Africa News and Features

2025.10.15

The report of “Business Webinar on African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)”
2025.08.13

【PICK UP】We have started calling for participants for 43 thematic events.
2025.08.13

We have launched the TICAD9 special website.
2025.06.12

Online kick-off ceremony for the 2nd Model African Union (MAU) Conference took place!
2025.05.23

The final selection and award ceremony for the winners of the KOSEN Open Innovation Challenge 2025 was convened by JICA and Nagaoka University of Technology
2025.04.08

Launching a new business to solve problems in our own country: Business skills training was held.
2025.02.25

Launch of the Second Edition of the Model African Union in Japan
2025.02.03

Calling African Healthcare businesses – Apply for the 5th cohort of AUDA-NEPAD’s Home Grown Solutions Accelerator for Pandemic Resilience
2024.12.10

AFRI CONVERSE 2024 #4 in Keio University will be held on 19th December!
2024.10.02

TICAD9 Pre-Event JICA and AUDA-NEPAD Open Seminar Japan-Africa Cooperation and Co-creation: Achievements and Future Prospects
2024.08.01

AFRI CONVERSE 2024 #3 Open Innovation: Sparking Industrial Drive with Young Entrepreneurs by Multi-disciplinary Research
2024.07.01

【Event Report】AFRI-CONVERSE 2024 #02 'YOUTH AS A DRIVING FORCE FOR CHANGE: CALL TO ACT WITH AFRICA’
2024.06.11

JICA jointly organized a kick-off event of “Kosen Open Innovation – Challenges from Africa 2024 –” with Nagaoka University of Technology
2024.05.13

AFRI-CONVERSE 2024 #02 Youth as a “driving force” for change: Call to Act with Africa to be held on May 27th
2024.04.26

【Event Report】AFRI-CONVERSE 2024 #01 'Africa 2063: Unpacking the Potential of MSMEs and Championing Grassroots Ingenuity’
2024.03.07

Signing of a Loan Agreement to Support Economic-Base Development in the Eastern and Southern African Region (Private Sector Investment Finance): Contributing to the economic and social recovery of least developed countries that are vulnerable to external shocks
2024.03.07

Signing of a Loan Agreement to Support Economic-Base Development in the Eastern and Southern African Region (Private Sector Investment Finance): Contributing to the economic and social recovery of least developed countries that are vulnerable to external shocks
2024.03.05

AFRI-CONVERSE 2024 #01 “Africa 2063: Unpacking the Potential of MSMEs and Championing Grassroots Ingenuity” to be held on March 15th
2024.02.22

JICA signed Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, for strengthening public health emergency preparedness and response in Africa
2024.02.21

[Event Report] AUDA-NEPAD / JICA Side Event “TICAD’s achievement in 30 years and the Prospects for Africa’s Development” was successfully held