Category: JICA contributions

Japan’s first “Mock AU” General Assembly, organized by the Mock AU Executive Committee (a voluntary student organization) and co-organized by AUC, JICA, UNDP, and Sophia University, was held at the Hotel New Otani on August 20 as a thematic event of the TICAD Ministerial Meeting. A total of about 100 students participated on the day,…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Grant Agreement (G/A) with the government of the United Republic of Tanzania on October 17 in Dar es Salaam for a grant of up to 4.07 billion yen for the “Dodoma City Ring Road Construction Project. Dodoma, the capital of Tanzania, is experiencing a significant increase in…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Loan Agreement (L/A) with Electricidad de Ecuador for the Chachimbilo Geothermal Development Project (Phase I) in Quito, the capital of the Republic of Ecuador, on October 24. The project outline is as follows Signing Ceremony Project Summary Project Name Chachimbilo Geothermal Development Project (Phase I) Chachimbiro Geothermal…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Grant Agreement (G/A) with the government of the Republic of Madagascar on October 14 in Antananarivo, the capital of the country, for the “Toamasina City Water Supply System Expansion and Improvement Project. A summary of the business is as follows Project Name City of Toamasina Water System…

JICA President Akihiko Tanaka met with Ms. Nardos Bekele-Thomas, CEO of the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), at JICA headquarters on October 2. Meeting with AUDA-NEPAD delegation including Secretary At the beginning of the meeting, President Tanaka thanked JICA for its cooperation with AUDA-NEPAD, which has resulted in the areal expansion of JICA’s cooperation on…

Since 2014, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the World Bank Group have held an annual high-level dialogue called “Deep Dive” to promote collaboration between headquarters and the field level through dialogue on priority themes. On September 18, 2024, during his visit to the United States, President Tanaka met with World Bank Group President…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Record of Discussions (R/D) with the Tunisian government on October 16, in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, for the technical cooperation project “Tunis Metropolitan Area Urban Transport Planning Project. Signing Ceremony A summary of the business is as follows Project Name Tunis Metropolitan Area Urban Transportation Planning…

On October 15, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Loan Agreement (L/A) with the African Development Fund (AfDF) for a loan of up to 51,674,240,000 yen for the “Loan for the 16th Capital Increase of the African Development Fund”. The Loan Agreement (L/A) was signed with AfDF (African Development Fund: AfDF). The signing…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Grant Agreement (G/A) with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) on October 15 at JICA Headquarters for the “Living Environment Improvement Program for Urban Vulnerable Populations (UN-Cooperation/UN-Habitat Implementation). The Grant Agreement (G/A) was signed with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) at JICA Headquarters. A…

On October 9, 2024, a completion ceremony for the grant aid “Bujumbura Port Rehabilitation Project” was held in Bujumbura*, the economic capital of Burundi. The ceremony was attended by President Evariste Ndaisimiye and key ministers from Burundi, and Ambassador Isao Fukushima, JICA Director Naoki Ando, and JICA Rwanda Office Director Minako Shiotsuka (also in Burundi)…