゥ
マリ共和国大使館

一等参事官

Mrs. Camara Mariétou Diarra is the First Counselor at the Embassy of Mali in Japan since 2015,
and Chargée d’Affaires ad interim since 2017. Prior to that, she served as Consular Counselor at
the Consulate General in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire from 2002 to 2009.
Mrs. Diarra obtained a Master of Arts in English and Russian at the Institute of Foreign
Languages of Kiev, and received advanced Professional Training in the field of Development
Diplomacy in Germany at D.S.E. She is Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mali (Officer of the
National Order of Mali) since January 2015.

Website: www.ambamali-jp.org

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H.E. Mr. Yahya Ngam, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
特命全権大使：ヤヒヤ・ンガム

閣下

モーリタニア・イスラム共和国大使館

H.E. Mr. Yahya Ngam was appointed in 2010 as the Ambassador to Japan and as non-resident
Ambassador to Korea, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines andIndonesia.
Prior to that, he was Ambassador to Gambia (2007 to 2010), to Italy and permanent representative
to the International Organizations (FAO - WFP - IFAD), Ambassador Non-resident to Greece, Malta,
Cyprus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Albania (from 2004 to 2007), Director of European andAmerican Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (1999 to 2004).
Ambassador Ngam has also held diverse important diplomatic roles in New York (First Counsellor at
Mauritanian Permanent Mission, 1996 to 1999), in Morocco (First counsellor at Mauritanian Embassy in
Rabat, 1991 to 1996), in Romania (Counsellor at Mauritanian Embassy in Bucharest, 1990 to 1991). He
has also served as Head of AU and Regional Organizations, African department, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs and Cooperation (1989 to 1990) and Head of West Africa division (1985 to 1989) in the same
Ministry.
Ambassador Ngam obtained a Master’s Degree in Public Law and International Relations fromthe Faculty of Law in Abidjan in 1983, and a Master’s degree in International Relations from IRIC in
Yaoundé. He is also a member of the Institute of Law of French Expression and Inspiration (IDEF), Paris,
and a Member of the Institute of Advanced Studies in National Defence (IHEDN), Paris.

Website: http://www.amba-mauritania.jp
H.E. Mr. Mohammed Rachad Bouhlal, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary
Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco
特命全権大使：モハメッド・ラシャッド・ブフラル
モロッコ王国大使館

閣下

H.E. Mr. Rachad Bouhlal was appointed Ambassador of Morocco to Japan in December, 2016.
Ambassador Bouhlal started his career at the Ministry of Trade and Industry and became theadvisor to the Prime Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs.
In 1996, he served as the Ambassador to the European Union, Belgium and Luxemburg. Whilehe was the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, he visited
Japan as the Head of delegation of TICAD III. In 2004, he served as the Ambassador toGermany and from 2011 became the Ambassador to the United States, where he was awarded“Ambassador of the Year 2014” by the U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce.
Ambassador Bouhlal is the founding member of the Rabat Al Fath Association for Sustainable
Development, pilot and the President of “Aéroclub Royal,” and a founding member of
the International Wildlife Film and Environment Festival. He is a graduate of the School ofCommerce and Business Administration, France, and is fluent in Arabic, French and English.

Website: http://www.morocco-emba.jp/en065

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H.E. Mr. José Maria da Silva Vieira de Morais, Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique
特命全権大使：ジョゼ・マリア・ダ・シルヴァ・ヴィエイラ・デ・モライス
モザンビーク共和国大使館

閣下

H.E. Mr. José Maria da Silva Vieira de Morais was appointed Ambassador to Japan in 2016. He
joined the Mozambican Diplomatic Service in 1978. He is a career diplomat and has served indifferent posts abroad as well as at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He has served as Ambassador to China (1996 - 2003), as High Commissioner to India (2009 2015) with accreditation to Sri Lanka.

Website: http://www.embamoc.jp/english/index.htm

H.E. Ms. Sophia-Namupa Nangombe, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Namibia
特命全権大使：ソフィア＝ナムパ・ナンゴンベ
ナミビア共和国大使館

閣下

H.E. Ms. Sophia-Namupa Nangombe has been serving as Ambassador of Namibia to Japan
since October 2013. Ambassador Nangombe has been a career foreign service official since theindependence of Namibia in 1990. She has served as Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission
to Zimbabwe, Embassy of Namibia to the European Union, Benelux (Belgium, The Netherlands
and Luxemburg) as well as to India.
During Ambassador Nangombe’s career, she has also represented Namibia to the United
Nations General Assembly and has served as Deputy Director for USA and Western Europe
as well as Acting Head of the Multilateral Affairs Department before she was appointed as
Ambassador to Japan. Ambassador Nangombe holds postgraduate and graduate degrees in
Development Studies from Liverpool University and Glasgow College of Technology.

