Private Sector Development

New Topics

• May 26, 2023
  20th June, 2023 [Online Pitch Event] Ethiopia Startup pitch in Japan
• May 26, 2023
  Notice: "Delegation Program to GITEX Africa, the Largest Integrated Tech Forum on the African Continent"
• April 4, 2023
  April 7, 2023 [Online] Ethiopia Acceleration Program Kickoff & Pitch event
• January 24, 2023
  Report: Ethiopia Startup Innovation Pitch
• December 8, 2022
  JICA NINJA Acceleration Program in Ethiopia

• More

Overview

JICA launched the Project Ninja (Next Innovation with Japan) in January 2020. It works on multifaceted support for entrepreneurs who take on the challenge of solving social issues in developing countries. NINJA's support includes entrepreneurship development activities, business matching, promotion of venture/impact investment, and policy recommendations to strengthen the ecosystem. The inclusion of "with Japan" in NINJA implies that Japan will continue to innovate with entrepreneurs in developing countries to co-create a sustainable and prosperous economy and society. In order to make a significant contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we will also promote collaboration between entrepreneurs in developing countries and Japanese companies, investors, and research institutions.

Major activities of Project NINJA

1. Activities to raise awareness of entrepreneurship and foster entrepreneurs.
2. Promotion of corporate collaboration by holding events in Japan and overseas.
3. Promotion of venture investment/impact investment
4. Dissemination of information on local startups
5. Proposal of policies to strengthen the startup ecosystem
6. Understanding the impact of startups

Introductory Videos

• Tanzania NINJA (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Tanzania Start-up: Agrinfo (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Tanzania Start-up: Maji JIBU (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Tanzania Start-up: Toolboksi (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Kenya NINJA (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Kenya Start-up: SOLAR E CYCLES LTD (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Kenya Start-up: KYTABU LTD (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Kenya Start-up: ENEZA TELECOM LTD (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Kenya Start-up: DAKTARI MEDIA AFRICA LTD (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Tunisia NINJA (long) (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Tunisia NINJA (short) (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Tunisia Start-up: Cure Bionics (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Tunisia Start-up: D-WEE (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Tunisia Start-up: iCompass (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Tunisia Start-up: MajestEYE (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Tunisia Start-up: SPIKE-X (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Ghana NINJA (long) (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Ghana NINJA (short) (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Uganda Start-up: M-SCAN (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Botswana Start-up: Cytex Technologies (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Botswana Start-up: IoT Technologies (YouTube, external link)(External Link)
• Botswana Start-up: Solar World Botswana (YouTube, external link)(External Link)

Related Links

• Selected 69 startups by NINJA Business Plan Competition 2021 (PDF) (English)
• Selected 69 startups by NINJA Business Plan Competition 2021 (PDF) (French)
• Project NINJA: Encouraging the rise of entrepreneurs｜JICA Magazine