Presentation at the IAD DCS Summit 2022, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

1. Project NINJA in Africa
(Next Innovation with Japan)
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WED. 11 MAY 2022

2. 2
Creation of
Innovative Industries
Overcoming
Social Challenges
With
Japan
Project NINJA since 2020
Project NINJA in Africa
(Next Innovation with Japan)

3. Entrepreneur
Finance
Community
Policy and
Impact
Idea Contest
Education
Incubation
Businesss Contest
Acceleration
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Business Matching/ Open Innovation
Policy Advocacy, Survey on Ecosystem
Information Dissemination
Venture/ Impact Finance
Impact Measurement
Framework of Project NINJA
Fund Raising
Business
Concept
Registration Scale up Exit
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4. 4
We're ready for
further
developments.
Already started a
business, but still in the
process of trial and
error
Specific preparations are
underway to start business.
idea stage
potential layer
1.Business expansion phase
(3~5 years after starting
business)
2.Entrepreneurship
implementation phase
Series A
Series B
1.Implementation
phase
(Acceleration Program
etc)
2. Preparation stage
(incubation Program
etc)
Seed
Pre-seed
3.Startup preparation phase
4.Business concept (idea)
phase
In order to increase the number of start-up companies, we target the following two layers.
registered
Target entrepreneurs of the two categories

5. Acceleration programs
Promote the establishment and operation of acceleration programs
that lead to the acquisition of funds and strategic business alliances with other companies
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 Countries:
 Program:
・Mentoring
・Networking
・Instruction
・Demo Day
+Training/ Business Matching Tour (Silicon Valley/USA, South Africa etc.)
Ethiopia Nigeria
Kenya
Uganda
Ghana
Ex.1 1.Implementation phase

6. 6
19 countries of Africa
2,713 companies applied
69 PoCs
8 Japanese companies
Ex.2 1.Implementation phase
NINJA Business Plan Competition in response to COVID-19

7. 7
Incubation Program (Solve IT 2019) around Ethiopia
YouTube
Ex.3
1 year (2018-2019)
2000 youths in 15 cities
63 teams advanced
Sponsors from
-Governments (MinT etc.)
-Universities (Semera University etc.)
-private companies
(Amole, Singulatity NET, Kudu Ventures etc.)
2. Preparation stage

8. Expand project NINJA around Africa and Asia
Promote the establishment and operation of acceleration programs
that lead to the acquisition of funds and strategic business alliances with other companies
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"BDS Project for Enterprise Growth" (2018-2021)
"Advisor for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Promotion"
(2021-2023)
"Enterprise Promotion Project using Kaizen" (2020-2025)
"Enterprise Competitiveness Enhancement Project" (2020-2024)
“Data Collection Survey on Enhancement of Startup Ecosystem in
African”(2020-
"Advisor for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Promotion"
(2021-2023)
Rwanda
Ethiopia
Kenya
Ghana
Nigeria
"ICT Innovation Ecosystem Enhancement Project" (2017-2020)
Uganda
"Information Collection and Confirmation Study on ICT
Industry Promotion and Strengthening of Startup System"
(2021-2022)
“Information collection and confirmation survey
related to support for startups and
entrepreneurs”(2019-2021)
“India's Startup and Innovation Ecosystem” (2021-2022)
“Project to expand the functions of the Center for
Entrepreneurship Development and Business Exchange Support
for start-ups and entrepreneurs”(2019-2021)
“ MonJa startup accelerator program response to COVID-19”
(2020-2021)
Kenya Ghana
Cambodia
India
Mongolia
Vietnam Laos Indonesia Thailand
Singapore India
Africa
Asia
Ex.4

9. New NINJA Acceleration Program is Coming soon!
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1-week training
for about
30 startups
Acceleration
program for
about 6 startups
1) Chance to
meet investors,
get fund
2) Chance to
advertise
3) Chance to
connect with
other Startups
4) Chance to go
to Japan for
training???
We will update information
Check JICA Ethiopia Facebook etc(Google “JICA” & “Ethiopia”)