Activities : Assisting business expansion of developing countriesJETRO Zone in FOODEX (1997 - present)

TICAD Follow-up Activities

PROJECT OUTLINE

Through support for exhibits at FOODEX JAPAN,* JETRO is providing companies in emerging nations with opportunities to enter the Japanese market, and each country's food industry obtains our promotional support.

In addition, following TICAD IV in 2008, JETRO has placed particular focuson supporting businesses in each African country.

* Asia's largest food and drink trade show organized by Japan Management Association. Held every year in March at Makuhari Messe.

JETRO booth at FOODEX

Participation by African countries

Support for participation by African companies. * ( ) refers to the number of companies

Year Countries participating in JETRO zone
*only African exhibitors(excerpt)
Numbers of African exhibitors Total of JETRO zone
FOODEX JAPAN 2020
(Canceled by the exhibition organizer)
Benin(1), Cameroon(1), Cote d'lvoire(1), Ethiopia(2), Ghana(1), Madagascar(4), Mauritius(2), Mozambique(1), Nigeria(1), Lesotho(2), Sudan(2) 18 companies
/11 countries
(Number of countries and companies planning to exhibit)
40companies
/25 countries
(Number of countries and companies planning to exhibit)
FOODEX JAPAN 2019 Botswana(2), Cote d'lvoire(2), Ethiopia(2), Ghana(2), Madagascar(4), mozambique(1), Nigeria(2), Lesotho(1), Sudan(2), Zambia(1) 19 companies
/10 countries
46companies
/28 countries
FOODEX JAPAN 2018 Comoros(1), Cote d'lvoire(3), Ethiopia(2), Ghana(3), Guinea(1), Kenya(1), Madagascar(5), Mauritius(1), Lesotho(2), Nigeria(3), Sudan(1), Zimbabwe(3) 26 companies
/12 countries
43 companies
/23 countries
FOODEX JAPAN 2017 Comoros(1), Cote d'Ivoire(2), Ghana(2), Lesotho(1), Madagascar(1), Mauritius(4), Sudan(3), Zimbabwe(4) 18 companies
/8 countries
35 companies
/21 countries
FOODEX JAPAN 2016 Cameroon (1), Comoros(1), Cote d'lvoire (3), Ghana(3), Lesotho(1), Malawi (1), Mauritius (3), Nigeria(1), Senegal (1), Sudan (4), Swaziland (1), Zimbabwe (4) 24companies
/12countries
49companies
/25countries
FOODEX JAPAN 2015 Benin(1), Cameroon(2), Cote d'lvoire(3), Madagascar(1), Mauritius(3), Senegal(2), Sudan(5), Swaziland(1), Tanzania(2), Zambia (1), Zimbabwe(2) 23companies
/11countries
52companies
/25countries
FOODEX JAPAN 2014 Cameroon(1), Cote d'lvoire(4), Kenya(1), Madagascar(1), Mauritius(3), Nigeria(5), Senegal(2), Tanzania(2),Uganda(2), 21companies
/9countries
55companies
/29countries
FOODEX JAPAN 2013 Burkina Faso(4), Egypt(1), Kenya(1), Mauritius(3), Namibia(1), Nigeria(4), South Africa(3), Sudan(3), Tanzania(2), Uganda(1), 23companies
/10countries
53companies
/24countries
FOODEX JAPAN 2012 Burkina Faso(8), Ethiopia(1), Ghana(2), Mauritius(1), Nigeria(3), South Africa(4), Uganda(2), 21companies
/7countries
46companies
/24countries
FOODEX JAPAN 2011 Burkina Faso(3), Cameroon(3), Ethiopia(1), Ghana(2), Kenya(1), Madagascar(2), Mauritius(9), Senegal(1), South Africa(5), Uganda(2), 29companies
/10countries
52companies
/22countries
FOODEX JAPAN 2010 Ethiopia(2), Kenya(1), Madagascar(1),Mauritius(9), Nigeria(1), Senegal(2), South Africa(8), 24companies
/7countries
48companies
/19countries
FOODEX JAPAN 2009 Madagascar(1), Uganda(2), 3companies
/2countries
25companies
/14countries

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