{"id":804,"date":"2014-05-16T23:20:26","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T21:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=804"},"modified":"2019-09-08T23:24:05","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T21:24:05","slug":"africa-forum-france-japan-new-actors","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/event\/africa-forum-france-japan-new-actors\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa Forum \/ France \/ Japan: New actors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa has become a new frontier perceived, if not as an unavoidable, as a possible growth driver in the strategy of the world&rsquo;s companies. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cci-paris-idf.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CCI Paris \u00cele-de-France<\/a> and the Franco-Japanese Trade Committee organized this Forum around 220 African, French and Japanese business leaders. <strong>Pierre-Antoine Gailly<\/strong>, President of the ICC, called for a tripartite partnership so that French and Japanese companies could pool their assets to support the development of Africa, now the second largest growth pole in the world after Asia.<\/p>\n<p>For Japan&rsquo;s Ambassador, <strong>HEM Yoichi Suzuki<\/strong>, the Japanese development model includes useful lessons for Africa, in particular the fundamental role of vocational training: Japan has committed itself to train 1000 African students in its universities, including internships in companies. Japan and France, whose actions are long-term, have very promising areas of cooperation in this field as well as in infrastructure. The success of Mitsui&rsquo;s Japanese partnership with GDF-Suez in Morocco and South Africa in the field of energy was also mentioned, thus allowing better risk management for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>During the debates, <strong>Lionel Zinsou<\/strong>, President of PAI Partners, considered that there is still a delay in France in looking at change in Africa compared to emerging investors, while Africa&rsquo;s potential is unlimited. He cites Nigeria&rsquo;s trajectory, which clearly shows that Africa is no longer the continent of \u00ab\u00a0long time\u00a0\u00bb. Measuring how far companies have come in their perception of Africa, <strong>Louis Schweitzer<\/strong>, Commissioner General for Investment, noted that a forum of this magnitude could never have been organised ten years ago. A few days later, in the French Senate, on June 10, the France-China interparliamentary group also discussed the \u00ab\u00a0Franco-Chinese partnership, a textbook case for economic diplomacy\u00a0\u00bb. On several occasions and in particular by Jean-Pierre Raffarin, the African continent has been mentioned as the privileged field of Sino-French cooperation.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For more information:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cefj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download the report of the Forum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa has become a new frontier perceived, if not as an unavoidable, as a possible growth driver in the strategy of the world&rsquo;s companies. The CCI Paris \u00cele-de-France and the Franco-Japanese Trade Committee organized this Forum around 220 African, French and Japanese business leaders. Pierre-Antoine Gailly, President of the ICC, called for a tripartite partnership [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[164,250,232,188],"tribe_events_cat":[321],"class_list":["post-804","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tag-africa","tag-forum-en","tag-france-en","tag-japan","tribe_events_cat-partner-conferences","cat_partner-conferences","post"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Africa Forum \/ France \/ Japan: New actors - Institut Afrique Monde<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/event\/africa-forum-france-japan-new-actors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Africa Forum \/ France \/ Japan: New actors - Institut Afrique Monde\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa has become a new frontier perceived, if not as an unavoidable, as a possible growth driver in the strategy of the world&rsquo;s companies. The CCI Paris \u00cele-de-France and the Franco-Japanese Trade Committee organized this Forum around 220 African, French and Japanese business leaders. Pierre-Antoine Gailly, President of the ICC, called for a tripartite partnership [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/event\/africa-forum-france-japan-new-actors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Institut Afrique Monde\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-09-08T21:24:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/event\/africa-forum-france-japan-new-actors\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/event\/africa-forum-france-japan-new-actors\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Forum \/ France \/ Japan: New actors - Institut Afrique Monde\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-05-16T21:20:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-08T21:24:05+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/event\/africa-forum-france-japan-new-actors\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/event\/africa-forum-france-japan-new-actors\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/event\/africa-forum-france-japan-new-actors\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u00c9v\u00e8nements\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/events\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Africa Forum \/ France \/ Japan: New actors\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/\",\"name\":\"Institut Afrique Monde\",\"description\":\"&quot;L&#039;audace, unique d\u00e9fi pour une Afrique nouvelle&quot;\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Institut Afrique Monde\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/LogoIAM_225x140.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/LogoIAM_225x140.png\",\"width\":204,\"height\":140,\"caption\":\"Institut Afrique Monde\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Africa Forum \/ France \/ Japan: New actors - Institut Afrique Monde","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/event\/africa-forum-france-japan-new-actors\/","og_locale":"fr_FR","og_type":"article","og_title":"Africa Forum \/ France \/ Japan: New actors - Institut Afrique Monde","og_description":"Africa has become a new frontier perceived, if not as an unavoidable, as a possible growth driver in the strategy of the world&rsquo;s companies. The CCI Paris \u00cele-de-France and the Franco-Japanese Trade Committee organized this Forum around 220 African, French and Japanese business leaders. Pierre-Antoine Gailly, President of the ICC, called for a tripartite partnership [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/event\/africa-forum-france-japan-new-actors\/","og_site_name":"Institut Afrique Monde","article_modified_time":"2019-09-08T21:24:05+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Dur\u00e9e de lecture estim\u00e9e":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/event\/africa-forum-france-japan-new-actors\/","url":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/event\/africa-forum-france-japan-new-actors\/","name":"Africa Forum \/ France \/ Japan: New actors - Institut Afrique Monde","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-05-16T21:20:26+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-08T21:24:05+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/event\/africa-forum-france-japan-new-actors\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"fr-FR","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/event\/africa-forum-france-japan-new-actors\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/event\/africa-forum-france-japan-new-actors\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u00c9v\u00e8nements","item":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/events\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Africa Forum \/ France \/ Japan: New actors"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/","name":"Institut Afrique Monde","description":"&quot;L&#039;audace, unique d\u00e9fi pour une Afrique nouvelle&quot;","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"fr-FR"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/#organization","name":"Institut Afrique Monde","url":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"fr-FR","@id":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/LogoIAM_225x140.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/LogoIAM_225x140.png","width":204,"height":140,"caption":"Institut Afrique Monde"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":805,"href":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/804\/revisions\/805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.institutafriquemonde.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}