2026

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Tokyo International Conference on African Development

JAPAN FUNDED PROJECTS

The Government of Japan, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Africa, continues to advance transformative initiatives that address Africa’s evolving development priorities while contributing directly to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This page provides a comprehensive overview of Japan-funded projects between 2026 to 2027, highlighting efforts across democratic governance, peacebuilding, the humanitarian-development-peace nexus, climate resilience, sustainable agriculture, and capacity development. A strong cross-cutting emphasis on women, youth, innovation, and partnerships reflects Japan’s continued commitment to fostering inclusive, resilient, and locally driven development across the continent.

Building on the momentum of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), these initiatives strengthen Japan–Africa cooperation through innovative solutions, knowledge exchange, and strategic partnerships that support sustainable economic growth, human security, peace, and resilience.

Projects

French versions are provided below, after the English version.
(Les versions françaises sont proposées ci-dessous, après la version anglaise.)

Angola

Kurima - Embracing the Transformation of Rural Economies in Angola

Angola’s recent economic growth has not translated into sufficient employment opportunities, particularly for youth and women.

Cameroon

Phase III: Project for the Reconstruction of the South-West Region through Rehabilitation of Basic Social Services Infrastructure

Since 2016, the socio-political crisis in Cameroon’s South-West Region has severely disrupted health, water, and education services.

Scaling up carbon finance to preserve the Congo Basin Forests

Deforestation and forest degradation in the Congo Basin continue despite its global role as the world’s largest net carbon sink.

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Eritrea

Backyard Poultry Farming for Resilience and Nutrition of Women-Headed Households in Northern Red Sea Region, Eritrea

Women-headed households in Eritrea’s Northern Red Sea Region face persistent poverty, food and nutrition insecurity, and climate vulnerability.

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Eswatini

Demonstrating Japanese Green and Digital Solutions for Sustainable Airport Logistics in Southern Africa

King Mswati III International Airport (KMIII) remains underutilized due to high energy costs, carbon-intensive operations, inefficient cold-chain infrastructure, and
fragmented cargo coordination systems.

Ethiopia

The Project for Electoral Assistance in Ethiopia

Ethiopia continues to face political, security, and institutional challenges that affect the conduct of credible, inclusive, and peaceful elections.

Ethiopia

Enhancing the Capacity of the International Peace Support Training Institute (IPSTI)

The Horn of Africa continues to face escalating conflict, violent extremism, political instability, and security threats that undermine peace and development.

Ethiopia

Sustainable Coffee for Livelihoods, Nature and Climate in Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s coffee sector is central to national growth, export earnings, and thelivelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers, but it faces rising climate, biodiversity, and market-access risks.

Using Domestic Credit Ratings to Build Digital Bridges for Japan-Africa SME Partnerships

Japanese investment in Africa remains constrained by poor risk perception, limited transparency, weak visibility of bankable SMEs, and high information asymmetry.

Ghana

Towards Collaborative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Cybersecurity Governance in Africa

Africa is experiencing rapid growth in the use of AI and digital technologies across governance, security, and development sectors.

Ghana

Towards Achieving Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus in Bawku

Bawku and its adjoining areas face a protracted chieftaincy and inter-ethnic conflict marked by recurring violence, displacement, disrupted services, and deep mistrust between communities.

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Lesotho

Strengthening Lesotho’s Readiness for Sovereign Sustainable Diaspora Bond Issuance

Lesotho faces significant financing gaps for sustainable development priorities, including climate resilience, renewable energy, infrastructure, agriculture, education and job creation.

Mali

Green and Inclusive Valorization of Cotton and Textile for Local Empowerment

Mali's Cotton and textile sector is a major economic driver in both rural and urban areas. Supporting over 4 million people (around 1/5 of the population) and contributing nearly 15% of GDP, Cotton is the country's second largest export after gold, accounting for around 7% of total exports in 2023.

Mali

Support for Strengthening the Academic and Operational Capacities of the EMP

The Alioune Blondin Beye Peacekeeping School faces challenges including weak digital infrastructure, outdated facilities and equipment, limited operational capacity, and growing demand for training on emerging security threats such as terrorism, cybercrime, and hybrid conflicts.

Mali

Empowering conflict-affected women IDPs and host community in Central Mali through vocational training integrated with the Kaizen approach

Central Mali, particularly Bandiagara, faces a protracted conflict and displacement crisis
that has severely affected women IDPs and women in host communities.

