Category: JICA contributions

TICAD (Tokyo International Conference on African Development) is an international conference on African development, initiated by the Japanese government in 1993 and jointly organized by the United Nations, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the African Union Commission ( Prior to the 8th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8) to be held in…

Emergency Relief Aid for Flood Damage in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan In response to a request from the government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan for assistance, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will provide emergency relief supplies as follows Magnitude of the damage caused The Islamic Republic of Pakistan has been suffering from…

On August 26, 2022, a ceremony was held in Dili, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, to celebrate the opening of the “National Highway 1 Improvement Project” (paid financial cooperation project). The ceremony was attended by Mr. Joaquim Amaral, Minister for Economic Coordination, Mr. Rui Gomez, Minister of Finance, Mr. Abel Pires, Minister…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) on August 25 in Vientiane on the “Integrated Energy Master Plan Development Project for a Carbon-Neutral Society,” a development study-type technical cooperation. The project is a development research-oriented technical cooperation project. This…

JICA President Akihiko Tanaka was interviewed by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun and the interview was published in the electronic edition of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun as “Africa, the ‘Last Market,’ Explores Conditions for Growth. read more © Source JICA Auto Amazon Links: No products found.Auto Amazon Links: No products found.

JICA President Akihiko Tanaka’s article “Three factors key to overcoming crises” was published in The Japan Times (August 26, 2022). read more © Source JICA Auto Amazon Links: No products found.Auto Amazon Links: No products found.

To date, JICA hosted “JICA Chairs” (programs to support the establishment of Japanese studies chairs) in 56 countries around the world to share Japan’s experience in modernization and development with developing countries. In Madagascar, the third lecture was given on August 17 by Prof. Motoki Takahashi of Kyoto University, who gave a face-to-face lecture on…

Ghana is expanding international trunk roads and facilitating traffic with the goal of becoming a transportation hub for the West African region. In Ghana, road traffic accounts for about 95% of total transportation volume, and road expansion and extension are necessary to cope with the increase in logistics volume due to recent economic growth. In…

In Cameroon, under the jurisdiction of the headquarters of Cameroon Radio and Television (CRTV), the national broadcaster, the TV station operates a news channel and other channels that broadcast sports and culture. CRTV has also started digital terrestrial broadcasting on a trial basis in the urban areas of Yaoundé and Douala, and is planning to…

Malawi’s electrification rate of 11 percent is extremely low compared to the sub-Saharan African average of 35 percent (Population and Housing Census, 2018), and peak electricity demand exceeds installed generation capacity, making the expansion of generation capacity a top priority The priority is to increase power generation capacity. In terms of transmission and substation facilities,…