The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), in collaboration with the International Centre for Pure and Applied Mathematics (CIMPA) in Nice, France, co-organized a week-long meeting attended by 17 mathematicians from five French-speaking African nations (Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Mauritania, Morocco, and Senegal) and four mathematicians from France. The purpose of the meeting, which took place between 24-28 May, was twofold: to bring together mathematicians from Europe and Africa who share common research interests in the field of non-linear partial differential equations, and to set the stage for continued interaction among these scientists in the future through individual research visits, workshops and seminars.