The session introduced PASET Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund and how Japanese universities participate as a partner university for the PhD program and apply for a research and innovation grant. The session also introduced joint research and student/faculty exchange opportunities through Africa Centers of Excellence project.
Program
Moderator
Koichi Omori
Senior Communication Officer, World Bank Tokyo Office
14:30-14:35
Opening Remarks
Masato Miyazaki
Special Representative, Japan, World Bank Tokyo Group
14:35-14:45
Introduction of Partnership for skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET)
Mike Hughes
Science, Technology, and Innovation Advisor, Ministry of Education, Rwanda
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14:45-15:00
PASET Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (RSIF)
Moses Osiru
PASET RSIF Regional Coordination Unit Manager, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe)
(PDF)
15:00-15:20
Sharing Experiences from the 1st Cohort of RSIF Scholars
Jeanne Pauline Mungayinka
The Pan African Materials Institute (PAMI) Africa Center of Excellence (ACE) at African University of Science and Technology (AUST), Nigeria
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Frejus Sodedji
Africa Center of Excellence for Climate Change Biodiversity and Sustainable Agriculture (CCBAD) at University Félix Houphou?t-Boigny (U-FHB), C?te d’Ivoire
(PDF)
15:20-15:30
Introduction of Africa Center of Excellence (ACE)
Saori Imaizumi
Education Specialist, World Bank
(PDF)
15:30-15:50
Sharing Experiences from ACE Partnership Development
Sumiko Anno
Professor, Sophia University
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Mark Rweyemamu
Professor, Sokoine University of Agriculture
(PDF)
15:50-16:10
Q&A
16:10-17:00
Presentations by African Universities/Research centers
- Bayero University, Nigeria (Natural Resource Management and Climate Change)
(PDF) - University of Nairobi, Kenya (Energy)
(PDF) - The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Sci & Tech (NM-AIST), Tanzania (Life Sciences & Materials Science and Engineering)
(PDF) - Kenyatta University, Kenya (Materials Science and Engineering)
(PDF) - University of Ghana, Ghana (Applied Agricultural Economics and Policy/Agribusiness)
(PDF) - Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania (Africa Center of Excellence for Infectious Diseases of Humans & Animals in Southern & Eastern Africa (SACIDS))
(PDF) - Lilongwe University of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Malawi (Aquafish Center - Marine resources, fishery supply chain, agriculture)
(PDF) - Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana (Regional Water and Environmental Sanitation Centre)
(PDF) - Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE) , Burkina Faso (ACE in the Education and Research with Water, Energy, and Environment sciences and Technologies)
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