On Wednesday, May 31st, the Japan−Africa University Exchange Meeting 2023 was held at the JST Tokyo Headquarters as a part of the Sakura Science Exchange Program African Officers Invitation Program, which took place from Sunday, May 28th to Saturday, June 3rd.
The event was participated by 30 invitees from Africa, including presidents and vice presidents and officials in charge of international cooperation from the 9 African universities, and 31 participants from Japanese universities and institutions (Please see the below list). At the meeting, 9 African universities and 11 Japanese universities and institutions gave presentations on the characteristics and strengths of their respective institutions, the current status of exchanges between Africa and Japan, and their expectations and prospects for the future. In addition, JST presented outline of the Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS), the Africa−Japan Collaborative Research (AJ−CORE), and the Sakura Science Exchange Program.
At the end of the meeting, networking session was held, and the participants had active dialogue with the other participants searching for opportunities to establish new international exchanges.
List of Participating Universities
African Side
| Cairo University | Egypt |
| Egypt−Japan University of Science and Technology | Egypt |
| University of Ghana | Ghana |
| Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology | Kenya |
| University of Nairobi | Kenya |
| University of Nigeria | Nigeria |
| University of Pretoria | South Africa |
| Stellenbosch University | South Africa |
| University of Zambia | Zambia |
Japanese Side
| Akita University | Shizuoka University |
| Hiroshima University | Sophia University |
| Hokkaido University | The University of Tokyo |
| Japan Society for the Promotion of Science | Tohoku University |
| Kobe Institute of Computing | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Kobe University | Tokyo Medical and Dental University |
| Kyoto University | Tokyo University of Foreign Studies |
| Kyushu University | Yamaguchi University |
| Nagasaki University | Ashinaga Foundation |
| Nagoya University |
