African Development Bank & Japan
Asia External Representation Office (SNAR)

African Development Bank & Japan
AfDBJapan
Subscribed Capital: $4.9 Billion% of Total Shares: 5.5%
(The 4th out of81members)⚫ Joined in February 1983
⚫ Non-concessional loan to the middle-income
countries and the private sector

ADF

Other68%⚫ Joined in June 1973
⚫ Concessional funding to the least developed
African countries% of total sharesby country as of December 2019

Nigeria
9.3%
USA
6.6%
Egypt
5.6%
Japan
5.5%
South Africa
5.0%⚫ Established in October 2012 in Tokyo⚫ AfDB’s first representation outside Africa⚫ Covers the 4 Asian Member Countries;
China, India, Japan and Korea

Mission⚫ Promoting external partnership & dialogue, innovative approaches to business & investment, andknowledge dissemination & exchange, all of which contribute to the mobilization of resources for
the Bank’s Ten-Year Strategy and five development priorities known as “the High 5s”

Japan-Africa Business Forum(JABF)

Enhanced Private Sector
Assistance for Africa (EPSA)Tokyo International Conference on
African Development (TICAD7)⚫ Knowledge sharing and networking opportunity topromote business and investment between Japanand Africa⚫ Panelists including Ministers, high level officers ofpublic sector, business leaders and academics⚫ Partnership between AfDB and Japan,
USD6billion in total from 2005 to 2019
⚫ Comprehensive support for the private
sector in Africa to urge economic growth
and reduce poverty⚫ August 2019 in Yokohama⚫ President Adesina, VP Sherif, VP Blanke, VP
Monga, and VP Tshabalala in attendance⚫ Dr. Adesina called for investment to Africa atPlenary 3⚫ Organized Side Event; Innovation towards
Human Capital Development for Africa⚫ Dr. Adesina attended side events organized byJETRO, STS Forum, Sasakawa Africa Fund
⚫ Launch ceremony of EPSA 4

JABF2017 ：25-26 July, 2017
Participants: More than 1,500
JABF2014 ：10-11 June, 2014
Theme: Investment and BusinessParticipants: More than 1,000
Opportunities with Africa
Theme: Succeeding In Africa:
Senior Vice President Boamah
Unlocking Growth &attend
Opportunities
Business matching: 118 meetings
JABF2021 : June, 2021 (tbc)

African Development Bank Asia External Representation Office (SNAR)

Three Components⚫ ACFA: Sovereign co-financing
arrangement between AfDB and JICA
⚫ NSL: Line of credit from JICA to AfDB on
concessional terms for financing to theprivate sector⚫ FAPA: Multi-Donor Trust Fund fortechnical assistance and capacity
building to the private sector in Africa
EPSA 4⚫ Announced a joint target of $3.5 billion
for 3 years (2020-2022) at TICAD7〒100-6024 24F No.2408, Kasumigaseki Building, 3-2-5 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-6024, Japan

TEL: +81 3 4589 8721

FAX: +81 3 4589 8725

Japan Africa Dream
Scholarship Program (JADS)⚫ Providing two-year scholarship awards
to African graduate students to enable
them to undergo post-graduate studies
in energy, agriculture, health,environmental sustainability, andengineering⚫ Initiated in 2017 by utilizing Japan’s
trust fund; PHRDG⚫ Promoting inter-university
collaboration and university-industry
partnerships between Japan and Africa

Email: tokyo.info@afdb.org

Website: www.afdb.org(published in January 2021)