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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)…

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a Loan Agreement (L/A) with the Government of Fiji on October 11 in Suva, the capital of Fiji, for the “Disaster Recovery Stand-By Loan Project (Phase 2)”. The outline of the project is as follows Signing Ceremony Project Summary Project Name Disaster recovery stand-by loans (Phase 2) Stand-by…

Emergency relief supplies provided by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for forest fire damage in the Plurinational State of Bolivia have been delivered to the country. The emergency relief supplies to be provided to Bolivia will be a set of firefighting uniforms, equipment, and materials for the firefighting teams that are working on the…

TSUBASA, JICA’s startup support program in Latin America and the Caribbean, is co-sponsoring with BRIDGE the “Innovators Go! Global” event series on the theme of startups going global. On October 15, “Startups from Academia” will be held as the third part of the series, as follows. Startup companies from academia that are expanding overseas will…

summary Date: October 2, 2024 Co-organizers: JICA, African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) Location: JICA Takebashi Meeting Room and online (hybrid event) Main Participants Opening Remarks: Naoki Ando, Director, JICA Keynote Speech: Nardos Bekele-Thomas, Secretary of AUDA-NEPA Amin Idris Adom, Director, Trade, Connectivity and Infrastructure, AUDA-NEPAD Outline of TICAD 30th Anniversary Draft Report Naoki Yanase, Director,…