Date

2025/8/20 (Wed)12:10-14:00（JST）

Field

A-TICAD (Inter-university exchange)

Venue / Event Format

InterContinental / Hybrid (In-person and Online)

Co-Host

JAAN

Background

• The role of universities in the development of Africa and Japan is significant. Universities provide higher education, enable needed innovations, and energize society in many ways. Universities play an increasingly important role in Africa, where societies are rapidly developing with growing youth, and in Japan, which needs to overcome new challenges such as an aging society.
• Recently, exchanges and collaborations between Japanese and African universities have been increasing, bringing about various results in both sides. Increased faculty exchanges between researchers have expanded joint research and brought new knowledge. Increased student exchanges contribute to the building and deepening of relations between Japan and Africa, in addition to discoveries and growth at the individual level.
• This event is to discuss those exchanges and collaborations between Japanese and African universities with examples and results with an eye to their contribution not only to African development but also to well-being of Japan.

Key Questions

• What kind of university exchanges and collaborations between Japan and Africa exist? What results have been obtained or are expected from those?
• Are such university exchanges and collaborations beneficial to both Japan and Africa? What are the benefits?
• What are the expectations for the future of Japan-Africa university exchanges and collaborations? What do you expect from the government, universities, researchers and students?

Objective

To review specific examples and results of university exchange and collaboration between Japan and Africa and to discuss how these exchange and collaboration can contribute to African development and Japanese society.

Speakers