TICAD
The Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7)
(Yokohama, 28th - 30th August, 2019)
November 26, 2019
(Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
(Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office)
TICAD stands for Tokyo International Conference on African Development. The government of Japan has been leading this conference since 1993, co-hosted by United Nations, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Bank and African Union Commission (AUC).
TICAD7 was held on 28th - 30th August, 2019 at Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama city, Japan, with more than 10,000 people, including 42 African leaders from 53 African countries, 52 development partner countries, 108 heads of international and regional organizations, and representatives of civil society and the private sector.
TICAD7
Events
August 30
- TICAD7 The Third Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize Award Ceremony and Commemorative Banquet (August 30, 2019)
- Address by Mr. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, at the Closing Session of the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7), August 30, 2019, Pacifico Yokohama (August 30, 2019)
- Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Kono attended the Special Conference on Promoting Cooperation in the Western Indian Ocean (August 30, 2019)
- The launch meeting of Gavi’s third replenishment (August 30, 2019)
August 29
- TICAD7 Plenary 3: Public-Private Business Dialogue (August 29, 2019)
- Prime Minister Abe Attends the Japan-Africa Business Forum (August 29, 2019)
- Prime Minister Abe and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Kono attended the Special Conference on Peace and Stability in the Horn of Africa and the Neighboring Region (August 29, 2019)
- State Minister Abe attended the TICAD 7 Official side event: ILO Future of Work High-level Dialogue Jobs4Youth (August 29, 2019)
- State Minister for Foreign Affairs Sato attends TICAD7 Side Event “Transformative Actions for Inclusion Innovative and Sustainable Blue Economy for Africa” Hosted by the Government the Republic of Kenya and UNDP (August 29, 2019)
August 28
- The Welcome Reception co-hosted by Prime Minister and Mayor of the City of Yokohama (August 28, 2019)
- Keynote Address by Mr. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan at the Opening Session of the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7) (August 28, 2019)
- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Attends a Side Event Hosted by the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) (August 28, 2019)
- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Attends an Event Hosted by the STS Forum (August 28, 2019)
- Prime Minister Abe Visits the Japan-Africa Business EXPO (August 28, 2019)
Photographs・Videos
Summit Meetings
- Japan-Somalia Summit Meeting(August 31, 2019)
- Prime Minister Abe Meets with Former President of Mozambique Chissano(August 31, 2019)
- Japan-Tanzania Summit Meeting(August 31, 2019)
- Japan-Ghana Summit Meeting(August 31, 2019)
- Japan-Lesotho Summit Meeting(August 31, 2019)
- Japan-Comoros Summit Meeting(August 31, 2019)
- Japan-Cote d’Ivoire Summit Meeting(August 31, 2019)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by H.E. Ms. Isatou Touray, Vice-President of The Gambia(August 31, 2019)
- Japan-Eswatini Summit Meeting(August 31, 2019)
- Japan-Seychelles Summit Meeting(August 31, 2019)
- Japan-Democratic Republic of the Congo Summit Meeting (August 30, 2019)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by H.E. Dr. Joseph Butore, Second Vice President of the Republic of Burundi(August 30, 2019)
- Japan-Zambia Summit Meeting (August 30, 2019)
- Japan-Madagascar Summit Meeting (August 30, 2019)
- Japan-Benin Summit Meeting(August 30, 2019)
- Japan-Liberia Summit Meeting(August 30, 2019)
- Prime Minister Abe Receives a Courtesy Call from the Vice President of Malawi(August 30, 2019)
- Japan-Zimbabwe Summit Meeting (August 30, 2019)
- Japan-Nigeria Summit Meeting (August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Sao Tome and Principe Summit Meeting (August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Sierra Leone Summit Meeting (August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Niger Summit Meeting (August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Senegal Summit Meeting (August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Namibia Summit Meeting (August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Central African Republic Summit Meeting (August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Mauritius Summit Meeting (August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Rwanda Summit Meeting (August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Republic of Cabo Verde Summit Meeting (August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Guinea-Bissau Summit Meeting (August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Angola Summit Meeting (August 29, 2019)
- Prime Minister Abe Receives a Courtesy Call from H.E. James Wani Igga, Vice-President of the Republic of South Sudan (August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Djibouti Summit Meeting(August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Ethiopia Summit Meeting(August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Burkina Faso Summit Meeting(August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Mauritania Summit Meeting(August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Uganda Summit Meeting(August 29, 2019)
- Meeting Between Prime Minister Abe and Moussa Faki Mahamat,Chairperson of the African Union Commission(August 28, 2019)
- Japan-Togo Summit Meeting(August 28, 2019)
- Japan-Guinea Summit Meeting(August 28, 2019)
- Japan-Mali Summit Meeting(August 28, 2019)
- Japan-Algeria Summit Meeting (August 28, 2019)
- Japan-Kenya Summit Meeting (August 28, 2019)
- Courtesy Call on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by H.E. Ms.Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) (August 28, 2019)
