UNIDO ITPO Tokyo Office will welcome Dr. Serigne Gueye Diop, Mayor of Sandiara Special Economic Zone and Special Advisor to the President in the Republic of Senegal to Japan in November 2022. Taking this opportunity, we will hold a physical event titled as “Business and Investment in Senegal – Opportunities from Sandiara Special Economic Zone to West Africa” on 22 November, 2022. Dr. Serigne Gueye Diop will provide a keynote speech, which will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by Ms. Ndiaye, UNIDO Tokyo’s advisor in Senegal. The session will invite panelists such as Mr. Koichi Sato, President of Sucrecube Japon Inc. who has previously signed a memorandum of understanding with Sandiara and established a company in the SEZ. There will be networking session after the panel. The purpose of this event is to provide opportunity to network and communicate with the mayor, therefore it will be held only in physical format. 

We invite you to join us.

Biography of Dr. Serigne Gueye Diop

PhD in Food Science. After 25 years of experience as a researcher at Nestlé, he became Mayor of Sandiara in 2015 and currently serves as Special Advisor to the President on Agroindustry. Dr. Diop received the award for the mayor with most contribution in Senegal in 2016.

Summary

Date:	Tuesday, 22 November 2022
Time:	14:00 – 16:30
Venue:	Annex Hall (1F), United Nations University
Organizers:	UNIDO ITPO Tokyo, Embassy of the Republic of Senegal
Language:	English – Japanese (Simultaneous interpretation)

 

Programme

13:30	Registration
14:00	Opening remarks      Mr. Gelegen Ferda, Officer-in-Charge, UNIDO ITPO Tokyo      H.E. Mr. Gorgui Ciss, Ambassador of the Republic of Senegal
14:10	Video message      H.E. Mr. Osamu Izawa, Ambassador of Japan in Senegal
14:15	Video of Sandiara Special Economic Zone
14:20	Keynote Presentation      Dr. Serigne Gueye Diop, PhD Food Science      Minister, Special Advisor to the President of Senegal, Agro Industries      Mayor of Sandiara City, President of the Economic Zone
14:40	Panel / Q&A Moderator: Ms. Aïssatou Ndiaye, UNIDO ITPO Tokyo Advisor in Senegal Panelists:      Dr. Serigne Gueye Diop, Mayor of Sandiara City, President of the Economic Zone      Mr. Aliou Gning, Project Manager of the Economic Zone      H.E. Mr. ARAI Tatsuo, Former Ambassador of Japan in Senegal      Mr. Koichi Sato, CEO, TUMIQUI JAPON SASU (Sénégal)
15:30	Networking
16:30	End

Registration

To register for the event, please go to:

We welcome questions for the panel sessions. Please enter them in the “Questions and Comments” box during registration.

We look forward to your participation.

For more information, please contact:
Ms. Imazu, Ms. Matsumoto UNIDO ITPO Tokyo
E-mail: itpo.tokyo@unido.org