{"id":5273,"date":"2024-03-07T10:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T01:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/?p=5273"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T03:34:47","slug":"ikee-nigeria-poc_202403","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/2024\/03\/07\/ikee-nigeria-poc_202403\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese technology saves roads in West Africa! On-site demonstration of road maintenance and repair conducted with IKEA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Agreement also reached with Nigeria's Federal Roads Maintenance Agency to jointly produce road repair materials locally<\/strong><\/p>\n

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STANDAGE Co., Ltd. (Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Adachi Akinori; hereinafter referred to as Standage), which develops and provides a digital trade platform, and IKEE Co., Ltd. (Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture; CEO: Nishiyama Shu; hereinafter referred to as IKEE), whose main business is road paving and which also engages in asphalt mixture manufacturing, building material sales, and technical testing, held an on-site seminar and demonstration experiment in Nigeria in February 2024 for a joint project on the use of road maintenance and repair materials in West Africa.
\nThe demonstration was conducted in the presence of the Nigerian Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), which confirmed the usefulness of IKEE's road repair materials and agreed to cooperate and form a technical partnership for local production. The aim is to have the materials spread across the country in 10 years.<\/p>\n

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Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

Standage, together with IKEE, a company whose main business is road paving and which also engages in asphalt mixture manufacturing, building material sales, and technical testing, has been working on a project to investigate the feasibility of timely road maintenance and repair in West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria) and the manufacture of road maintenance and repair materials [Excel Patch], as a recipient of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's FY2022 supplementary budget FS subsidy for addressing local social issues.<\/p>\n

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\u25c7 Regarding the collaboration between IKEA and Standage regarding this project,Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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While approximately 80% of roads in Japan are paved, in Africa the figure is only about 20%.<\/p>\n

Even when roads are paved with asphalt, holes called "potholes" can be found in many places due to temperature, climate, and insufficient maintenance, making road maintenance and repair a challenge in Africa.<\/p>\n

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To address these issues, we held a joint seminar with local road maintenance authorities in the Nigerian cities of Lagos and Abuja, and conducted a demonstration of road repair using IKEE's products.<\/p>\n

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\u25a0 Implementation details<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2460Joint seminar with the Federal Roads Maintenance Authority of Nigeria (FERMA)<\/p>\n

In order to strengthen collaboration with FERMA and local companies in Nigeria, IKEE, Standage and FERMA held a joint seminar.<\/p>\n

The meeting was attended by approximately 30 people including FERMA's directors, R&D managers and other local engineering staff, as well as First Secretary Masashi Kato from the Embassy of Japan in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

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At the seminar, a question and answer session was held regarding IKEE's road repair material "Excel Patch", its advantages over existing products, how to use it, and how it is manufactured. After the seminar ended, an agreement was reached between FERMA, IKEE, and Standage to jointly manufacture and develop Excel Patch at a local asphalt factory owned by FERMA.<\/p>\n

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\u2461 Demonstration experiment on Nigerian roads<\/p>\n

The day after the seminar, a demonstration experiment was conducted on a road in Abuja State designated by FERMA to repair potholes using Excelpatch.<\/p>\n

To confirm that road repairs can be carried out without any problems even during the rainy season, a large amount of water was poured into the potholes before Excel Patch was applied, confirming that the repairs could be carried out without any problems.<\/p>\n

In addition, the Excel Patch used in this study was produced in a simplified manner, with all ingredients except for the emulsion sourced locally in Nigeria, and we were able to confirm that the Excel Patch produced locally in Nigeria is useful and functional.<\/p>\n

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\u25a0Towards the future<\/strong><\/p>\n

Through this demonstration, we were able to obtain an agreement with each plant to cooperate and form a technical partnership for the local production of Excelpatch.<\/p>\n

