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Yasushi HirosatoProfessor, Faculty of Global Studies/Director, Center for Global Discovery, Sophia UniversityTakashi HattoriSenior Managing DirectorChief Division OfcerAutomotive Division Toyota Tsusho CorporationTadashi YokoyamaHead, External Representation Ofce for Asia, African Development BankReality and Challenges:Development Cooperationand Business in AfricaSophia University this year launched a course entitled “Development Cooperation and Business in Africa” in collaboration with Toyota Tsusho Corporation, a trading company of the Toyota group, and the African Development Bank. The purpose of the course is to let students learn about development cooperation and business in Africa from professionals who are working in Africa.In this connection, Yasushi Hirosato, Professor, Faculty of Global Studies and Director of the Center for Global Discovery at Sophia University, interviews Takashi Hattori, Senior Managing Director of Toyota Tsusho, and Tadashi Yokoyama, Head of the African Development Bank’s External Representation Office for Asia.26Cooperation