Project NINJA
New Topics
- April 22, 2025 NINJA Brochure Now Available in English and Japanese
- July 8, 2024 JICA expands flagship NINJA Accelerator to South Africa focusing on Open Innovation between startups and NEC XON (Application deadline: July 28th, 2024)
- Octorver 3, 2023 NINJA Accelerator in Kenya launches 3rd cohort : Selected 5 startups
- August 30, 2023 Event Report "Ethiopia NINJA Acceleration Program Graduation"
- July 26, 2023 August 15, 2023[Online Seminar] Ethiopia NINJA Acceleration Program Graduation
- July 14, 2023 Event Report "JICA Ethiopia Startup pitch in Japan"
- July 13, 2023 JICA Ethiopia Startup Ecosystem Report
- May 26, 2023 20th June, 2023 [Online Pitch Event] Ethiopia Startup pitch in Japan
- May 26, 2023 Notice: "Delegation Program to GITEX Africa, the Largest Integrated Tech Forum on the African Continent"
- April 4, 2023 April 7, 2023 [Online] Ethiopia Acceleration Program Kickoff & Pitch event
Overview
JICA launched the Project Ninja (Next Innovation with Japan) in January 2020. It works on multifaceted support for entrepreneurs who take on the challenge of solving social issues in developing countries. NINJA's support includes entrepreneurship development activities, business matching, promotion of venture/impact investment, and policy recommendations to strengthen the ecosystem. The inclusion of "with Japan" in NINJA implies that Japan will continue to innovate with entrepreneurs in developing countries to co-create a sustainable and prosperous economy and society. In order to make a significant contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we will also promote collaboration between entrepreneurs in developing countries and Japanese companies, investors, and research institutions.
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Major activities of Project NINJA
- 1 . Activities to raise awareness of entrepreneurship and foster entrepreneurs.
- 2 . Promotion of corporate collaboration by holding events in Japan and overseas.
- 3 . Promotion of venture investment/impact investment
- 4 . Dissemination of information on local startups
- 5 . Proposal of policies to strengthen the startup ecosystem
- 6 . Understanding the impact of startups
Brochures
Introductory Videos
- Tanzania NINJA (YouTube, external link)
- Tanzania Start-up: Agrinfo (YouTube, external link)
- Tanzania Start-up: Maji JIBU (YouTube, external link)
- Tanzania Start-up: Toolboksi (YouTube, external link)
- Kenya NINJA (YouTube, external link)
- Kenya Start-up: SOLAR E CYCLES LTD (YouTube, external link)
- Kenya Start-up: KYTABU LTD (YouTube, external link)
- Kenya Start-up: ENEZA TELECOM LTD (YouTube, external link)
- Kenya Start-up: DAKTARI MEDIA AFRICA LTD (YouTube, external link)
- Tunisia NINJA (long) (YouTube, external link)
- Tunisia NINJA (short) (YouTube, external link)
- Tunisia Start-up: Cure Bionics (YouTube, external link)
- Tunisia Start-up: D-WEE (YouTube, external link)
- Tunisia Start-up: iCompass (YouTube, external link)
- Tunisia Start-up: MajestEYE (YouTube, external link)
- Tunisia Start-up: SPIKE-X (YouTube, external link)
- Ghana NINJA (long) (YouTube, external link)
- Ghana NINJA (short) (YouTube, external link)
- Uganda Start-up: M-SCAN (YouTube, external link)
- Botswana Start-up: Cytex Technologies (YouTube, external link)
- Botswana Start-up: IoT Technologies (YouTube, external link)
- Botswana Start-up: Solar World Botswana (YouTube, external link)
Related Links
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Strategy for Support for Building Startup Ecosystems for Innovation Creation (Next Innovation with Japan; NINJA) (PDF)
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Checklists for Applying a Gender Lens to JICA’s Entrepreneurship Support Programs (Office for Gender Equality and Poverty Reduction, Governance and Peace Building Department)(PDF)
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Selected 69 startups by NINJA Business Plan Competition 2021 (PDF) (English)
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Selected 69 startups by NINJA Business Plan Competition 2021 (PDF) (French)
- Project NINJA: Encouraging the rise of entrepreneurs|JICA Magazine
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