The Canadian Embassy in Senegal and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences – Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI) held an industry partnership event on Oct 26. The event was hosted by Her Excellency Lise Filiatrault, Canadian Ambassador in Senegal, at her Official Residence in Dakar. The showcase came to be with the support of the Government […]
Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program hosted its annual learning conference on Oct. 17-19, at the Kigali Convention Center. The event, The Future of Work in Africa, brought together more than 100 participants including university presidents, non-governmental organization (NGO) leaders, and program administrators from the Scholars Program network of 28 university and NGO partners. Other participants included […]
The Rwanda Meteorology Agency and the the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences will partner on research and capacity building owing to a new agreement. The focus of the partnership will be on applications of mathematical sciences in climate change. Officials met to iron out the details including John Ntaganda Semafara, Director General of the Meteo Rwanda, […]
The Canadian chapter of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) celebrated one of its most distinguished benefactors at a recognition luncheon on Sept. 15. Leadership expert, author and Director of the Atlantic Leadership Development Institute, Dr. Brad McRae, donated $50,000 to AIMS in the past year because he believes the organization exemplifies Tipping Point […]
The MasterCard Foundation/AIMS Teacher Training Program (TTP) improves teaching and knowledge of mathematics in secondary schools in Cameroon. The strategy is to train all the Math lecturers at the Higher Teacher Training Colleges (HTTCs) in the nation so that they adopt the specialized TTP curriculum and incorporate the TTP methodology into their instruction. HTTC lecturers […]
L to r: Ian Hambleton (Fields Institute), Prince Osei (AIMS Quantum Leap Africa Project Leader & Perimeter Institute), David Kribs (AIMS), Huaxiong Huang (Fields Institute) TORONTO, July 31, 2017 – The Fields and Perimeter Institutes formed a new deal with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences – Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI). It includes a renewal […]
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences-Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI) received a $66,000 investment from GlaxoSmithKline, Research & Development Ltd. (GSK R&D). The funds will be used for research in health care access, medical or scientific education, life sciences and progress in the prevention, treatment and management of disease. “One of the goals of the AIMS is […]
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) with Ecobank on July 18. It will be based on a program of applied mathematics to develop new methods by the bank to boost productivity. The partners will leverage their to expertise to conduct programs across research, data analytics, encryption, monitoring and […]
AIMS Rwanda welcomed Canada’s High Commissioner to Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda at a high profile visit to the latest centre of excellence launched in April. Her Excellency Sara Hradecky led a town hall on gender equality and climate change as students assembled to discuss the importance of STEM education and global development issues. She challenged […]
AIMS International Academic Advisor Prof. David Kribs led an AIMS delegation to the University of Southampton as part of the initiation of a new ForExcellence partnership on May 18. Earlier in March, a Southampton delegation visited AIMS South Africa and participated in a signing ceremony for the partnership. The visit to Southampton provided local faculty, staff, […]
