On March 4, Afework Kassu Gizaw, the Ethiopian Minister of Science and Higher Education paid a courtesy visit to the President. Minister of State Afework completed a Ph.D. program at the university's Graduate School of Nutrition and Biosciences.
On this occasion, he came to Japan as a speaker at the 15th Tokushima University International Development Promotion Symposium, commemorating the 70th anniversary of Tokushima University.

State Minister Afework(in the front row, second from the right), Second Secretary Abebe(in the front row, first from the right)