KAKEHASHI AFRICA

1. Network Is Power
Presentation By Sati Arthur, Eastern Chapter Coordinator on May 23, 2018

2. Quite a journey…
• Networking and Matching Fairs
• Business Seminars and Workshops
• Internships and Cultural
Exchange Programs
“Every interaction is an opportunity to grow!”

3. Challenges
1. Human Resources
• How do you get reliable
personnel?
• How do you manage your
personnel?
• Different environments,
backgrounds, cultures,
ways of thinking.

4. Challenges
2. Africa is very far…
• And we don’t know much
about Africa.
• 47.6%- Rise in personal
cost. (JETRO Survey 2017)
• 70.9%- Sales increase in
local market a motivator
for Profit forecast.

5. Challenges
3. Language barrier
• French-speaking West
Africa
• Arabic-speaking North
Africa

6. Kakehashi Africa
• Is the bridge to support you in
navigating your way across
Africa.
• Network of RELIABLE young
African professionals with
Masters degrees from Japan.
• Select group keen on building
sustainable business
relationship between Japan
and Africa.

7. Why KA?
• Reliable partnership built on
trust- “Ubuntu philosophy”
• Network across the
continent of Africa.
• Diverse professional makeup
• Understand both ways of
doing business- Africa’s way
and Japanese kata.

8. Our Services
• Business Consultation-
Knowledge Co-Creation, HR…
• Research and Development-
Market research, data
analysis.
• Entrepreneurship promotion.
• Skills training- business
cultures etc.

9. In lieu of this…
• Employment
• Mitsubishi Fuso (Kenya)
• NEC Africa(Pty) (Kenya)
• Aiki Co. Ltd. (Mozambique)
• Toyota (South Africa)
• Mayekawa (Senegal)
• Coordination (Kenya)
• Information- Tanzania
• Partnership (Cameroon)

10. Network is Power
Japanese
Business
Community
www.kakehashiafrica.com

11. Asante! ありがとう。Thank you!