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H.E. Mr. Bello Kazaure Husseini, Chargé D’ Affaires a.i,
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
臨時代理大使：ベロ・カザウレ・フセイニ
ナイジェリア連邦共和国大使館

公使

Mr. Bello Kazaure Husseini is the Chargé d’ Affaires a.i. of the Embassy of the Federal Republicof Nigeria, Tokyo. Mr. Husseini joined the Nigerian Foreign Service in 1993 in which he attended
the Foreign Service Academy (1993-1994). He served in the Budget Department (1994-1995),
Protocol Department (1995-1998). He was also at the Trade and Investment Division (2000-2002),
Office of the Special Assistant to the President on Conflict Resolution (2002-2003).
Mr. Husseini also served at the Directorate of Technical Aid Corps in Abuja between 2007
and 2009. Other Departments served during his Official assignment includes Office of the
Honorable Minister of State II and Office of the Wife of the Vice President of Nigeria, State
House, Abuja. He had also served at Nigerian Missions in Zimbabwe (1998-2000), in India (20032007), in Kuwait (2009-2012) and currently in Japan since 2014 to date.

Website: www.nigeriaembassy.jp

H.E. Ms. Venetia Sebudandi, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda
特命全権大使：ヴェネティア・セブダンディ
ルワンダ共和国大使館

閣下

H.E. Ms. Venetia Sebudandi was accredited as Ambassador of Rwanda to Japan in 2015 andalso covers Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand on a non-resident basis. Prior to that, she held
the post of Chief of State Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1996-2001) and later served
as Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Rwanda in Paris, Responsible for
UNESCO and the Francophonie (2002-2005).
In 2006, she was appointed as Ambassador to Switzerland, to the UN Office and to theInternational Organizations in Geneva including the World Trade Organization (WTO). Between
2011 and 2015, she served as Ambassador to the Nordic countries with residence in Stockholm,
Sweden.
Before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Rwanda, she had worked in the private sector,
notably for the French Bank Indosuez in Nairobi, Kenya and for the French Trade Commissionin Kampala, Uganda. Ambassador Sebudandi holds a Masters of Arts in Diplomatic Studies
from the University of Westminster, London, (UK). She is fluent in English, French, and Swahili in
addition to her mother tongue, Kinyarwanda.

Website: http://www.japan.embassy.gov.rw

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H.E. Mr. Cheikh Nianga, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Senegal
特命全権大使：シェール・ニャング
セネガル共和国大使館

閣下

A career diplomat, H.E Mr. Cheikh Niang is the Ambassador of Senegal to Japan December
2014. Specialized in disarmament issues, Ambassador Niang was a member of the United
Nations Group of Governmental Experts on the marking and tracing of small arms and light
weapons and has been involved in numerous international conferences dealing with the said
field as well as in peacekeeping, migration and election monitoring.
After years of service in the 1990s as Head of the African Division of the Senegalese Foreign
Ministry and then as Diplomatic Advisor to the President of Senegal, he was in 2001, and for
four years, Minister Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission at the Senegal UN Mission in New
York, before being appointed as Consul General in New York and then Ambassador to countries
like South Africa, Mexico and the United States. Ambassador Niang holds a M.Phil in English
Literature from Dakar Cheikh Anta Diop University, a Masters in International and Strategic
Studies from Lancaster University (UK) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Diplomacy from ENA(Dakar).

Mr. Royce Bongizizwe Kuzwayo, Chargé d'Affaires a.i
Embassy of the Republic of South Africa
臨時代理大使：ロイス・ボンギジィズウェ・クズワヨ
南アフリカ共和国大使館

全権公使

Mr. Royce B. Kuzwayo was appointed Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Republic of South Africa toJapan in 2016. Mr. Kuzwayo started his career at PSG Escher Investments as Analyst in Jan. 1998
and later joined Alexander Forbes, Asset Consulting Division as Assistant Manager in 1999.
Mr. Kuzwayo was appointed at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation as
Deputy Director, Diplomatic Immunities & Privileges in 2001. He served as Counsellor Political atSouth Africa’s Representative Office to the Palestinian Authority in 2004 until he became Deputy
Director, Brazil & Mercosur in 2010. After that, he worked as Director NEPAD, APRM and African
Renaissance Fund in 2012, Director Canada & Regional American Organizations in 2013 andActing Chief Director North America & Director, USA & Canada in 2015.

Website: http://www.sajapan.org

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H.E. Mr. Yasir Abdalla Abdelsalam Ahmed, Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Sudan
特命全権大使：ヤーシル・アブダッラ・アブデルサラーム・アフマド
スーダン共和国大使館

閣下

H.E. Mr. Yasir Abdalla Abdelsalam Ahmed was appointed Ambassador of Sudan to Japan in
2015. His life as a diplomat started when he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sudan
as Third Secretary in 1986. During his 30-year career, he served at the Embassies of Sudan
in Kenya (Nairobi), Russia (Moscow), and was in United Nations (New York, USA) as Minister
Plenipotentiary.
And he was appointed as Ambassador to Romania (2011-2013) and Director of Department
of International Law and Treaties (2010-2011, 2013-2015). Ambassador Ahmed has a university
degree in law from the University of Khartoum (1985).

