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The Project is steered by a 10 member Task Force representing PAUSTI, Faculty of Agriculture, College of Physical and Applied Sciences, College of Engineering and Technology, RPE and APD Divisions, and JICA Experts. The DVC AA serves as Project Director.  To enhance ai objectives, the Japanese side is soliciting contributions and collaborations to the project from Japanese Universities, Industries and Government Ministries/Agencies.  Current activities of the ai Project include the establishment of: 1) Innovation/Fab.Lab for All, 2) Green House for Biological Research, 3) Bio-Tech. Research Lab., and 4) Hosting Lecture Course on Innovation and Design Thinking. These activities will support both PAUSTI and JKUAT students to strengthen their knowledge and skills in engineering, agriculture and bio technology areas.   In addition, the above activities will blend special features encompassing the amalgamation of African Technologies and Japanese Motto Technologies such as MONOZUKURI, Design Process, Skillful Fabrication Technology, 5S-KAIZEN,TQM (total quality management). 5S is a productivity method whose name is derived from the five first letters of Japanese words: ➀Seiri(Sorting),➁Seiton(Systematic Arrangement for the most efficient and effective retrieval), ➂Seiso(Shining), ➃Seiketsu(Standardizing), and ➄Shitsuke(Sustaining).

The progress and outputs from the above will be explained in more detail in a series of “AFRICA-ai-JAPAN” Project activity releases in future issues of Agritech News.