List of Japanese Companies Doing Business in Africa 2019 Edition
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List of Japanese Companies Doing Business in Africa 2019 edition Africa Business Partners https://africabusinesspartners.com/ ■ Definition of Terms Target companies Type of operation (1) Japanese companies (registered in Japan excluding Japanese entity by established foreign company) A Locally incorporated company, branch, representative office registerd in Africa as well as local doing business in Africa and on the type of operation are among A to D in Type of operation company invested by Japanese company ・It excludes companiese which only dispatch Japanese personnel to Africa and also companies The ratio of share and the number of Japanese personnel in the office don't matter. which establish local office for the implement of ODA projects. ・The list contains only major comapnies for the industries (construction, used-car export, travel agency, B Locally incorporated company, branch, representative office, distributors by Japanese Japanese restaurants etc) in which there are many Japanese companies in Africa. non-African investment destination ・It excludes managiment consulting, development consulting, accounting firms, non- profit projects, Japanese company which subsidiary outside Africa is operating in Africa. research projects and donation projects. (2) Companies established by Japanese in Africa are included though they are not registered in Japan C Sales agent, distributors, partner of export /import and partnership alliance (Industry clasification #29 below) Japanese company with continuously partnership with African company through importing/exporting, order production, technical transfer etc.. Industry classification 1 Electrical, Electronic and Information, Heavy electricity D Other 2 Optical and Precision Instruments Japanese company which participates in construction project, ODA project, temporary dealing, 3 Medical, Medical materials and Examination machinery hold share in natural resources etc.. 4 Other machinery 5 Motor vehicles Order of companies' and countries' name 6 Motor vehicle parts and other transportation related equipment Japanese alphabetical order 7 Iron and Steel, Non-Ferrous Metals and Fabricated Metals 8 Chemical products Erea classification basis 9 Pharmaceuticals Following AU (African Union) practice 10 Paper, Construction material, Glass and Cement 11 Textile, Garment and Leather ■ Special note 12 Foods and Beverages ・The source of information in this list is from public information / information which was voluntarily 13 Other manufacturing industry provided by company / already known facts. 14 Flower Industry ・The information in this list is sourced as of November 2019. 15 Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ・A company's operating countries of operation type A are showed in the left column and countries of 16 Restaurant and Retail other operation types are in the right. 17 IT, Communication and Contents business ・The copyright of the list belongs Africa Business Partners. 18 Other service ・Though the information in this list can be quoted without permission, we request the clear indication 19 Natural resource and Energy of source as follows. 20 Construction, Equipment, Plant and Engineering "Source: List of Japanese companies doing business in Africa 2019 editioin, 21 Integrated Trading Company (Sogo Shosha) by Africa Business Partners" 22 Specialized and Middle size trading firm ・If you have any information that needs to be amended, corrected, updated, added, or have any 23 Used car dealer information regarding companies that wish to be newly included in this list, please contact below. 24 Marine transportation and Logistics service 25 Financial service 26 Travel agency ■ Inquiries about this list 27 Media and Advertising agent Africa Business Partners (Attn: Yukari Umemoto, Keiko Yamamoto) 28 Import of specialty goods from Africa http://africabusinesspartners.com/ 29 Local businesses started by Japanese entrepreneurs Email: [email protected] The number of Japanese companies doing business in Africa totals 563* #8 Algeria 18 #10 Tunisia 13 #4 Morocco 49 #3 Egypt 52 #9 Uganda 14 #6 Ghana 25 #2 Kenya 64 #5 Nigeria #7 Tanzania 34 23 More than 100 More than 30 #1 South Africa More than 10 141 More than 5 * Indicates total obtained by subtracting the number of “African companies with Japanese founders” (category A2 in the following page) from the number of companies with business structures listed in category A: “Locally incorporated company, branch, representative office, local investee company”. Total is 616 if including category A2 companies (collectively, category A1). Total is not deduplicated for companies with presence in multiple countries. The deduplicated total for Japanese companies with presence in at least one African country is 259. Country/Type of operation Breakdown: Japanese companies have a presence in all 