CALL FOR AFRICAN STUDENTS TO VISIT JAPAN: Application Guidelines for IAfP Sakura Invitation Program – Kyoto University – In 2020, Kyoto University (KU) started the Innovative Africa Program (IAfP) together with Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS). By exchanging students with their partner universities in Africa, the program aims to foster human resources who engage in technological and social innovations to facilitate the realization of sustainable development goals....
CALL FOR AFRICAN STUDENTS TO STUDY IN JAPAN: Application Guidelines for AY2023 IAfP Short-Term Exchange Program – Kyoto University – In 2020, Kyoto University (KU) started the Innovative Africa Program (IAfP) together with Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS). By exchanging students with their partner universities in Africa, the program aims to foster human resources who engage in technological and social innovations to facilitate the realization of sustainable development goals....
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...
A virtual tour of Kyoto was conducted on October 22, 2021, as part of the “Kyoto–Africa IAfP Short-Term Online Course. A virtual tour of Kyoto was conducted on October 22, 2021, as part of the “Kyoto–Africa IAfP Short-Term Online Course.”The course is part of a joint program conducted by Kyoto University and the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Innovative Africa: Educational Networking Programs for Human Resource Development in Africa’s SDGs [IAfP])....
Kyoto-Africa IAfP Short-Term Online Course opens with ceremony (21 September 2021) On 21 September the Kyoto-Africa IAfP Short-Term Online Course opened with seven students participating from universities in Egypt, Ethiopia, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, and Botswana. The course participants will receive individual research guidance, attend lectures with Japanese peers, work on presentations, and take part in international exchange...
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