Il s' est tenu du 16 au 17 décembre 2024 à Abidjan le troisième Forum économique public-private Japan-Africa (Jafef). The opportunity allowed Japanese economic operators and ministers on the continent to discuss strengthening their trade exchanges.

Several dozen Japanese companies made the trip in addition to thirty ministers from the continent. The third Jafef aims to strengthen trade with this country. Ali Diarrassouba, the Ivorian Minister of Commerce and Industry, said that “the challenge for our country is to boost the exports of our products thanks to the policies put in place for the structural transformation of our economy through industrialization”. Business leaders boasted during the panels. Some have invested in health, others in transport, or even in the space industry, like Takayoshi Fukuyo, the director of ArkEdge Space. ArkEdge Space specializes in microsatellites. She started her projects in Angola.

The officials will meet again in August 2025 during the ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), which will be organized by Japan in Yokohama.