The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Canada’s senior program coordinator Peter Szyszlo met with professors, practitioners and students as part of the University of Ottawa’s International Development Week conference [https://www.facebook.com/IDW.SDI/] on 10 February. “AIMS partnerships with the University of Ottawa has been a key ingredient to AIMS’s success,” Szyszlo said. “There are numerous ways that […]
AIMS South Africa organise un atelier pour les femmes en mathématiques discrètes
AIMS a l’Afrique du Sud a organisé un atelier sur les mathématiques discrètes et ses applications présentant des femmes et leurs recherches en théorie des graphes, combinatoire et optimisation discrète. C’était le deuxième point important work shop présentant des femmes dans les sciences en autant de mois. Les luminaires assemblés à partir de janv. 24 […]
AIMS South Africa hosts workshop for African women in discrete mathematics
AIMS South Africa hosted a workshop on discrete mathematics and its applications featuring women and their research in graph theory, combinatorics, and discrete optimization. This was the second important work shop featuring women in science in as many months. The luminaries assembled from Jan. 24 to 26. The top goals were to develop a […]
Cameroon Ministre de l’Education surpris AIMS TTP
Ministre du Cameroun de l’enseignement secondaire Ernest Bibehe surpris le deuxième lot d’objectifs Programme de formation des enseignants au Cameroun (TTP) stagiaires de l’Anglophone sous-système éducatif avec une visite le 23 janvier. La deuxième cohorte est composée de 39 hommes et 11 femmes d’être mieux de formation des enseignants Les enseignants de mathématiques. Le ministre […]
Cameroon Minister of Education surprises teachers during training
Cameroon’s Minister of Secondary Education Ernest Bibehe surprised the second batch of AIMS Cameroon Teacher Training Program (TTP) trainees from the Anglophone sub-educational system with a visit on Jan. 23. The second cohort is comprised of 39 men and 11 women teachers training to be better math school teachers. The minister saw novel techniques to […]
Canadian Diplomat returns to AIMS for Industry Summit
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences – Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI), welcomed back Canadian High Commissioner Sara Hradecky for an industry summit in Kigali on Jan. 12. “AIMS centres of excellence, including the one here in Kigali, contribute to building Africa’s human capital,” said High Commissioner Hradecky. The event was supported by the Government of […]
AIMS Canada engages Canadians on gender equality
AIMS Canada has had a busy quarter influencing several public engagement events on gender equity. Karen Craggs-Milne, Head of AIMS Canada and Global Group Director of Gender Equality, Inclusion and Business Development, delivered a keynote speech on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5) and its targets for achieving Gender Equality during the Peace […]
AIMS partners with Bank of Kigali for Industry Initiative
The Bank of Kigali and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) signed a five-year deal to match financial services opportunities with graduates skilled in mathematical sciences. The partnership encourages AIMS graduates to work on bank business problems and develop solutions by designing prototypes for new products and services to support the Bank of Kigali’s […]
Gender Equity for Africa’s Scientists – AzerNews
A girl in Ethiopia could grow up to engineer a new method for improving agricultural yields, if only she could meet the right mentor. A young woman in Malawi has ideas for new cancer treatments, but will never apply them if she is pushed out of school. And a girl in Rwanda has all the […]
AIMS Senegal sends top students to Women’s Mathematics Workshop in Abidjan
Five AIMS Senegal students went to the second edition of its Women’s Mathematics Workshop in Abidjan by the Association des Jeunes Femmes et Mathématiques (AJFM) and the Université Houphouët Boigny on Dec. 4. The workshop was a pan-African platform allowing young mathematicians to meet with role models and women innovators in academia, engineering, medicine and molecular research. “Ce séjour en […]