Location
Address
JICA Kenya Office
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Kenya Office
BRITAM Tower, 22nd & 23rd Floor, Hospital Road, Nairobi, KENYA
P.O. Box 50572-00200, Nairobi, Kenya
Tel : +254 20 2775000
E-mail
(for ABE initiative): ky-abe-mip@jica.go.jp
Brief History of JICA Kenya Office
| 1963 | Technical cooperation for Kenya started by Overseas Technical Cooperation Agency (OTCA). First 2 Kenyan personnel participated in Training program in Japan. |
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| 1964 | First Japanese Expert dispatched to Kenya by OTCA (in the area of Metal working). |
| 1966 | Bilateral agreement (Exchange of Notes) on Dispatch of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) between Government of Japan and Government of Republic of Kenya concluded. First 2 JOCVs dispatched to Kenya by OTCA (in the area of Construction machinery and Electric work). |
| 1969 | Coordinator for JOCV program dispatched to Kenya. |
| 1971 | OTCA Nairobi Office established. |
| 1973 | First ODA Loan provided to Kenya by Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF) (on Expansion of Mombasa Airport). |
| 1974 | "Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) established to take over OTCA and Japan Emigration Service (JEMIS). OTCA Nairobi Office renamed to JICA Nairobi Office. (Renamed to JICA Kenya Office in 1986)." |
| 1975 | OECF Nairobi Representative Office established. |
| 1987 | JICA Kenya Office starts to cover Uganda, Seychelles and Somalia. (Later cover Rwanda and Burundi as well.) |
| 1999 | "Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) established by merging Export-Import Bank of Japan (JEXIM) and OECF. OECF Nairobi Representative Office renamed to JBIC Nairobi Representative Office. " |
| 2002 | JICA Kenya Office starts to cover Eritrea. Somalia covered by JICA Ethiopia Office. |
| 2003 | "JICA changes from a special public institution to an independence administrative institution. First 2 Senior Volunteers dispatched to Kenya by JICA." |
| 2004 | "Bilateral agreement on Technical Cooperation between Government of Japan and Government of Republic of Kenya concluded. JICA East and Southern Africa Regional Office established in Nairobi." |
| 2005 | "Uganda covered by JICA Uganda Office. Bilateral agreement on Technical Cooperation between Government of Japan and Government of State of Eritrea concluded. " |
| 2007 | JICA Kenya Office starts to cover Sudan. |
| 2008 | "Japan International Cooperation Agency Law amended to take over ODA Loan from JBIC and a part of Grant Aid from Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan. JICA Office and JBIC Representative office in Kenya merged." |
| 2009 | "Sudan covered by JICA Sudan Office. JICA Kenya Office restarts to cover Somalia (from JICA Ethiopia Office). JICA East and Southern Africa Regional Office merged to JICA Kenya Office." |
| 2010 | Rwanda covered by JICA Rwanda Office. |
| 2015 | Burundi covered by JICA Rwanda Office. |
| 2016 | Commemorates 50th anniversary of JOCV in Kenya. |
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Related Information
The JICA Kenya Office oversees JICA's work in Eritrea, Seychelles and Somalia.
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