SAA News
Makerere University honors Late Ryoichi Sasakawa
October.22.2018
The late Ryoichi Sasakawa, the founder and the former chairman of Nippon Foundation and one of the founding fathers of Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA), received Honorar...Read more
Sasakawa Africa Association welcomes new Regional Director
October.17.2018
The Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Mel Oluoch as new Regional Director. Dr Oluoch will be based at the SAA Regional Office...Read more
SAA Appoints New Country Director for Ethiopia
September.10.2018
Dr. Fentahun Mengistu is the new Country Director of SAA/Sasakawa Global-2000 Ethiopia. He has taken over the leadership, as of September 1, 2018, from Dr. Aberra Debelo...Read more
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Courtesy call on H.E. Mr. Nicéphore Soglo and H.E. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo
September.6.2018
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MoFA) and The Nippon Foundation co-hosted the Core Group Meeting of the Eminent Persons Group on Peace and Stability in Africa o...Read more
Mr.Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, visited Ethiopia
July.25.2018
On 19 July, the Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, Mr. Yohei Sasakawa was on transit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on his way to the Comoros for a working visit . SAA st...Read more
Voices from the field
The Sasakawa Africa Association in Ethiopia: Empowering women in agriculture through training
April.4.2018 / Ethiopia
28-year-old-single mother of three, Yiftusira Ashenef, is a host farmer of a 0.1 acre Community Demonstration Plot (CDP) in Wikma village of Gol Wikma Kebele, Enarj Enawg...Read more
“When knowledge empowers you, challenges are not problems.”
April.4.2018 / Nigeria
The Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE) is a sister organisation of SAA, with a focus on providing academic qualifications to mid-career extension agents....Read more
Maico Kaiondo, disability is not inability
April.4.2018 / Uganda
Chivuvu savings and credit group is a social fund group located in the Mityana District of the Central Region of Uganda. Maico Kaiondo, who is blind, is the chairperson o...Read more
“We are productive!” – The Loudjouraton Group of Molodo
April.4.2018 / Mali
Molodo is a village and seat of the commune of Kala Siguida in the Ségou Region of southern-central Mali. The Loudjouraton group of Molodo is a Farmer Organization (FO) o...Read more
“Let your motto ‘Take it to the Farmer’ reach all Tudun Wada”, says Abdullahi Kau
April.4.2018 / Nigeria
Abdullahi Kau is a farmer and maize grower living in the Tudun Wada Local Government Area of Kano State, Nigeria. He is very happy with how SG-2000 Nigeria trained him, w...Read more
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