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...
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...
English Proposal Training (9th IAfP Research Seminar Series/AY2022 Online Lecture Series on Lifelong Sciences) On July 19, the English Proposal Training Seminar was held as the “9th IAfP Research Seminar Series/AY2022 Online Lecture Series on Lifelong Sciences” by Addis Ababa University, (Ethiopia), Kyoto University, and other research projects (Note 1). Six graduate students from the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto...
The 6th Committee for Japanese Universities’ International Exchange Program with Africa was held on May 26, 2022 On May 26, 2022, the 6th Committee for Japanese Universities’ International Exchange Program with Africa met online. Each university sent 45 faculty members and staff in charge of the inter-university exchange (Africa) project. Motoki Takahashi (Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University), who is in charge of...
IAfP’s 1st Joint Steering Committee and Japan-Africa University Education Exchange Meeting held online (11 March 2022) On 11 March 2022, Kyoto University and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS) held the inaugural Joint Steering Committee and Japan-Africa University Education Exchange Meeting online as part of the “Innovative Africa: Educational Networking Programs for Human Resource Development in Africa’s SDGs”, or IAfP, which the two universities have jointly...
“First IAfP Joint Meeting for human resource development in Africa” held online (17 January 2022) On 17 January 2022, Kyoto University and the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies held the “First IAfP Joint Meeting for human resource development in Africa” online in conjunction with the 4th Meeting of the Committee for Japanese Universities’ International Exchange Program with Africa. IAfP stands for “Innovative Africa: Educational Networking...
Innovative Africa Program’s 2nd International Joint Conference held online (13–20 December 2021) From 13 to 20 December 2021, a second international conference took place online 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 2nd...
7th IAfP Research Seminar Series / 101st KUASS “The Political Economy of the TICAD Process: Bureaucratic Interests and the Immobility of the Japanese Private Sector” was held on 17 Dec 2021 The seminar, 7th IAfP Research Seminar Series / 101st KUASS “The Political Economy of the TICAD Process: Bureaucratic Interests and the Immobility of the Japanese Private Sector” by Dr. Kweku Ampiah (Visiting Professor, African Studies Center-Tokyo University of Foreign Studies / Associate Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, University of...
International Symposium for Global Sanitation: “The Sanitation Triangle: Socio-Culture, Health, Materials” was held on 14 October 2021 International Symposium for Global Sanitation: “The Sanitation Triangle: Socio-Culture, Health, Materials” was held on 14 October 2021, organized by “The Sanitation Value Chain: Designing Sanitation Systems as Eco-Community-Value System” Project, Research, Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) and supported by The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University and “Innovative...
The First Online Meeting of the Advisory Committee for Developing Human Resources for Africa Organized as part of the Inter-University Exchange with African Countries (October 5, 2021) On October 5, 2021, Kyoto University and Tokyo University of Foreign Studies organized the first online meeting of the Advisory Committee for Developing Human Resources for Africa, as part of the “Inter-University Exchange Project with African Countries,” an exchange program supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and...
Report: The 2nd Committee for Japanese Universities’ International Exchange Program with Africa On August 2, 2021, “The 2nd Committee for Japanese Universities’ International Exchange Program with Africa” was held online by participating 46 faculty members and staff of ten universities that implement this program.