54 countries Type of operation A1 A2 B C D A1 A2 B C D Angora 10 10 1 52 12 Ghana 26 25 8 59 8 Swaziland 2 2 0 20 0 Cabo Verde 0 0 1 10 0 Zambia 9 8 6 46 2 Gambia 2 1 2 16 0 Zimbabwe 3 3 2 48 0 Guinea 2 1 2 21 2 Namibia 6 6 2 30 3 Guinea-Bissau 1 1 1 13 0 South South Africa 148 141 13 131 13 Cote d'Ivoire 10 10 5 44 3 Botswana 4 4 2 32 0 Sierra Leone 2 2 1 16 0 Malawi 4 4 4 37 3 Senegal 11 9 4 44 3 West Mozambique 16 12 4 46 13 Togo 3 2 3 23 0 Lesotho 0 0 1 18 0 Nigeria 34 34 14 75 8 Uganda 17 14 4 62 2 Niger 1 1 1 20 1 Ethiopia 12 10 3 58 3 Burkina Faso 2 2 3 29 2 Eritrea 0 0 0 11 0 Benin 2 1 2 28 0 Kenya 76 64 10 124 13 Mali 1 1 2 28 0 Comoros 0 0 1 8 0 Mauritania 2 2 1 19 0 Djibouti 0 0 0 19 1 Liberia 4 4 2 19 1 Sudan 1 1 2 29 0 Gabon 2 2 4 26 3 East Seychelles 1 1 1 30 0 Cameroon 4 4 4 31 2 Somalia 0 0 0 10 0 Congo 2 2 3 26 1 Tanzania 31 23 6 64 6 DRC 2 2 4 35 1 Madagascar 3 3 1 44 4 Central Sao Tome and Principe 1 1 0 5 0 South sudan 0 0 0 10 0 Equatorial Guinea 1 1 1 13 2 Mauritius 5 5 0 55 0 Chad 1 1 2 15 0 Rwanda 14 5 5 32 1 CAR 1 1 0 15 0 Burundi 2 2 1 18 0 Type of operation Algeria 18 18 4 60 6 A:Locally incorporated company, branch, representative office Egypt 52 52 7 91 16 A1:including local businesses started by Japanese entrepreneurs North Tunisia 13 13 0 65 5 A2:excluding local business started by Japanese entrepreneurs Morocco 49 49 4 78 4 B:Locally incorporated company, branch, representative office, Libya 3 3 2 35 3 distributors by Japanese non-African investment destination C: Sales agent, distributors, partner of export /import and partnership alliance Total 616 563 156 1993 147 D:Other Historical comparison: The Highest growth both company and location counts in 2019 Location counts (including Japanese founders’ companies) Location counts (excluding Japanese founders’ companies) Company counts (including Japanese founders’ companies) Company counts (excluding Japanese founders’ companies) * Comparison of Type of operation A (locally incorporated company, branch, representative office) Location counts: location count is not deduplicated for instances of a single company with presence in multiple African countries Company counts: company count indicates the deduplicated total for Japanese companies with presence in at least one African country. Japanese founder’s companies: local company which is established by Japanese entrepreneurs and does not have presence in Japan 1. Electrical, Electronic and Information, Heavy electricity Countries which locally-incorporated companies, Representative and Other Operation Other operating countries Industry Company Name Branch offices exist operation Detail Corporate Web site A Southern Eastern Western Central Northern type Southern Eastern Western Central Northern Angola,eSwat ini,Zambia,Zi mbabwe,Na Uganda,Ethio Ghana,Seneg Cameroon,Co Algeria,Egypt, ・Sale of factory control instruments and medical devices mibia,South pia,Kenya,Tan 1 OMRON A South Africa C al,Nigeria,Mal ngo,DRCong Morocco,Liby ・Locally incorporated compay in South Africa http://www.omron.com/ Africa,Botswa zania,Mauriti i,Liberia o a ・Manages sales agents in 26 African countries from South Africa and Europe na,Malawi,M us ozambique,L esotho Ethiopia,Keny Algeria,Egypt, Angola,South a,Seychelles, Nigeria,Burki ・Sale of clocks, watches, calculatrs, digital cameras, and instruments 2 CASIO C Tunisia,Moro http://world.casio.com/ Africa Madagascar, na Faso ・Sales agents in 14 African countries cco,Libya Mauritius Angola,eSwat ・Sale of motorcycles and engines ini,Zimbabwe ・Supplied cement plant machinery with Marubeni in 2001, and supplied cement Kawasaki Heavy ,South Madagascar, Algeria,Egypt, crushing machinery in 2002. https://global.kawasaki.co 3 C Industries Africa,Namibi Mauritius Morocco ・A subsidiary, Earthtechnica, supplied a crushing machine to De Beers's diamond plant m/en/ Electric a,Botswana,M in Namibia al, alawi ・Sales agents in 12 African countries Electron ic and 1 Informa Kawasaki Thermal ・Sale of absorption chillers/heaters, and boilers https://www.khi.co.jp/corp 4 C Egypt tion, Engeneering ・Sales agents in Egypt /kte/EN/ Heavy electrici ty ・Sale of factory control instruments https://www.keyence.com 5 KEYENCE C South Africa ・Sales agent in South Africa /global.jsp Cabo Verde,Ghana, Eritrea,Ugand Angola,Zamb Gambia,Guin a,Ethiopia,Ke ・Sale of office equiment and audio-visual devices (e.g. digital cameras, video ia,Zimbabwe, ea,Guinea- Gabon,Camer nya,Comoros, equipment) eSwatini,Nam Bissau,Cote oon,Congo,D Djibouti,Seyc ・Locally incorporated companies in South Africa, Kenya, and Egypt. Branch office in ibia,Malawi,B d'Ivoire,Sierra RCongo,Sao Algeria,Egypt, Egypt,Morocc helles,Somali Morocco. 6 CANON A South Africa Kenya C otswana,Sout Leone,Seneg Tome,Equato Tunisia,Moro https://global.canon/en/ o a,Tanzania,M ・Regional sales agents in every region with the exception of Sudan, covering 53 h al,Togo,Niger rial cco,Libya adagascar,So African countries.