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

    >> Report Launch: "Overview of Tourism to Africa" <<

    Overview of Tourism to Africa - with reference to Asian and Japanese outbound markets

    Developed as a collaborative effort of the UNDP and the UNWTO in response to the policy recommendations issued at the fifth Africa-Asia Business Forum (AABF V) and the acceleration of the implementation of the Yokohama Action Plan in the area of tourism development, the report intends to serve as a reference for policy makers and tourism businesses in realizing the tourism potential in Africa with the focus on the Asian, particularly on Japan’s, outbound market by conducting an analysis of the tourism trends, evaluation of tourism products, and review of tour business development practices in Africa.

    For more information click here.

    >> Download: English Version

    >> Download: Japanese Version

     

    South-South-GATE Convention 2009

    2-4 September 2009, Shanghai, China

    At the South-South-GATE Convention 2009, government institutions, companies, research institutions and United Nations Agencies discussed the SS-GATE platforms to facilitate exchanges as well as joint venture opportunities among developing countries.

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    The Fifth Africa-Asia Business Forum

    Forging Business Linkages for Sustainable Tourism Development in Africa

    15-17 June 2009 - Kampala, Uganda

    The Fifth Africa-Asia Business Forum (AABF V) – Forging Business Linkages for Sustainable Tourism Development in Africa, was held at Speke Resort in Kampala, Uganda from 15 to 17 June, 2009.

    The novelty of the AABF V is that the focus was placed on service sector, tourism, as contrast to precedent AABFs which mainly dealt with primary and secondary sectors of industry, such as agriculture/forestry, manufacturing and construction sectors.

    In supporting the service sector for the first time, AABF V provided a forum for Public-Private Policy Dialogue, in addition to traditional business negotiation opportunities for private companies. Taking the opportunity of public sector presence for the plenary sessions, the business negotiations were joined also by the public institutions for private-public/public-public partnership building.

    For more information, please click here.