Unlock Africa's Potential:<br />
Your Gateway to Success<br />
Unlock Africa's Potential:
Your Gateway to Success
We are a leading consulting firm specialising in
assisting business establishment and growth in Africa.
Unlock Africa's Potential:<br />
Your Gateway to Success<br />
Unlock Africa's Potential:
Your Gateway to Success
We are a leading consulting firm specialising in
assisting business establishment and growth in Africa.
Empower your journey<br />
to success with us<br />
Empower your journey
to success with us
We are a leading consulting firm specialising in
assisting business establishment and growth in Africa.
Bulidging business between<br />
African and Japan<br />
Bulidging business between
African and Japan
We are a leading consulting firm specialising in
assisting business establishment and growth in Africa.
Bridging business between<br />
Africa and Japan
Bridging business between
Africa and Japan
We are a leading consulting firm specialising in assisting business
establishment and growth in Africa.

2019 edition

List of Japanese companies doing business in Africa
The most comprehensive, up-to-date information on major Japanese industry players across all 54 countries in Africa
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Empower your journey with us.
Confidently navigate African markets with our expert research and strategy support. Seamlessly discover Japanese partners for your African business.

Our Services

Discovering Japanese partners

Business matching with Japanese companies

Business matching with Japanese companies

Build connections with African companies, Japanese companies, and investors to foster business development, investment, and knowledge exchange.

Navigating African markets

Setting up business in Africa

Setting up business in Africa

Access comprehensive guidance and assistance for launching a business in Africa, ranging from corporate registration to human resource recruitment.

Market research and strategic support

Market research and strategic support

Build a data-driven and knowledge- based business and marketing strategy backed by our consumer, supply chain, and industry research. We conduct exploring local partners and feasibility studies to start your business in Africa. Business reconstruction and Kaizen can be assisted through mystery shopping, agent monitoring, and customer surveys tailored to your business goals.

Investment, M&A and Due Diligence

Investment, M&A and Due Diligence

Source local companies and startups for investment and acquisition. We conduct thorough due diligence and provide financial advisory services in partnership with law and accounting firms.

Industries and coverage

Coverage
We cover 40 growing African countries
We offer our services in 40 different countries and have offices in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Côte d‘Ivoire, Ethiopia, and Egypt. In each of these countries we have local staff to provide assistance. We offer a range of services in the countries we operate in, which are explained in detail above "Our services".
Our service industries are diverse
Our service industries are diverse, spanning retail and consumer businesses, manufacturing, machinery and equipment, agriculture, logistics, automobiles, construction, chemicals, energy, healthcare, ICT services, and tech startups. We have particular strengths in research, strategy development, and partner selection for B2B businesses that sell machinery, equipment, and materials related to Japanese companies, for local manufacturing companies, and for B2C businesses that sell quality promised Japanese products to African consumers.
Our track records
Our successful track records can be found here.

Our clients and partnerships

We collaborate with business support organizations such as Lagos Chamber of Commerce
and Industry and Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in each courtiers.
Our clients are outstanding companies with a robust presence in their respective industries.

  • Lagos
  • Kenya
  • Ethiopia
  • Toyota Tsusho
  • Honda
  • JICA
  • Kubota
  • Toshiba

Message

Africa Business Partners was established in 2012 as a consultant firm with an exclusive focus on African businesses. Since then, we have supported companies in Japan, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa to start new businesses and confidently expand across borders. Our expertise is in strategy development, based on comprehensive in-depth research and knowledge of the African market.

I have established the company after experience of consultant for Japanese companies in Tokyo. During my time living in Africa for over a decade, I have gained a deep appreciation for the diverse and unique business cultures that exist on the continent. Based on my experiences, my team and I have developed support, methodology, and coverage areas that we believe can help empower your journey to success. We are thrilled at the opportunity to be your partner on this exciting journey.

Yukari Umemoto

Managing DirectorYukari Umemoto