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Tokyo International Conference on Investment to Africa

1. Date

Wednesday, February 26, 2003

2. Place

Mita, Tokyo

3. Organizer

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

4. Purpose

To exchange information/views and explore possible measures to facilitate and promote foreign investment to Africa, by convening one day meeting of participants from Africa, Asia including Japan and international organizations who have first-hand knowledge and experiences on the African investment issue. The outcome of the meeting will be used in the forthcoming Evian G8 Summit Meeting and TICADIII.

5. Participants (tentative)

  • Representatives of African countries/organizations

    • Mr. Julius Jibril BALA, Director, Investment Climate Improvement and External Relations, Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (Nigeria)
    • Mr. Cherif Salif SY, Personal Representative of the President in charge of NEPAD (Senegal)
    • Mr. Julius Kangogo KIPNGETICH, Managing Director, Investment Promotion Center (Kenya)
    • Mr. Moeletsi MBEKI, Director, KMM Investments Ltd. (South Africa)
    • Mr. Arslan CHIKHAOUI, CEO of Transactions Nord-Sud (Algeria)
    • Mr. Patrick OSAKWE, Economic Affairs Officer and Leader, Macroeconomics and Finance Team, Economic and Social Policy Division (UNECA)

  • Hippalos Center, Malaysia

    • Dato' J. JEGATHESAN, Advisor to Hippalos Center

  • International Organizations

    • Mr. Rainer GEIGER, Deputy Director, Directorate for Fiscal, Financial and Enterprise Affairs (OECD)
    • Mr. Karl P. SAUVANT, Director, Division on Investment, Technology and Enterprise Development (UNCTAD)
    • Mr. Jeffery A. KATZ, Manager, Partnerships and External Affairs, African Region, World Bank

  • Representatives of Japanese companies which have investment experiences in Africa, including Japan Business Federation members

    • Mitsubishi Corporation
    • Komatsu Ltd.
    • Matsushita Battery Industrial Co., Ltd.
    • MARUHA Corporation

  • Japanese scholar

    • Mr. Shigeki TEJIMA, Professor of International Politics and Economics, Nishogakusha University

  • JETRO, JBIC, NEXI, JICA

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    • Mr. Yorizumi WATANABE, Deputy Director-General of Economic Affairs Bureau
    • Mr. Keiji IDE, Director of Developing Economies Division, Economic Affairs Bureau
    • the office of the Director-General for Sub-Saharan African Affairs

  • Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

6. Topics

Participants will exchange views on the following points and discuss concrete measures to promote investment in Africa to formulate a proposal/recommendations.

(1) Experiences in Africa in investment area: to be presented by participants from Africa and international organizations
(2) Experiences of Japanese companies in investment in Africa: to be presented by Japanese companies
(3) Experiences of other Asian countries in investment in Africa: to be presented by Hippalos Center

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