Master's Degree and Internship Program of African Business Education Initiative for Youth (ABE Initiative)

Welcome to the portal site of ABE Initiative for Tunisian candidates! This page lets you know details about the Program and offers you useful information. Information on this page is for ABE initiative 2017.

1. What is ABE Initiative? General Information of the Program

ABE Initiative is a scholarship program which offers opportunities for young and eligible African men and women to study at Master's courses in Japanese universities as international students and to experience internships at Japanese enterprises in order to develop effective skills and knowledge in various fields for contributing the development of industries in Africa.

2. How to apply? Application documents are here!

If you are interested in this program, you can find more details and application documents from here and the followings. Deadline of the application is October 31, 2017!

• General Information (5th_batch) (PDF/529KB)
• Annex 1. Instructions (PDF/1.78MB)
• Annex 2. Application Form (Excel/141KB)
• Annex 2-1 Career Plan after graduation (Word/19.4KB)
• Annex 2-2 Current and Previous Work experience (Word/21.2KB)
• Annex 2-3 Research plan (Word/24.6KB)
• Annex 3. Recommendation Letter (Word/46.0KB)
• Annex 4. University Information for the Applicants (PDF/198KB)
• Annex 5. Contact Information (PDF/287KB)
• Annex 6-Add Warnings about Plagiarism (4) (PDF/378KB)
• Annex 6-Add Warnings about Plagiarism (5) (PDF/192KB)
• Annex 6-Add Warnings about Plagiarism (6) (PDF/880KB)
• Annex 6-Add Warnings about Plagiarism (7) (PDF/376KB)
• Examples of Mathematic Exam

3. Special contents : Interviews with participants of the Program (in French)

JICA Tunisia introduces experiences of participants to the Program: Mr. Trabelsi was selected 2 years before and has already passed 2 years in Japan. Ms. Chokri was selected one year before and has already passed one year in Japan. Mr. El Kassir has finished his studies and came back to Tunisia with his MBA. Click here!

4. Special contents : Interview with graduates of the university in Japan. Click here! (in French)

5. ABE in the News

• مبادرة "آبي" : التجربة اليابانية (Arabic) (external link)
• ABE Initiative graduates bring their skills home to Africa (external link)
• ABE Initiative : l'expérience japonaise (French) (external link)

6. Further information

Please contact to JICA Tunisia if you have any question!

• Person in Charge: Mr. Youssef Mejai (Ex. 128) / Mrs. Meryem Wertani (Ex. 117)
• Address : 8, Rue Dr. Alphonse Laveran, Cite Jardins, Tunis, Tunisie (B.P.520, 1002 Tunis Belvedere, Tunisie)
• Tel : 71.786.386 / 71.785.295 / 71.787.831 / 71.785.616
• E-mail: ts-abe-mip@jica.go.jp
• Homepage: http://www.jica.go.jp/tunisia/english/index.html
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JICATunisiaOffice/ (external link) (<- frequently updated!)