CEO speaks at the 1st plenary meeting of the Japan Business Council for Africa

On 6 June 2019, Koichi SATO, CEO of SUCRECUBE Japon, spoke at the 1st plenary meeting of the Japan Business Council for Africa, held at the Keidanren Kaikan in Tokyo. He was one of six private-sector representatives invited to speak.

The Japan Business Council for Africa was set up to overcome, through public-private cooperation, the obstacles Japanese companies face in Africa. It aims for concrete results by the next Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD). The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister for Foreign Affairs attended the meeting. Among the six private-sector speakers, SUCRECUBE Japon was the only startup.

The invitation came from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), which the Company has worked with since it spoke at the TICAD Business Dialogue in 2018.

Presentation materials (in Japanese): Read the PDF