Talks
Koichi Sato, CEO of SUCRECUBE Japon, speaks at conferences of governments, international organisations and companies, from the company’s field experience in Africa. Main talks:
| Date | Conference or event (organiser, venue) | Role |
|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Africa Business Forum in YOKOHAMA (African Diaspora Network in Japan, with the City of Yokohama, TECH HUB YOKOHAMA) | Panellist |
| August 2025 | Senegal Business Forum (Government of Senegal and JETRO, Senegal National Day at Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai, Osaka) | Panellist, in the presence of the President of the Republic of Senegal |
| August 2025 | TICAD 9 official panel session “Japanese start-ups and co-created business with Africa” (JETRO Japan Fair, Pacifico Yokohama) | Organiser and speaker |
| August 2025 | Japan Fair, official side event of TICAD 9 (JETRO, Pacifico Yokohama) | Exhibitor |
| May 2024 | GRIPS Forum on sustainable social business in Africa through cooperation between governments, local authorities and the private sector (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) | Lecturer |
| May 2024 | “Japan’s contribution to health and education in Senegal through business” (Maison franco-japonaise, Tokyo) | Lecturer |
| May 2024 | “Starting a business in Senegal: why local public-private partnership?” (Afriquest) | Lecturer |
| December 2021 | Information seminar of the Africa Health and Wellbeing Initiative, Japan Business Council for Africa (side event of the 2nd Japan-Africa Public-Private Economic Forum) | Online speaker |
| July 2021 | “Telecommunications in Africa and cooperation between start-ups and large companies” (Keizai Doyukai, Nippon Kogyo Club) | Lecturer |
| November 2020 | Africa Industrialization Day seminar (JICA, JETRO and United Nations organisations) | Online speaker |
| October 2020 | 2020 Medical Exchange Seminar, “Health reform in Africa through ICT, in Japan-France cooperation” (Japan-America Medical Exchange Foundation) | Lecturer |
| June 2020 | “Raising the viewpoint to build a vision” (for NTT Communications / Filament, online) | Lecturer |
| January 2020 | Study series on SME policy (Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI annex) | Lecturer |
| January 2020 | The Life School New Year talk event (the Dock) | Lecturer |
| October 2019 | French-Japanese Startup Creativity Challenge (CEFJ and Fondation franco-japonaise Sasakawa, Station F, Paris) | Speaker |
| October 2019 | 164th meeting of the Gyosei no Shorai wo Kangaeru Kai (Otemachi Club) | Lecturer |
| August 2019 | GGG+ Forum, “The role of Japanese companies in the Africa Health and Wellbeing Initiative” (TICAD 7, Yokohama) | Speaker |
| July 2019 | JICA seminar “Electricity for all in Africa: the SDG 7 challenge” | Remote speaker from Dakar |
| June 2019 | 1st plenary meeting of the Japan Business Council for Africa (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and METI, Keidanren Kaikan) | Speaker, one of six companies representing the private sector |
| June 2019 | “Health reform in developing countries through ICT, in Japan-France cooperation” (ABSCIF, Maison franco-japonaise) | Lecturer |
| March 2019 | JETRO Africa Investment Forum (Paris) | Speaker |
| August 2018 | TICAD BUSINESS DIALOGUE (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, JETRO headquarters) | Speaker |
Read the report on the TICAD 9 sessionRead the Japan Fair report
Speaking requests
SUCRECUBE Japon speaks to companies, schools, ministries and local authorities on the realities of doing business in Africa, how to build public-private partnerships and how to run a local subsidiary. In English, French and Japanese. Please use the contact form.