News Release
2025
- 2025-12-03 News Representative of the Kenyan subsidiary, Ishida, spoke at "Making More Health Together 2025" held in Germany.
- 2025-11-05 News Five AAIC fund portfolio companies selected as one of Time magazine's 100 World's Top HealthTech Companies of 2025
- 2025-10-21 Others Featured in October Issue of "Keidanren Monthly":
- 2025-09-26 News Double Award for AAIC Portfolio Company, Rology at the “Africa Month in Kobe – Africa Business Forum 2025”
- 2025-09-17 News CEO Tsubaki Speaks at the " Economic Partnership in Indian Ocean-Africa Forum - Towards African prosperity through Japan-Indian Ocean collaboration " Hosted by Nikkei Inc. (Event Report)
- 2025-09-09 News At TICAD 9, two AAIC Africa Healthcare Fund investment companies signed MoUs with Japanese companies (Implementation Report)
- 2025-09-01 News Rwanda Nut Company and OSTI Japan Join IFAD-MAFF’s ELPS Initiative to Strengthen Macadamia Nut Value Chain in Rwanda
- 2025-08-26 News AAIC Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Nigeria's Dangote Industries and Mitsui Chemicals for Strategic Collaboration
- 2025-07-28 News AAIC Investment invests in AI-powered fetal ultrasound analysis platform DeepEcho , which receives 510(k) clearance from the U.S. FDA
- 2025-07-07 News Three AAIC Fund Portfolio Companies Selected for Financial Times' Africa's Fastest-Growing Companies 2025
- 2025-06-20 News Raises US $9.6 Million to Expand "bricks-and-clicks" Pharmacy Model in East Africa
- 2025-05-29 News Rology (AAIC invests as AHF1) and the University of Hyogo Sign Landmark R&D MoU to Advance Radiological Innovation
- 2025-04-07 News JICA Hosted a Demo Day for Startups in Uganda (Event Report)
- 2025-03-20 News Ishida, Representative of Kenya office of AAIC was featured in Forbes AFRICA Kenya 2025 Special Edition
- 2025-02-17 News AAIC Roadshow in November 2024 (Report)
- 2025-02-06 News AAIC Investment announces investment in Fourth Valley through Africa Fund (AHF2)
2023
- 2023-12-11 Press Release AAIC Investment had a partial exit from the Dialysis Business in $ 20 Million fundraise led by Africa50 and Africinvest
- 2023-11-20 News AAIC Investment announces the strategic investment in LifeQ, a South African Biometric Data Analytics Company, through Africa Innovation & Healthcare Fund (AHF2)
- 2023-10-26 Press Release The Africa Fund (AHF2), managed by AAIC Investment, has received new participation from financial institutions and listed companies. The total size of AHF1 and 2 is US$87 million (approximately 13 billion yen)
- 2023-08-25 Media AAIC CEO Tsubaki on panel at Policy Recommendations by UNDP Launch event
- 2023-08-14 News Appointment as Advisor to the Japan Platform for Driving Digital Development (JPD3) by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
- 2023-07-24 News AAIC Investment Fund and OurCrowd partner to advance healthcare startups in Africa
- 2023-06-30 Media Ishida, a Representative of AAIC Kenya, was featured in Forbes AFRICA's special issue on Kenya
- 2023-06-19 Media Ogo's paper was published in the Knowledge Report of JICA Ogata Research Institute
- 2023-06-16 Media Two of AAIC Investment's portfolio companies, AHN and JIBU, were ranked among the top 100 companies in "Africa's fastest-growing companies" by FINANCIAL TIMES.
- 2023-05-29 Media The Nikkei Newspaper featured AAIC's African Operations
- 2023-05-22 Media Tsubaki, CEO of AAIC, spoke at the seminar hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- 2023-05-11 Media AAIC CEO Tsubaki appeared on "Nikkei News 9”
- 2023-05-08 Media The article on AAIC Investment Pte. Ltd.'s investment in Credable Group appeared in a Singapore Shimbun
- 2023-05-01 Press Release AAIC Holdings Invests in The Baobab Network
- 2023-04-26 Media The Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported on AAIC Investment Pte. Ltd.'s fund activities in Nigeria (about innovation breakthroughs in Africa)
- 2023-04-24 Media Webinar on JCM in Kenya hosted by the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, helped to promote understanding among African companies
- 2023-04-20 News AAIC Holdings Pte. Ltd. Opens a new subsidiary in Egypt, which is one of the major countries in the Middle East and Africa.
- 2023-04-13 Media JICA（Japan International Cooperation Agency）school outreach project- Sharing AAIC Ogo’s experience in Rwanda as a former JOCV(Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer)
- 2023-04-11 Press Release AAIC Investment – Africa Innovation & Healthcare Fund (“AHF 2”) invests in Credable
- 2023-03-30 Media Events sponsored by JICA – The Serbia iteration of JICA’s Global Project NINJA (pitch event), and the seminar, received wide local media coverage.
- 2023-02-21 Press Release AAIC Africa Innovation & Healthcare Fund (“AHF2”) invests in Yodawy
- 2023-01-25 Media The Serbia iteration of JICA’s Global Project NINJA ‘DEMO Day Feb 3, 2023’
- 2023-01-06 Press Release AAIC Investment signs Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Drugstoc and Revital Healthcare
2022
- 2022-12-16 Press Release Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kenya Rugby Union (KRU)
- 2022-08-26 Press Release Africa Innovation & Healthcare Fund (AHF2) has received investments from Marubeni Corporation
- 2022-08-12 Investment Information AHF1 Investee, Kenyan insurtech Lami raises US$3.7M led by Harlem Capital and expands its business to Egypt and Nigeria.
