The Second Japan-Africa Business Forum
TICAD and Business:
Feedback from the Yokohama Action Plan
to the Nairobi Declaration
July 25, 2017
Takeshi Osuga
Ambassador, Assistant Minister,Director-General
African Affairs Department, Middle Eastern and African
Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

TICAD（Tokyo International Conference on African Development）
From TICAD I(1993) to TICAD V(2013),
every 5 years in Japan.
Since TICAD V,
every 3 years alternately in Japan and Africa.
Co-organizer: Japan, World Bank, UNDP, UN, African
Union Commission (AUC).
TICAD VI (Nairobi, Kenya),over 11,000 people, 53 African countries attended.

Uniqueness of TICAD
Open and inclusive forum
Engagement of multiple stakeholders
Alignment with Africa’s own agenda
Emphasis on human security and people-centereddevelopment
Effective implementation with integrated Follow up
mechanisms

Japan’s measures for Africa at TICAD VI“Quality and Empowerment”
I. Economic Diversification and Industrialization:“Quality Africa”
II. Promoting Resilient Health Systems for quality of life:“Resilient Africa”
III. Promoting Social Stability for Shared Prosperity:“Stable Africa”

Dialogue with Private Sector from Japan and Africaon the sideline of TICAD Ministerial Meeting
Date: August 24, 2017; 9:00-12:00
Venue: Joaquin Chissano International Conference Center(Maputo, Mozambique)
Programme: 2 sessions (Promoting Investment and Tradethrough Quality Infrastructure andIndustrialization, Promoting Quality of Life)
and Business Net-working
Participants:
Government and its agencies from Japan and Africa
Business representatives from Japan and Africa

Public and Private Sector Joint Mission for Promoting Trade and Investment
Mission in Northern/Western
Africa (2017)
・Destination: Morocco, Nigeria
・May 2-4, 2017
・51 participants,
16 participating companies

Mission in Eastern Africa (2011)
・Destinations: Kenya, Sudan, South Sudan
・October 9-14, 2011
・49 participants, 14 participating companies

Tunisia

Mission in Eastern Africa (2008)
・Destinations: Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Tanzania
・September 9-19, 2008
・59 participants, 23 participating companies

MoroccoAlgeria

Egypt

Libya

(WesternSahara)

Mauritania

Eritrea

Mali

Niger
ChadSenegal
Cape Verde

Djibouti

The Gambia
Guinea-Bissau

Sudan

Burkina Faso
GuineaSierra Leone

Benin

Liberia Cote d’Ivoire

Mission in Western Africa (2016)
・Destination: Côte d'Ivoire
・March 20-23, 2016
・50 participants, 13 participating companies

Nigeria

Ghana
Togo

Cameroon

Equatorial Guinea
Sao Tome and Gabon
Principe

Mission in Central/Western Africa (2008）
・Destinations: Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal and Cameroon
・September 13-25, 2008
・51 participants, 18 participating companies

Ethiopia

SouthSudan

Central African
Republic

Somalia
UgandaRepublic ofthe Congo

Mission in Southern Africa (2010)
・Destinations: Republic of South Africa, Angola and Namibia
・August 27- September 4, 2010
・62 participants, 12 participating companies

Kenya

RwandaDemocratic
Republic of Burundi
the CongoTanzania

Mission in Southern Africa (2008)
・Destinations: Botswana, Mozambique, Madagascar
ｾ-ｼｪﾙandRepublic of South Africa
・August 31- September 9, 2008
・69 participants, 21 participating companies
ComorosAngola

MalawiZambia
Zimbabwe

Mission in Central/Western Africa (2013)
・Destinations: Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon
and Côte d'Ivoire
・November 24- December 2, 2013
・56 participants, 18 participating companies

Mission in Eastern Africa (2014)
・Destinations: Ethiopia, Rwanda and Tanzania
・August 24-31, 2014
・69 participants, 17 participating companies

Mozambique
MadagascarNamibia

Mauritius

Botswana

Swaziland
Republicof SouthAfrica

Lesotho

Mission in Southern Central Africa (2012)
・Destinations: Democratic Republic of Congo andZimbabwe
・August 18- 25, 2012
・32 participants, 9 participating companies

Number of Japanese Enterprises Doing Business in Africa
July, 2017
African Affairs Department,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Tunisia
１６Morocco
５４

Algeria１３

Libya
１(Western Sahara)
１

Africa Total: 738(as of Oct. 1, 2016)

Mauritania
１Senegal
１４

Egypt
５１Mali
１

Niger
１

Sudan
２

ChadEritrea

２The Gambia
GuineaBissauBurkina Faso２Guinea
６６

Nigeria
３２Benin
１Ghana３６Cape Verde Sierra Leone
３Liberia

Cote d’Ivoire
１０Cameroon
６Togo
１

Equatorial
Guinea１

Sao Tome andPrincipe

Gabon

S. Sudan
４CentralAfrican R.

Congo
１DRC
４UgandaKenya
１７５２
Rwanda１０Burundi

657

687

738

Namibia
８Zambia
１３1213141530 - 49
Somalia

50 - 99+ 100
Seychelles

Tanzania
１９16

Source: Annual Report of Statistics on Japanese Nationals Overseas
2011-2017, Consular Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Malawi
６Mozambique
２５Zimbabwe
３Botswana
６Lesotho400

2010 1110 - 29

ComorosAngola
９562 560 584
520

1-9Ethiopia
８Changes in the number of Japanese Enterprises
8006000Djibouti

South Africa
２８０Swaziland
４Mauritius
１Madagascar
７*Japanese Enterprises include not only
representative offices and branch offices ofJapanese companies, but also locally-incorporated
Japanese companies, local business invested byJapanese companies, and local businesses started
by Japanese entrepreneurs.