Japan is in talks with South Africa over potentially helping the country finance the reorganization of its energy sector.

Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s video address on August 27, marked the opening of the eighth Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development (TICAD) and celebrated Tunisia as the second African ...

The University of Pretoria, African Development Bank, and University of Tokyo are joining forces to cultivate the next ...

Japanese investment in Africa is gaining momentum, particularly in the mining and energy sectors. Diplomatic visits by Japanese leaders in 2023 and 2024 highlight this renewed commitment, emphasising ...

Then-Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo speaks at the opening session of TICAD 7 in Yokohama, Japan, Aug. 28, 2019. Credit: Flickr/TICAD7 Photographs This summer, the Eighth Tokyo International ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday proposed an economic zone connecting the Indian Ocean to Africa as the country seeks to play a greater role in the African ...

Three years after the Tunis summit, Japan hosts its African partners on the home turf of Yokohama on 20-22 August – a chance to regain the momentum lost by the Covid-hit eighth summit. The Tokyo ...

This report is part of Strategic Japan, a CSIS Japan Chair initiative featuring analysis by Japan’s leading foreign policy scholars on key regional and global challenges and the implications for the U ...

Last month, pan-African venture capital firm Verod-Kepple Africa Partners reached the second close of its first fund (Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures), targeting African startups at $43 million.

Japan has been promoting, in collaboration with the UN, the TICAD (Tokyo International Conference on African Development) process since 1993 to raise awareness of African development issue in the ...