In August 2023, MNGD project members visited an area about 1 km south of the center of village B in South Omo zone, Ethiopia. The residents of village B must pass through this area to reach the health center. However, this area is covered with black cotton soil, which makes […]
In 2019, MNGD project members and residents of Village B worked together to repair the road in front of the primary school. Three years later, in November 2022, we repaired the deteriorated parts of this road with the resident.Video of this demonstration and an interview with Prof. Fukubayashi and Mr. […]
We have created and published a video introducing the activities of the MNGD project, focusing on the demonstration of road improvement in South Omo, Ethiopia in 2019. Please have a look!
The 5th MNGD international student workshop was held online on 20th June 2023(16:00JST~/10:00 EAT~). First, Mr. Teshome Birhanu (PhD student of Kyoto University) presented his research results titled “Evaluating the performance of fine shredded paper and lime stabilized clay soil”. Then Mr. Kassahun Yemane(PhD student of Kyoto University) presented his research results titled “Human […]
The workshop will be held online on Tuesday, 20th June, 2023(16:00 to 18:10 JST, 10:00 to 12:10 EAT). Three PhD students from Kyoto University will present their research results. Presentation: ・Teshome Birhanu Kebede（Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan. ／Chief Research Assistance in Geotech laboratory, […]
The 7th Annual Research Conference “Science, Technology and Innovation for Industry” was held at Addis Ababa Science and Technology University on May 4-5, 2023. Prof. Kimura, the Principal Investigator of our project, was invited to the conference and provided a keynote lecture titled “New technology thinking from a different angle […]
We have been installing the meteorological instrument in the experimental plots on the campus of Addis Ababa Science and Technology University since 2020(→link), and in November 2022, we have also installed the meteorological instrument in the experimental plots on the campus of Jinka University and have begun observations. The Meteorological […]
”ZAIRAICHI 6: MNGD Special issue 04-Making Networks for Glocal Development”was published. ・Cover and Contents etc. ・ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE AND ROAD TRAFFIC IN RURAL ETHIOPIA: THE CASE OF SOUTH OMO ZONE. Gebre Yntiso; Tamene Deysmi; Argachew Bochena ・APPENDIX –contact–MNGD Office
In parallel with the preparation work for the full-scale driving experiment at Jinka University, Dr. Fukubayashi of Miyazaki University, Dr. Kaneko and Dr. Shigeta of Kyoto University conducted a survey of a 2.7 km section of road that local residents had requested for road improvement, identified necessary bridges and drainage […]
In March 2023, Prof. Fukubayashi from University of Miyazaki, Prof. Kaneko and Prof. Shigeta from Kyoto University went to Jinka in southwestern Ethiopia for the MNGD project. The main purpose of the visit was to prepare for a full-scale driving experiment on the campus of Jinka University. They asked workers […]
Dr. Fukubayashi and Dr. Kamei from University of Miyazaki and Dr. Sawamura from Kyoto University arrived in Addis Ababa.They had a dinner at an Ethiopian restaurant in Addis Ababa city to enjoy the reunion with Dr. Fitsum, Dr. Elias, Dr. Girma and other friendship members from Addis Ababa Science and Technology […]
In March 2023, Prof. Kamei from University of Miyazaki and Prof. Sawamura from Kyoto University visited Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (AASTU) to conduct experiments with local staff and students, including Mr. Belachew as lecturer and Mr. Wendimu as research assistant. Prof. Kamei tested the effects of different sizes of […]