From twenty fourth -Twenty seventh of November 2025, the 2nd China-Africa Forum on Green Energy Science and Technology Innovation, hosted by Shandong Jianzhu University, organized by the University of Johannesburg, and co-organized by the Shandong International Talent Exchange Service Center, was successfully held in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Representatives from governmental science and know-how departments, universities, and enterprise analysis groups from China, South Africa, Ghana, Botswana, Benin, and different international locations gathered to interact in dialogue on inexperienced power technological innovation, advancing China-Africa scientific and technological cooperation to the next degree. During the opening ceremony, remarks had been delivered by Comfort Nkambule, Vice President of the South African Chemical Institute; Yang Yanming, Director of the Shandong International Talent Exchange Service Center; Oluwafemi Adebo, Deputy Director of the Global Cooperation Office of the University of Johannesburg; and Prof. Liping Qiu, Vice President of Shandong Jianzhu University.
Speakers famous that China and Africa have broad prospects for cooperation in inexperienced applied sciences, power governance, and industrial upgrading, and that this occasion offers a brand new platform for each side to collectively deal with international local weather change and promote the transition to sustainable power. The Forum invited specialists from a number of international locations to ship plenary shows, together with Prof. Neil Coville, Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences; Prof. Suprakas Sinha Ray, Director on the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa; Prof. Junfeng Wang from Chongqing University; and Prof. Chenggong Sun from the University of Birmingham.
Their reviews coated matters akin to catalytic purposes of carbon supplies, improvements in nanostructured supplies, environment friendly utilization of biomass power, and low-carbon pathways for power programs, presenting the newest achievements in inexperienced power science and technological innovation. In line with educational developments and China-Africa cooperation wants in the inexperienced power sector, the Forum arrange 4 thematic trade classes: Catalysis and Green Fuel Conversion, Solar Energy Utilization and Photovoltaic–Photothermal Materials, Energy Storage Science and Electrochemical Functional Materials, and Energy Systems, Hydrogen Technologies, and Advanced Characterization Methods.
Thirty specialists delivered thematic shows in these areas, sharing cooperation experiences and exploring alternatives for joint analysis, know-how switch, and expertise improvement for younger students. Building on the achievements of the inaugural Forum held in Jinan, this 12 months’s occasion additional deepened China-Africa collaboration in scientific analysis, expertise coaching, technological innovation, and business engagement.
The Forum has contributed to establishing a cooperative framework “with green energy technologies at its core, industrial chain collaboration as its link, and international exchange as its foundation,” taking part in a constructive position in accelerating the event of a China-Africa inexperienced power innovation group. Shandong Jianzhu University will proceed to leverage its sturdy educational disciplines and worldwide cooperation platforms to deepen collaborative innovation with African companions in hydrogen power, photo voltaic power, power storage, inexperienced fuels, and different inexperienced power fields.
Together, the college and its companions goal to advance the analysis, improvement, and utility of inexperienced and low-carbon applied sciences, contributing to international power transition and sustainable improvement.