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Excursions for students in short-term study abroad programs (November 18th, 2022, December 13th, 2022, December 15th, 2022)

　The IAfP program organized excursions as part of the “AY2022 IAfP Short-Term Exchange Program at Kyoto University” for a total of 13 invited students from Uganda, Ethiopia, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Tanzania, Botswana, and Madagascar. 　On November 18th, 2022, they visited the Kyoto City Zoo, the Lake...

Short-term exchange students arriving from Africa [October 3 – October 20, 2022].

Thirteen African exchange students arrived at Narita International Airport and Kansai International. Although the COVID-19 pandemic had made it difficult for the students to come to Japan from Africa, fortunately, all of them managed to arrive safely at Kyoto University. The 13 short-term exchange students were invited to Kyoto University...

The 3rd International Joint Conference was held.

On December 19th, 2022, a 3rd international conference was held as part of the “Innovative Africa: Educational Networking Programs for Human Resource Development in Africa’s SDGs (IAfP: Innovative Africa Program),” which Kyoto University and the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies have jointly hosted since 2020. The conference consisted of an...

Joint events for the ‘Inter-University Exchange Project with Africa’ held with Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

On 19 January 2023, Kyoto University and the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS) hosted three events as part of their ‘Innovative Africa: Educational Networking Programs for Human Resource Development in Africa’s SDGs (Innovative Africa Program, or IAfP)’, underway since 2020 with support from the education and science ministry (MEXT)...

Matching support between the Tshwane University of Technology and Japanese universities

The secretariat of Kyoto University’s inter-university exchange program — a platform-building program for developing highly innovative human resources for the SDGs in Africa (Kyoto IAfP secretariat) — initiated support with the Tshwane University of Technology in South Africa, which wishes to conduct exchange programs and cooperate with Japanese universities. On...

Participation of IAfP Members in the Meeting on Africa-Japan University Collaboration

On October 11, 2022, the Meeting on Africa-Japan University Collaboration was held online. Professor Damtew Teferra of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) represented the Association of African Universities (AAU) in the meeting. Participants from Kyoto University, Tohoku University, University of Tsukuba, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Sophia University, and...

University of Pretoria president visits Kyoto University

On October 4, 2022, Professor Tawana Kupe, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria in South Africa visited the Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University. Dr. Farai Kapfudzaruwa, a strategic specialist and Professor Masafumi Nagao, a visiting professor and a professor emeritus, Hiroshima University accompanied him. Prior to...

12th IAfP Research Seminar/The 4th Lifelong Sciences Research Seminar “Living and Learning in Kyoto（Japan）: A modest reflection on my experience（and conversation with young students from Africa）”

Living and Learning in Kyoto（Japan）: A modest reflection on my experience（and conversation with young students from Africa）

New Frontier of Student Exchange between Japanese and African Universities -The IAfP Africa-Japan University education exchange meeting 2022- (The 7th Committee for Japanese Universities’ International Exchange Program) held online as a TICAD 8 side event

On 24 August 2022, Kyoto University and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS) hosted the “New Frontier of Student Exchange between Japanese and African Universities —The IAfP Africa-Japan University education exchange meeting 2022 — TICAD 8 side event “. This online meeting was part of the “Innovative Africa: Educational Networking...

11th IAfP Research Seminar/The 3rd Lifelong Sciences Research Seminar

Fieldwork report on the community road construction, the history of road disasters, and life histories in Ethiopia

10th IAfP Research Seminar/The 2nd Lifelong Sciences

Date and Time: 15 September 2022, 16:00~18:30 at JSTGuest Commentator: Dr. Mamo Hebo, Addis Ababa University/ Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO)Hybrid meeting, venue room504, common buildingLanguage: English 【Program】16:00-17:00 Fieldwork report on the outsourcing of childcare to formal care in Ethiopia[tentative]Addisu Meseret, Kyoto University 17:00-17:30 Comments on the presentationMamo Hebo 17:30-18:30...

A Case of Japan-Africa Advanced Human Resources Career Development: African Professional in Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

This article is a transcription of the presentation by Mr. Abdin Mohammed at the IAfP Joint Meeting for Human Resource Development for Africa (January 17, 2022). Mohamed Abdin (CSR Group Planning Development Division, Global Inclusion Strategy Planning, Santen Pharmaceutical Co.) Today, I would like to discuss the story of how...