By Takeshi Kuroiwa / Japan News Staff Writer

18:26 JST, August 21, 2025

YOKOHAMA – Among the programs that have come out of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), the ABE Initiative has been particularly successful in promoting business ties between Japanese people and people from Africa.

A representative of a Japanese company, who has been doing business with African participants in the initiative, said program alumni can help discover “business opportunities.” The representative was speaking at an event on Wednesday on the sideline of TICAD 9, which ends on Aug. 22 in Yokohama.

The program, which is sponsored by the Japanese government, has helped** people from Africa to study for master’s degrees........

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