Number of Target Personnel

In total about five (5) speakers will be selected among both current and ex-participants

based on the selection procedures described in the Section 7 below.

Qualifications and Requirements

(1) Ex-participants

Applicants must:

– have completed ABE Initiative

– be engaged in activities related to the objective of ABE Initiative in Africa or in Japan

– be able to participate in the 2nd Selection (see Section 7 below)

– obtain approval from your workplace for application and visiting Yokohama(Japan)

at the end of August 2019

(2) Current participants

Applicants must:

– be in Japan at the end of August 2019

– be and/or have plan to be engaged in activities related to the objective of ABE Initiative in Africa or in Japan 

– be able to participate in the 2nd Selection (see Section 7 below)

– be able to participate in the 2nd  Selection (see Section 7 below)

– obtain approval from your supervisor of the university / the staff at the company you

do internship for application and visiting Yokohama at the end of August 2019

Required Document for Presentation

Each applicant is required to prepare and submit the documents for presentation in

English as follows.

It is important to present your clear message based on your experience in a concise

manner in five (5) minutes to about 150 audiences participating in the side event. “TED”

style presentations are welcome.

(1) Theme of the presentation

In light of the objective of ABE Initiative, please present the followings:

– your ideas and/or actual cases for bridging Africa and Japan in collaboration with

Japanese companies; and

– your activities and/or your plan of activities in order to realize/promote your

ideas/cases mentioned above.

Please also consider the reason you applied for ABE Initiative, and what you obtained

through participating in ABE Initiative.

*Note: Ex-participants must include actual cases based on your experience.

(2) Conditions for preparing the documents for presentation

[Summary of Presentation]

– Use Word format.

– The summary should be within 400 words in English.

[Presentation Material]

– Use PowerPoint format.

– The number of slides of PowerPoint is up to five (5), in principle. Please note that 

the time of presentation is five (5) minutes.