On the morning of March 27th, representatives from Adigrat University in Ethiopia and OS-easy Group Holding Ltd. visited Hubei University of Technology with the aim of deepening education cooperation and promoting exchanges between China and Africa. Chen Zicai, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Vice President of the university, attended the symposium and delivered a speech. He first warmly welcomed the delegation and expressed his expectations for the prospects of higher education cooperation between the two sides. He pointed out that China Africa cooperation has always been an important strategic direction for our university’s international exchange and cooperation. We are willing to fully leverage our unique advantages in China-Africa industrial innovation and technology transfer cooperation, establish long-term mechanisms with Ethiopian universities in talent cultivation, scientific research cooperation, and other fields, and jointly contribute to the economic and social development of the two countries.

Zaid Negash Zed, President of Adigrat University in Ethiopia, expressed gratitude for the warm reception of Hubei University of Technology and introduced the school’s advantages in fields such as information technology and engineering education. He emphasized that China’s experience in the development of higher education is worth to learn, hopes to use this visit as an opportunity to promote practical cooperation between the two universities in teacher-student exchanges, scientific research cooperation, talent cultivation, and other aspects.

Long Yan, Director of the International Exchange and Cooperation Department, introduced the overview of China-Africa cooperation in the school and put forward specific suggestions for future cooperation directions and models.

Xing Taiquan, Director of the International Department OS-easy Group Holding Ltd., introduced the company’s basic situation and demonstrated the application cases of cloud computing platforms in African education scenarios. At the meeting, both parties signed a memorandum of cooperation between schools. According to the memorandum, both parties will deepen cooperation in areas such as joint talent cultivation, scientific research cooperation, and information technology construction.

After the meeting, the delegation also visited the campus grid type photovoltaic engineering training base and highly appreciated the progress made by our school in solar energy application and smart agriculture.