- Japan-South Africa Summit Meeting (August 28, 2019)
- Prime Minister Abe Meets with United Nations Secretary-General Guterres(August 28, 2019)
- Japan-Egypt Summit Meeting(August 28, 2019)
Foreign Ministers' Meetings
- Japan-Morocco Foreign Minister’s Meeting (Luncheon)(August 31, 2019)
- Japan-Cameroon Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(August 31, 2019)
- Japan-Burkina Faso Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(August 31, 2019)
- Japan-Sierra Leone Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(August 31, 2019)
- Foreign Minister Taro Kono Meets with Mr. Neven Mimica, the European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development (August 30, 2019)
- Foreign Minister Kono Meets with the Minister of Economy and Finance of Mozambique(August 30, 2019)
- Meeting between Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Mr. Achim Steiner, Administrator for the UNDP(August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Somalia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Egypt Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Eritrea Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(August 29, 2019)
- Foreign Minister Taro Kono Meets with H.E. Ms.Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)(August 29, 2019)
- Meeting between Foreign Minister Kono and Doubragne, Minister of Economy and Development Planning of the Republic of Chad(August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Zimbabwe Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Kenya Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Gabonese Republic Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Botswana Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(August 29, 2019)
- Japan-Senegal Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(August 28, 2019)
- Japan-Libya Foreign Ministers’ Meeting（August 28, 2019）
- Japan - Republic of Congo Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (August 28, 2019)
- Japan-Tunisia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting(August 28, 2019)
Others
- Courtesy call by Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga on President Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana(August 31, 2019)
- Meeting between State Minister for Foreign Affairs Sato and President Gnassingbe of Togo (August 30, 2019)
- Meeting between State Minister Sato and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Faure of the Republic of Seychelles (August 30, 2019)
- Meeting between Mr. Masahisa Sato, State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Mr. Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, President, ECOWAS Commission(August 29, 2019)
- Meeting between Mr. Sato, State Minister for Foreign Affairs and Ms. Kapwepwe, Secretary General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa(August 29, 2019)
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Suzuki receives courtesy call by Mr. Serigne Mbaye Thiam, Vice-Chair of the Global Partnership for Education (August 28, 2019)
- Foreign Minister Kono's article contributed to Les Echos(France) (English / Japanese / Copy of the article (French) (PDF)
) (August 28, 2019) - Foreign Minister Kono’s Interview with Ahram (Arab Republic of Egypt) (Japanese / Copy of the article (Arabic) (PDF)) (August 26, 2019)
About TICAD7
- About TICAD7(English (PDF) / French (PDF) ) (June 3, 2019)
- Interview with H.E. Mr. Ayman Aly Kamel, Ambassador of Egypt to Japan, on TICAD7 and Japan (Produced by Japan Up Close)
- Ambassador for TICAD and Representative of the Government of Japan for Peace and Stability Okamura’s contributed article on TICAD7 to AJISS-Commentary “TICAD’s Uniqueness and Future Prospects” (The Association of Japanese Institutes of Strategic Studies) (November 8, 2019)
TICAD7 Official Side Events
The Secretariat for TICAD7 closed Second Applications for TICAD7 Official Side Events.
First Call for Application for TICAD7 Official Side Events
- TICAD7 Official Side Events (Seminar and Symposium)
- TICAD7 Official Side Events (Booth and Panel Exhibition)
Second Call for Application for TICAD7 Official Side Events
TICAD7 Partner Project
TICAD7 Public-Private Roundtable Meeting
- TICAD7 Public-Private Roundtable Meeting Recommendations by the Japanese Private Sector Overview (PDF)
- TICAD7 Public-Private Roundtable Meeting Recommendations by the Japanese Private Sector (English (PDF) / French (PDF) )
Africa Related Topics
- The ABE Initiative - Pilots of African Business (English (PDF) / French (PDF) )
Related Information
- TICAD7 The dinner hosted by Foreign Minister KONO (August 27, 2019)
- Foreign Minister Kono’s attendance at the TICAD7 Ministerial Preparatory Meeting (August 27, 2019)
- TICAD7 Pamphlet (French) (PDF) (August 23, 2019)
- TICAD7 Media Handbook (English / French (PDF)) (August 16, 2019)
- TICAD7 Pamphlet (English) (PDF) (August 15, 2019)
- Program for the TICAD 7 Official Side Events (PDF) (August 1, 2019)
- Procedures for TICAD7 Media Accreditation (Non-accompanying media) (English / French (PDF) ) (Application is closed) (July 30, 2019)
- Announcement of the Theme of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7) (July 9, 2019)
- The TICAD 7 Preparatory Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) (June 6, 2019)
- Closed Second Call for Application for TICAD7 Official Side Events (June 3, 2019)
- Second Call for Application for TICAD7 Official Side Events (April 26, 2019)
- The ABE Initiative ? Pilots of African Business (English (PDF) / French (PDF) ) (April 18, 2019)
- About TICAD7 (March 15, 2019)
- Application for TICAD7 Official Side Events (March 4, 2019)
- Announcement of TICAD7 Venue (February 1, 2019)
- About the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7) Partner Project
- Announcement of TICAD7 logo and usage of the logo (October 7, 2018)
- Appointment of singer MISIA as Honarary Ambassador to TICAD7 (October 6, 2018)
- Decision on the Dates of the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7) (July 27, 2018)
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