The MNGD Project 2022 short-term training program has been completed and the 10 participants have safely returned to Ethiopia. This year’s participants were… Dr. Fitsum Tesfaye, Dr. Eleyas Assefa, Dr. Girma Gonfa, Mr. Belachew Gebrewold, Mr. Yitayou Eshete, Mr. Ayenew Yihune from Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Dr. Kusse […]
December 13, 2022. Today was the last day of the short-term training program. As on the first day, the group gathered in the same seminar room at Kyoto University for a workshop in a hybrid format to summarize the training. The MNGD members from University of Miyazaki and Kyoto University […]
Dr. Kusse, President of Jinka University, and Dr. Eilias, Vice President, met with Prof. Takahashi, Director of the Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, to discuss agreements between Jinka University, the South Omo Research Center and Museum, and African Area Studies, Kyoto University.
On Thursday, December 8th, the group of short-term training participants and Mr. Hagiwara left the Itami Airport for Miyazaki. In Miyazaki, they were welcomed by Dr. Fukubayashi, Prof. Kamei, and an international student Mr. Alemshet at the University of Miyazaki, who are the members of the MNGD project. On Friday […]
December 5, 2022. After traveling to Osaka, the group of short-term training participants visited the headquarters of Hanshin Expressway Co., Ltd. at Nakanoshima and toured the construction sites of open-cut tunnels at the Osaka Bay Highway West Extension at the Komae Construction Yard. Then, they visited the Hanshin Expressway Earthquake […]
The participants learned about the damage and causes of bridges damaged in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. The trainees watched the videos and exhibits with serious expressions and asked questions enthusiastically. One of the most memorable moments was when they saw a normally flat bridge girder transformed into a large mountain […]
Following the previous day, the group of short-term training participants went to the Katsura Campus, where Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Engineering is located, to participate in a joint seminar given by Prof. Kishida. Mr. Belachew, Mr. Yitayou, and Mr. Ayenew from Addis Ababa Science and Technology University presented their […]
On December 2, 2022, the short-term training group from Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Ethiopian Roads Administration, and Jinka University visited Katsura Campus, Kyoto University where the Department of Civil and Earth Resources Engineering is located. After a brief overview of civil engineering at Kyoto University by Dr. Kido, […]
The short-term training programs of the MNGD project that had not been held due to the pandemic have resumed. This year, six participants from Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, two from Ethiopia Roads Administration, and two from Jinka University visit Japan and stay in Kyoto, Osaka, and Miyazaki for […]
On the afternoon of October 26, 2022, the handover ceremony was held for the multi-purpose hall (Community Learning Center: CLC) built by Jinka University with the support of the Grassroots Human Security Project of the Embassy of Japan. Six people from the Embassy of Japan in Ethiopia and the JICA […]
The 6th Lifelong Sciences Research Seminar/ MNGD Research Seminar”Challenges and Prospects of Contemporary Paratransit: Mobility, Daily Survival, and Urban Politics in Asia and Africa” Date and Time19 November 2022, 9:00-11:35 JST/KST(Japan & Korea),19 November 2022, 8:00-10:35 PHT (Philippines)18 November 2022, 19:00-21:35 EST (Eastern Standard Time, USA)Online meeting Language: English The registration […]
On October 26, 2022, six people from the Embassy of Japan in Ethiopia and the JICA Ethiopia office came to observe the MNGD project activities in Jinka, South Omo Zone for two days. The visit was organized in conjunction with the handover ceremony of the multi-purpose training and education center […]