Going forward, we expect to place orders for Excel Patch in Nigeria, while also advancing discussions toward joint manufacturing, with the aim of having IKEE's road repair materials penetrate the entire country of Nigeria within the next 10 years.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Agreement reached with Nigeria's Federal Roads Maintenance Authority to jointly produce road repair materials locally STANDAGE Inc. (Tokyo, Minato-ku, CEO: Akinori Adachi, hereinafter referred to as Standage), a developer and provider of digital trade platforms, and... Continue reading Japanese technology saves roads in West Africa! On-site demonstration of road maintenance and repair conducted with IKEA<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[46],"tags":[],"acf":{"en_news":{"custom_css":"","en_title":"Japanese Technology Saves Roads in West Africa! On-site Demonstration of Road Maintenance and Repair with IKEE Group.","content":"STANDAGE and Nigeria's Federal Road Maintenance Agency Agree to Jointly Produce Road Repair Materials in Nigeria\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSTANDAGE Corporation and IKEE Corporation, whose main business is road pavement, including the manufacture of asphalt composites and the sale of construction materials, held an on-site seminar and demonstration in Nigeria in February 2024 regarding a joint project to utilize materials for road maintenance and repair in West Africa.\r\nThis demonstration was conducted in the presence of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) of Nigeria, and they agreed on the usefulness of IKEE Group's road repair materials as well as cooperation and technical collaboration for local production, with the aim of spreading our products throughout the country in ten years' time.\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u25a0 Background<\/strong>\r\n\r\nStandage, together with IKEE Group, is working on \"Timeliness of road maintenance and repair in West Africa (Ghana and Nigeria). We are also working on a project to investigate the feasibility of manufacturing Excel patches for road maintenance and repair materials as a recipient of a FY2022 FS grant from the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI).\r\n\r\n\u25c7For more information on the cooperation between IKEE Group and Standage regarding this project, click here<\/a>.\r\n\r\nWhile the road pavement rate in Japan is about 80%, it is only about 20% in Africa.\r\n\r\nEven when roads are paved with asphalt, potholes, or \"pot holes,\" can be seen in pithy places due to temperature, climate, and inadequate maintenance, making road maintenance and repair a challenge in Africa.\r\n\r\nIn order to solve these problems, we held a joint seminar with the local road maintenance agency and conducted a demonstration of road repair using IKEE's products in the Nigerian cities of Lagos and Abuja.\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u25a0 Contents of Implementation<\/strong>\r\n\r\n1) Joint seminar with the Federal Road Maintenance Agency of Nigeria (FERMA)\r\n\r\nJoint seminars were held by Aikame, Standage, and FERMA to strengthen cooperation between FERMA and local companies in Nigeria.\r\n\r\nAround 30 FERMA directors, R&D managers, and other local engineering staff attended the seminar, as well as Mr. Seiji Kato, First Secretary of the Embassy of Japan in Nigeria.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\nDuring the seminar, a question-and-answer session was held on IKEE's road repair material \"EXCEL PATCH\", its advantages over existing products, its usage, and manufacturing methods. After the seminar, FERMA, IKEE, and Standage reached an agreement to jointly manufacture and develop Excel Patch at a local asphalt plant owned by FERMA.\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n\u2461 Demonstration on Nigerian roads<\/strong>\r\n\r\nOn the day following the seminar, a demonstration test was conducted on a road in Abuja State designated by FERMA to repair potholes using Excel Patch.\r\n\r\nTo confirm that road repair is possible without problems even during the rainy season, we filled the pothole with a large amount of water and then performed construction using Excel Patch, verifying that the repair could be done without any defects.\r\n\r\nWe were also able to confirm that the Excel Patch used this time was manufactured simply by procuring all raw materials except emulsion in Nigeria, and that the EXCELPATCH manufactured locally in Nigeria functioned effectively.\r\n\r\n\"\"\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u25a0For the future<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThrough this demonstration, we were able to reach an agreement on cooperation and technical partnership with each plant for local manufacturing of Excel Patch.\r\n\r\nIn the future, we expect to receive orders for Excel Patch in Nigeria, and at the same time, we will continue discussions for joint manufacturing, aiming for penetration of IKEE's road repair materials throughout Nigeria in 10 years' time."},"author":{"author_image":"","author_name":"","author_image_link":"","introduction":""},"production_published":true},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5273"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5317,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5273\/revisions\/5317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.standage.co.jp\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}