- 2022-08-01 Investment Information Africa Healthcare Network emerges as dialysis care leader in East Africa
- 2022-06-03 Media Ishida made a speech at 2nd JAPAN-AFRICA Public-Private Economic Forum Programme.
- 2022-05-13 Recruitment/Others CHANGE IN COMPANY NAME
- 2022-04-29 Press Release AAIC Investment launches Second Fund focused on Start-ups in Africa
- 2022-02-19 Media AAIC Africa Healthcare fund investee, Egypt's Online therapy startup Shezlong
- 2022-02-08 Press Release Reliance Health raises $40M in Series B led by General Atlantic
- 2022-02-01 Investment Information AAIC Africa Healthcare fund investee, Lami has been selected as 50 fintechs driving opportunities for financial inclusion during global recovery
2021
2020
- 2020-11-27 Others Namba made a presentation at the 3rd Manufacturing Promotion Committee by the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
- 2020-11-27 Media Namba contributed an article to "Special Feature New Normal Shift" of the magazine "Overseas Investment and Loans" (November 2020 issue) by The Japan Institute for Overseas Investment (JOI).
- 2020-10-30 News AAIC-Rakuten Africa Innovation Project is launched
- 2020-06-30 News Lifebank Founder won Cartier’s Women Initiative 2020
- 2020-06-14 Others Handa will be on stage at TICAD Premium Friday AFRI-CONVERSE 2020
- 2020-05-12 News Ishida, the representative of AAIC’s Kenya office, has been selected as the accelerator of JETRO Global Acceleration Hub in Nairobi.
- 2020-04-21 News AAIC hold the online seminar “The new strategy of doing business in Africa from case study of local expansion”
- 2020-01-29 News Namba made a presentation at Africa Business Matching Seminar in Kenya
2019
- 2019-12-22 Media Tsubaki's comment was published in the 6th Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases 2019
- 2019-11-28 Others AAIC Monthly Meet up # 7 Looking back on Africa 2019
- 2019-11-25 Others African Business Seminar will be held by AAIC
- 2019-11-22 Others Africa Business Seminar held in Fukuoka! Ichimiya will be on stage from us
- 2019-11-21 Media Ishida wrote part of the November issue of JETRO STARTUP NEWS
- 2019-11-14 Others Africa Business Seminar held in Ehime! Namba will be on stage from our company
- 2019-11-12 Others AAIC Monthly Meet up # 6 Approaching healthcare startups that are developing in emerging countries! (Africa)
- 2019-11-11 Others JETRO and AAIC held the Africa seminar in Hiroshima! Namba will be on stage from our company
- 2019-11-06 News Namba will present at Africa Business Seminar hosted by JETRO Nagoya
- 2019-10-29 Others Africa Business Seminar will be held JETRO and AAIC, Namba will be on stage
- 2019-10-17 Media Our “Africa Healthcare Fund” was published in NewsPicks
- 2019-10-16 Others AAIC Monthly Meet up # 5 Introducing in 90 minutes! Featured African Startups & Advancing to Africa Japanese Companies
- 2019-09-23 Others AAIC Monthly Meetup # 4 Looking Back on TICAD 7
- 2019-09-23 Others Kobe Japan Business Gateway to Africa -Logistics, Human Resources and Social Issues- Handa will be on stage
- 2019-09-12 Others Business Forum Tour in Kenya
- 2019-09-11 Others Rwanda and Kenya inspection tour will be held
- 2019-09-03 News AAIC and Gavi collaborate to support innovative startups for immunisation
- 2019-09-03 News Ichimiyan gave a presentation at Africa Innovation Seminar organized by JETRO Kyushu
- 2019-09-01 News Awarded AAIC Award to Egyptian startup Chefaa at Africa-Japan Startup Pitch
- 2019-09-01 News Tsubaki will be a judge at ICC Summit Kyoto 2019
- 2019-08-30 News AAIC and Gavi collaborate to support innovative startups for immunisation
- 2019-08-29 News Sponsorship for TICAD startup event! Tsubaki and Handa will be on stage from our company.
- 2019-08-27 News Tsubaki will be a judge at ICC Summit Kyoto 2019
- 2019-08-27 News Released the African expansion platform "ANZA"
- 2019-08-26 News Selected for the METI project “5th TOBIDASE JAPAN!”
- 2019-08-21 News Tsubaki will be the facilitator at TICAD ZENMONDO
- 2019-08-20 News Sponsored “Tokyo Africa Collection”
- 2019-08-19 News Tsubaki and Handa will be on speaking at the Asia-Africa Infectious Diseases Conference
- 2019-07-12 Media Ishida, our Kenya representative, was interviewed by JETRO
- 2019-07-11 Others AAIC Monthly Meet up # 2 Nigeria's largest business environment in Africa
- 2019-06-11 Others AAIC Monthly Meet up # 1 Introducing in 90 minutes! Featured African startup 10 ++
2018
2016
- 2016-03-27 Media A course headed by Tsubaki was featured in a newspaper
- 2016-03-01 News Tsubaki was a keynote speaker and examiner for a business idea competition
- 2016-02-11 News Tsubaki’s new program began as part of BBT
- 2016-02-03 News Tsubaki acted as a facilitator for the event "Japan-Africa Business Woman Exchange Business Presentation"