About 300 Africans attending graduate schools in Japan under the ABE Initiative and 133 Japanese companies participated in Africa Business Networking Fair 2016 on March 24 in Tokyo.
The JICA-sponsored event aimed to promote information exchange and networking between the students and companies as part of the African Business Education Initiative for Youth (ABE Initiative) and to help the companies find business opportunities and partners.
The ABE Initiative aims to foster African human resources who will become a
bridge between their countries and Japan to encourage Japanese companies expand into Africa, and in so doing to contribute to African development.
Japanese companies are interested in Africa’s rich natural resources and enormous market. However, finding personnel to serve as a foundation when expanding into Africa is a challenge for them.
I Word Understanding
Initiative – the ability to assess and initiate things independently
Opportunities – chance
Bridge – connect
Enormous – huge
II Have your say
1.What are the good points of the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s project for African, the ABE initiative?
2.Kinds of Business Fairs that Japan holds every year
*Fooma Japan (International Food Machinery & Technology Exhibition)
*Interphex Japan (International Pharmaceutical, Cosmetic and Detergent Manufacturing Technology Expo and Conference)
*Tokyo Car show
*Creators Expo Tokyo (International Pharmaceutical, Cosmetic and Detergent Manufacturing Technology Expo and Conference)
*Tokyo Pack (International Packaging Show)
*Health Ingredients Expo (Health Ingredients Conference & Expo)
*Japan Aerospace (International Aerospace Exhibition. Japan International Aerospace Exhibition (JA) is the best opportunity to access the latest activities and technologies in aerospace and defense and to meet with decision makers of companies and government policy makers
*S-Tec Japan (Exhibition for Food Safety and Quality Control. S-tec Japan is the only event in Japan that focuses on this highly specialised segment and provides the best opportunity to meet production and R&D professionals from food manufacturing companies
2.1 Can you name other business exhibitions in your city?
3.If you were African citizen, what are things that you’d like to improve in your country?
509 Business Fair Introduces Japanese Companies to Young Africans Studying in Japan
