Welcome to TICAD Exchange
TICAD Exchange, a web-based portal developed and managed by UNDP with technical assistance of UNIDO, is envisaged as a first step towards building a network of Asian and African public and private sectors.
TICAD Exchange aims at improving the information base on trade and investment to guide the identification of new business opportunities, and at providing an on-line facility for information exchange among users.
TICAD exchange is based on three pillars.
- Marketplace: an information database of investment and trade offers from Asian and African countries.
- Investment Environment: a wide range of information such as macro and micro economic indicators, data on industrial production, trade and investment policies, and laws and regulations of African countries.
- Resource Centres: links to related fields such as Agro-Food Industry, offering technological and economic advice on agro-industrial strategy.
TICAD Exchange was first introduced by HE Prime Minister Koizumi during the Asia-Africa Business Summit that took place as a parallel event to the Bandung Conference in April 2005.
TICAD Exchange plays a supportive role as a source of information towards the implementation of Africa-Asia Business Forum (AABF).
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News and Events
The Fifth Africa-Asia Business Forum (AABF V) is scheduled to be held from 15 to 17 June 2009 in Kampala/Entebbe, Uganda.
AABF V will foster partnership building and technology transfer of the industries associated with tourism sector through policy dialogue and partnership building to attract more Asian and Japanese tourists to Africa – generating a boost in investments for tourism development. Its ultimate objective is to attract investment into Africa and to increase trade and investment between Africa and Asia.
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