[From left] Mr. Mori (Executive Director of The Nippon Foundation), Mr. Sasakawa (Chairman of  The Nippon Foundation ), Ms. Iseki (Executive Director of SAA), H.E. Mr. Soglo (former President of Benin) and Mr. Yoshimasa Kanayama (President of SAA)
September.6.2018

Courtesy call on H.E. Mr. Nicéphore Soglo and H.E. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo

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 on 31st August and 1st September. Five former Heads of State were invited to the Meeting, with the aim of putting forward proposals in the field of peace, security and stability in Africa.

Our former Board Directors, H.E. Mr. Nicéphore Soglo, former President of Benin, and H.E. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nige...

SAA Regional Office and SG 2000 Ethiopia staff welcomed  Mr. Yohei Sasakawa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. ​
July.25.2018

Mr.Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, visited Ethiopia

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 staff from the Regional Office and the Ethiopia Country ​O​ffice​ (SG 2000 Ethiopia) warmly welcomed him​ and made a report of recent activities carried out in the field.​ Mr.Sasakawa inspired them to keep trying harder.

July.11.2018

Annual Report 2017 published

Annual Report 2017 has been published and is available on our website.

Ms. Atsuko Toda (Director of Agricultural Finance and Rural Development, AfDB) and Ms. Fumiko Iseki (Executive Director, SAA)
June.4.2018

【Report】The seminar on “Investing in Agriculture and Agribusinesses in Africa” in Tokyo

The African Development Bank(AfDB) and Sasakawa Africa Association(SAA) held the Seminar on “Investing in Agriculture and Agribusinesses in Africa” on May 29, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.

Ms. Atsuko Toda, Director, Agricultural Finance and Rural Development at AfDB, underscored the enormous investment opportunities in African agriculture sector, spurred by successful democratic transitions, increasing export flows and rise of the middle class. Agribusiness in Africa has huge potentiality. Ms. Toda s...

April.4.2018

SG2000-Uganda recognized and awarded at the Uganda National Symposium on Agricultural Extension

Uganda Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (UFAAS) with support from USAID and its Africa wide-umbrella body – the African Forum Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) organized and conducted the first National Agricultural Extension Symposium on 12-15 March 2018 in Kampala, with the theme- enhancing agricultural extension capacity and quality: promoting gender responsive, nutrition sensitive and professional AEAS in Uganda. The 3-day event brought together Agricultural Extension and Advis...

October.19.2017

The website has been renewed.

Thank you for visiting our website. We have renewed the website to provide more useful and comprehensive information for better understanding of our activities.

We will strive to further enhance the contents and provide timely information. Your continued support would be very much appreciated.

September.25.2017

Video link to Kenya Television Network's (KTN) coverage of Prof. Ruth's award:2017 Africa Food Prize

Media outlets continue with their coverage about Hon Prof. Ruth Oniang'o, who has recently won a coveted accolade becoming the 2017 Africa Food Prize corecipient with the Malian agriculture entrepreneur, Madame Maïmouna Sidibe Coulibaly.

The Chairperson of the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) and Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE) has been on the front pages of various publications, including those in the four SAA focus countries of Ethiopia, Mali, Nigeria, and Uganda....

September.11.2017

Ruth Oniang’o, Chair of the Sasakawa Africa Association, wins the Africa Food Prize

Hon Professor Ruth Oniang’o, Chair of the Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) and Sasakawa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE), has been awarded the 2017 Africa Food Prize, in recognition of her role as a leading voice on nutrition in Africa. The prize recognises the best examples of those using agriculture to transform people’s lives and stimulate economic development, and this year received over 600 nominees. The prize was awarded on the third day of the seventh African Green Revolution Forum (A...

Mrs.Helen Epurege secretary of Nyarakoti Farmer Field School
August.11.2017

A Milestone in Uganda

Sunny and quiet morning in Tororo district, East of Uganda boarder to Kenya. Our team comprised of staff members from Sasakawa Global (SG) 2000 Uganda and reporters who represented different media institutions were heading to meet farmers which according to the preliminary briefing managed to register a commendable achievement under a group named Nyarakoti Farmer Field School revamped by the country program and Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE). Evergreen landscape with long s...

Dr. Juliana Rwelamira, Managing Director of SAA received a certificate of appreciation from Dr. Abdoulaye Hamadoun, General Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture of Mali
June.23.2017

SG-2000 Mali Celebrate 30th anniversary of SAA

March 2, 2017. The night was special for Sasakawa Global 2000 management and staff members. They were making sure that things are going as planned. Guests who were invited from different institutions are taking their designated seats in a hall arranged at Grand Azalai Hotel located in Bamako right next to the central rail station which connects the city to Dakar, Senegal.
Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) have reached a milestone in 2016. It observed its 30th anniversary with farmers, partners ...

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