Nigeria

Accelerating Recovery of Affected Communities from Security and Humanitarian Crises in Northeast Nigeria

Northeast Nigeria continues to face the combined impacts of protracted conflict, displacement, climate shocks, and economic fragility.

Nigeria

Northeast reset: Fostering stabilisation and resilience for early transition of communities affected by extremist violence and climate change in Northeast Nigeria

Communities in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria continue to face the impacts of prolonged extremist violence, displacement, climate shocks, and economic fragility.

TICAD9 Follow-Up: Youth Engagement, Public–Private Partnership and Co-creation

The momentum generated by TICAD9 risks fading without sustained follow-up and engagement beyond diplomatic and policy circles.

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São Tomé and Príncipe

The Project for Electoral Assistance in São Tomé and Príncipe 2026

São Tomé and Príncipe continues to work toward inclusive, accessible, and credible elections.

Sierra Leone

Building Trade Bridges: Strengthening SMEs–Japan Business Partnerships for Sustainable Growth in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone’s private sector, particularly youth- and women-led SMEs, faces significant challenges including limited access to finance, low competitiveness, inadequate infrastructure, and capacity constraints.

Sierra Leone

Strengthening Peace, Human Security and Resilience in Border Communities affected by the Situation in Yenga in Kailahun District, Sierra Leone

Remote border communities in Kailahun District face acute human security challenges linked to the long-standing Yenga border dispute with Guinea, porous borders, limited security presence, poverty, and weak access to basic services and livelihoods.

South Africa (Regional, Pan-African)

Drawn Together: Advancing Africa’s Creative Industry through Strategic Partnership with Japan and the UNDP Creatives Hub

Africa’s animation sector offers strong potential for youth employment but remains constrained by limited shared production infrastructure, fragmented skills pipelines, weak access to finance, and limited linkages to professional and international markets.

Tanzania

Support to Capacity Strengthening for Tanzania Peacekeeping Training Centre (TPTC)

Tanzania plays a critical role in regional peacekeeping, but its peacekeepers face high-risk deployments, limited resources, training gaps, and growing demands related to civilian protection, gender-based violence response, and complex conflict environments.

Tanzania

Integrating Advanced Technology for Socio-Economic Development through Human-Wildlife Co-existence at Makao WMA (Implement Rapid Response Mechanism for HWC)

Human–Wildlife Conflict, particularly Human–Elephant Conflict, has intensified around Makao WMA, causing loss of lives, crop destruction, food insecurity, economic losses, and threats to conservation and tourism.

The Gambia

Strengthening Climate Resilience through Green Innovation

The Gambia faces overlapping climate, food security, energy, and livelihood challenges. Prolonged droughts, floods, deforestation, biomass dependence, and weak waste management undermine agricultural productivity, environmental sustainability, and household resilience.

The Gambia

Strengthening the Rule of Law and Promoting Women- and Youth-led Community Security for Inclusive Justice and Democratic Governance in The Gambia

As The Gambia approaches the 2026–2027 electoral cycle, rising crime, youth vulnerability, gender-based violence, and declining trust in public institutions pose growing risks to peace and democratic stability.

Togo

Leveraging Monitoring and Predictive Analytics for Climate-Adaptive Agriculture in Togo to Strengthen Social Cohesion and Resilience of Communities

Togo’s agricultural sector faces growing threats from climate change, environmental degradation, food insecurity, and natural disasters.

Strengthening Africa’s AI Innovation Pipeline through University Innovation Pods (UniPods)

Despite growing AI training initiatives in Africa, a major gap remains between advanced AI skills and market-ready entrepreneurship.

Zimbabwe

Enhancing Resilience of Communities through Mine Clearance and the Improvement of the Agricultural Infrastructure

Landmine contamination along Zimbabwe’s border with Mozambique continues to restrict access to productive land, livelihoods, infrastructure, and essential services more than four decades after the liberation war.

Angola

Kurima - Accompagner la transformation des économies rurales en Angola

La croissance économique récente de l’Angola ne s’est pas traduite par la création d’un nombre suffisant d’emplois, en particulier pour les jeunes et les femmes.

