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The IDE-JETRO and the World Bank jointly hosted a seminar on ¡°Africa¡¯s Economic Transformation and the Role of Private Sector¡± in Tokyo on Friday, 23 August 2024, on the occasion of the TICAD Ministerial Meeting, which is held one year before the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9) in Yokohama in August 2025.

This seminar is a TICAD Ministerial Meeting 2024 and TICAD 9 Partner Project.

Venue:

• on-site participation
  World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center
  14th floor, Fukoku Seimei Building, 2-2-2 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyodaku, Tokyo
  
• online participation
  Webex 
  
  

Program:

°ä³ó²¹¾±°ù¡¡Koichi Omori, Senior External Affairs Officer, World Bank Tokyo Office ¡¡

Opening Remarks            

, Executive Vice President, IDE-JETRO¡¡¡¡

Keynote Speech               

Andrew Dabalen, Chief Economist for Africa, World Bank ¡¡¡¡

Presentation material: (PDF)

Presentation                      

, Deputy Director General, Research Promotion Department, IDE-JETRO¡¡¡¡

Presentation                      

Takao Seki, Senior Director for Global Strategy (Africa), Planning Department, JETRO

Q&A and Discussion

moderated  , Director, African Studies Group, Area Studies Center, IDE-JETRO ¡¡

*There will be a networking session after the seminar at the venue.

DATE/TIME: 4:30pm-6pm, Friday, August 23, 2024 (JST) *A networking session at the venue will be held after the seminar.

FORMAT: Hybrid (pre-registration required for both online and in-person participation)

Language: English and Japanese with simultaneous interpretation.

CONTACT: Koichi Omori, World Bank Tokyo Office

komori@worldbankgroup.org