H.E. Mr. Mathias Meinrad Chikawe, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Tanzania
特命全権大使：マチアス・メインラッド・チカウェ
タンザニア連合共和国大使館

閣下

H.E. Mr. Mathias M. Chikawe began his tenure as the Ambassador of Tanzania to Japan, South
Korea, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Australia in 2016. He started his career in the
Government as a State Attorney and Legal Adviser for the agricultural sector. He later joined thePresident’s Office at State House as a Legal Adviser. In 2005, he joined the Tanzanian politicalscene and was elected a Member of Parliament as well as the Deputy Minister for Justice andConstitutional Affairs.
In 2007, he was appointed Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs. Reelected in 2010, he
was appointed Minister of State in the President's Office overseeing The Good Governanceportfolio and after two years returned to the Justice Ministry as Minister to oversee the making
of a new Constitution. In January 2014 was appointed Minister of the Interior to oversee Internal
Security. He retired from active politics in November 2015 after a successful management of thegeneral election process. Ambassador Chikawe holds a Bachelor degree in law from Universityof Dar es Salaam and post-graduate diploma in international law and development from ISS in
Hague, Netherlands.

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Mr. Afognon Kouakou Sedaminou, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
Embassy of the Togolese Republic
臨時代理大使：セダミヌ・アフォニョン・クアク
トーゴ共和国大使館

二等参事官

Mr. Afognon Kouakou Sedaminou is Chargé d’Affaires a.i. at the Embassy of Togo in Japan
since 2016. From 2014 to 2016, he worked at the Embassy of Togo in Ethiopia, at the Permanent
Representative at the African Union (AU) and at the United Nations Economic Commission for
Africa (UNECA).
From 2012 to 2014, he was Head of the Protection of Persons and Property Division for Togolese
Nationals in Foreign Countries Directorate, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
From September 2009 to May 2012, he was Head of the Ceremonial Division (State Protocol
Directorate) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and regional integration.

Website: http://www.ambatogojapon.net

H.E. Mr. Kais Darragi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Tunisia
特命全権大使：カイス・ダラジ
チュニジア共和国大使館

閣下

H.E. Mr. Kais Darragi was appointed Ambassador to Japan in 2015. He joined the Ministryof Foreign Affairs in 1990 and served in London (1994-2000) and in Tokyo (2004-2010) before
his appointment to Washington, D.C. as Deputy Chief of Mission (2012-2015). He had served
as Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. at the Embassies of Tunisia in Tokyo and in Washington on several
occasions.
Ambassador Darragi has served at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Head of Division for
European Affairs and as Deputy Director for North America, has taught at the Institut Supérieur
des Sciences Humaines de Tunis, Al-Manar University as a part–time lecturer on Middle Easternstudies (2000-2004). He is a holder of a Master’s Degree in English from the University of Tunis
and a Certificate in Diplomatic Studies from The University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

Website: http://www.tunisia.or.jp070

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H.E. Mrs. Betty Grace Akech-Okullo, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Uganda
特命全権大使：ベティ・グレース・アケチーオクロ
ウガンダ共和国大使館

閣下

H.E. Mrs. Betty Grace Akech-Okullo was appointed Ambassador to Japan in 2013. Prior tothat, she was Ambassador to Sudan in 2008. She started her career in 1978 as educational
administrator, was elected at the Gulu District Constituent Assembly in 1993 and then became
Member of Parliament, Gulu District, from 1996 to 2001.
Ambassador Akech-Okullo has held important ministerial posts including Minister of State
for Health (1998-1999), Minister of State for Local Government (1999-2000), Minister of State
for Higher Education (2000-2003), and Cabinet Minister in Charge of Security, Office of the
President (2003-2006). From 2005 to 2010, she was NRM Vice Chairperson for Woman in
Northern Uganda. She is a Founding Member of the Forum for Woman in Democracy-Uganda(FOWODE), and Executive Board Member of the Forum for African Educationalists (FAWE).

Website: www.uganda-embassy.jp

H.E. Mrs. Ndiyoi Muliwana Mutiti, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Zambia
特命全権大使：ンディオイ・ムリワナ・ムティティ
ザンビア共和国大使館

H.E. Mrs. Ndiyoi M. Mutiti was appointed Ambassador to Japan in 2015. Prior to her current
appointment, she was Ambassador to Zimbabwe. Ambassador Mutiti has served in Government
since 1983, holding various Government positions including Director of National Archives, Chief
Immigration Officer and Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration and Economics from University of Zambia
and M.A. in Records Management and Archives Administration from University College London.

Website: http://www.zambia.or.jp071

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H.E. Air Vice Marshal Titus Mehliswa Jonathan Abu-Basutu,
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe
特命全権大使：タイタス・メリスワ・ジョナサン・アブ－バスツ
ジンバブエ共和国大使館

閣下

H.E. Mr. Titus M. J. Abu-Basutu was appointed Ambassador to Japan in 2015. Ambassador
Abu-Basutu has been in government service since 1980 and prior to taking up the diplomatic
assignment, he was in the Ministry of Defense. Ambassador Abu-Basutu holds Master’s degrees
in Strategy, Business Administration and International Relations. He has keen interest in
economic development issues.

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