The 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7/2019)

Last Updated March 1, 2021

What is the African Development Conference?

This is an international conference on the theme of African development led by the Japanese government and co-hosted by the United Nations, the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the African Union Commission (AUC). Following the 4th meeting in 2008 and the 5th meeting in 2013, the 7th meeting was held in Yokohama from August 28 to 30, 2019.

Outline of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development

Schedule From Wednesday, August 28, 2019 to Friday, 30th
Venue Pacifico-yokohama
More than 10,000 participants, including 53 African countries, 52 development partner countries, 108 international and regional organizations, as well as representatives of civil society such as the private sector and NGOs, including 42 leaders.
Theme "Let's breakthrough in Africa! People, technology, and innovation."

After discussions at the closing ceremony held on 30th, the "Yokohama Declaration 2019" was adopted, and "Yokohama Action Plan 2019" was announced as an attached document.

Details of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 7) (external site)(Ministry of Foreign Affairs website)
The 5th Tokyo Conference on African Development(Website of Sports and Culture Bureau Website)
The 4th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (Website of Sports and Culture)

Yokohama City's Initiatives for the Conference

The theme of Yokohama City's initiatives for the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development is "Africa and Yokohama, with overflowing power to the future."
There are three directions for our efforts.

Expansion of International Technical Cooperation
Strengthening business support and promoting the active participation of women
Enhancement of next-generation upbringing and citizen exchange

Three directions of initiatives

Record of the event

Record of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development

We will post a collection of holding records, "Record of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama", which summarizes the results of projects that Yokohama City worked on.

Record of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development
Items	Contents
Batch download (PDF: 30,076KB)
English version(Excerpt)（PDF：2,638KB）
Cover, Greetings, Table of Contents	Cover, Greetings and Table of Contents (PDF: 757KB)
１．First of all,	First (PDF: 756KB)
２．Outline of the event	Outline of the event (PDF: 849KB)
３．Yokohama City's initiatives during the exhibition period	Approach of Yokohama City during the exhibition period (PDF: 3,721KB)
４．Approach of Yokohama City until the meeting	Expansion of International Technical Cooperation (PDF: 1,172KB)
	Strengthen business support and promote the active participation of women (PDF: 663KB)
	Enhancement of next-generation upbringing and citizen exchange (PDF: 10,011KB)
	Crisis Management and Facility Management (PDF: 937KB)
	Promotion (PDF: 10,236KB)
	Participation in related conferences (PDF: 820KB)
	Yokohama City Council Activities (PDF: 651KB)
	Activities of Japan-African Friendship Yokohama City Council Members (PDF: 681KB)
５．Reference materials	Reference materials (PDF: 923KB)

Future of Africa that Women and Girls: Possibility of Social Changes through Business ~ Report

The report of the symposium held as the official side event of the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development.

Future of Africa that Women and Girls: Possibility of Social Change through Business-Holding Report (PDF: 3,748KB)

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