Tokyo International Conference on African Development

JAPAN FUNDED PROJECTS

2026

Projects

Angola

Kurima - Embracing the Transformation of Rural Economies in Angola

Cameroon

Phase III: Project for the Reconstruction of the South-West Region through Rehabilitation of Basic Social Services Infrastructure

Cameroon; Central African Republic (CAR); Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); Gabon; Republic of Congo

Scaling up carbon finance to preserve the Congo Basin Forests

Eritrea

Backyard Poultry Farming for Resilience and Nutrition of Women-Headed Households in Northern Red Sea Region, Eritrea

Eswatini

Demonstrating Japanese Green and Digital Solutions for Sustainable Airport Logistics in Southern Africa

Ethiopia

The Project for Electoral Assistance in Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Enhancing the Capacity of the International Peace Support Training Institute (IPSTI)

Ethiopia

Sustainable Coffee for Livelihoods, Nature and Climate in Ethiopia

Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire

Using Domestic Credit Ratings to Build Digital Bridges for Japan-Africa SME Partnerships

Ghana

Towards Collaborative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Cybersecurity Governance in Africa

Ghana

Towards Achieving Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus in Bawku

Lesotho

Strengthening Lesotho’s Readiness for Sovereign Sustainable Diaspora Bond Issuance

Mali

Green and Inclusive Valorization of Cotton and Textile for Local Empowerment

Mali

Support for Strengthening the Academic and Operational Capacities of the EMP

Mali

Empowering conflict-affected women IDPs and host community in Central Mali through vocational training integrated with the Kaizen approach

Nigeria

Accelerating Recovery of Affected Communities from Security and Humanitarian Crises in Northeast Nigeria

Nigeria

Northeast reset: Fostering stabilisation and resilience for early transition of communities affected by extremist violence and climate change in Northeast Nigeria

CONTINENT WIDE

TICAD9 Follow-Up: Youth Engagement, Public–Private Partnership and Co-creation

São Tomé and Príncipe

The Project for Electoral Assistance in São Tomé and Príncipe 2026

Sierra Leone

Building Trade Bridges: Strengthening SMEs–Japan Business Partnerships for Sustainable Growth in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Strengthening Peace, Human Security and Resilience in Border Communities affected by the Situation in Yenga in Kailahun District, Sierra Leone

South Africa (Regional, Pan-African)

Drawn Together: Advancing Africa’s Creative Industry through Strategic Partnership with Japan and the UNDP Creatives Hub

Tanzania

Support to Capacity Strengthening for Tanzania Peacekeeping Training Centre (TPTC)

Tanzania

Integrating Advanced Technology for Socio-Economic Development through Human-Wildlife Co-existence at Makao WMA (Implement Rapid Response Mechanism for HWC)

The Gambia

Strengthening Climate Resilience through Green Innovation

The Gambia

Strengthening the Rule of Law and Promoting Women- and Youth-led Community Security for Inclusive Justice and Democratic Governance in The Gambia

Togo

Leveraging Monitoring and Predictive Analytics for Climate-Adaptive Agriculture in Togo to Strengthen Social Cohesion and Resilience of Communities

CONTINENT WIDE

Strengthening Africa’s AI Innovation Pipeline through University Innovation Pods (UniPods)

Zimbabwe

Enhancing Resilience of Communities through Mine Clearance and the Improvement of the Agricultural Infrastructure

Versions françaises

Angola

Kurima - Accompagner la transformation des économies rurales en Angola

Cameroun

Phase III : Projet de reconstruction de la région du Sud-Ouest par la réhabilitation des infrastructures de services sociaux de base

Cameroun ; République centrafricaine (RCA) ; République démocratique du Congo (RDC) ; Gabon ; République du Congo

Accroître le financement carbone pour préserver les forêts du bassin du Congo

Érythrée

Élevage de volailles de basse-cour pour renforcer la résilience et la nutrition des ménages dirigés par des femmes dans la région de la mer Rouge septentrionale, en Érythrée

Eswatini

Démonstration de solutions vertes et numériques japonaises pour une logistique aéroportuaire durable en Afrique australe

Éthiopie

Projet d’appui au processus électoral en Éthiopie

Éthiopie

Renforcement des capacités de l’Institut international de formation au soutien de la paix (IPSTI)

Éthiopie

Le café durable au service des moyens de subsistance, de la nature et du climat en Éthiopie

Ghana et Côte d’Ivoire