African Business Education (ABE) Initiative 2026 for Youth & SDGs Global Leader (Fully Funded to Japan) – Opportunities For Africans

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Application Deadline: Varying by Country

Applications at the moment are open for the 2025 ABE Initiative Master’s Degree and Internship Program. At the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V), held in Yokohama in 2013, then Prime Minister Abe Shinzo introduced the “African Business Education Initiative for Youth” (hereafter referred to because the “ABE Initiative”). This is a strategic five-year plan offering 1,000 youths in Africa with Opportunities to study at Japanese universities in addition to to do internships at Japanese enterprises. ABE Initiative builds on the idea that there’s a want for human useful resource improvement in each non-public and public sectors of Africa by cultivating a powerful human community between Japan and Africa.

At the TICAD 7 held in Yokohama in 2019, the initiative was renewed as “ABE initiative 3.0” which would offer Opportunities for 3,000 youths in Africa to study and intern in Japan over the following 6 years. Since 2014, greater than 1,400 members from all of the 54 nations have ever joined this system, and over 1,200 members have accomplished. This has resulted in establishing a variety of human useful resource community of ABE Initiative members. Furthermore, many Japanese corporations and ABE Initiative members have collaborated in varied methods to promote the event of personal sectors in Africa.

Objectives:

• to assist younger era prepared to contribute to the event of industries in Africa.
• to foster individuals that bridge between Africa and Japan by deep understanding of Japanese society and Japanese enterprise tradition

African Business Education Initiative (ABE Initiative):

• Open to each private and non-private sector candidates.
• Provides Opportunities for Master’s diploma research and internships in Japan.

SDGs Global Leadership Program:

• Applicants have to be beneath 40 years of age as of 1st April 2026.
• Hold a bachelor’s diploma with related working expertise.
• Required paperwork embrace: Application Form, Career Plan after Graduation, Research Plan, and Proof of English proficiency (TOEFL, IELTS, and so forth., the place required by the host college).
  
  Program Duration:
• 2–3 years from September 2026, relying on the chosen graduate course and internship interval.

Countries

• Cote d’Ivoire: Info | Email | September 30, 2025
  
• République Démocratique du Congo : Info | Email | October 15, 2025
  
• Kenya: Info | Email | | ninth October 2025

• Tunisia | Info | Email | | September 26, 2025

Apply Now for the African Business Education Initiative for Youth & SDGs Global Leader

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For More Information:

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