(April 3 – KIGALI, Rwanda) Africa’s first and largest network of centres of excellence, the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), in partnership with the Government of Rwanda, announced the launch of AIMS in Rwanda, an ecosystem of pan-African transformation that will leverage scientific innovation, learning and research to apply solutions to the continent’s challenges. […]
Interview of Barry Green and students at AIMS by Mélissa Guillemette, who made a visit to Cape Town in early March 2016. http://www.quebecscience.qc.ca/reportage_qs/AIMS-La-cour-des-grands
Profile story from an interview Thierry Zomahoun gave at the AAASin Washington DCin 2016. http://www.quebecscience.qc.ca/reportage_qs/Le-prochain-Einstein-sera-africain
Thierry Zomahoun speaks about the need to prepare African youth for challenges of the future. http://gallery.cnbcafrica.com/video/?bctid=5232095158001
Feature praises the success of the Next Einstein Forum GG. https://www.theguardian.com/science/political-science/2016/apr/08/a-new-network-for-science-advice-in-africa
Radio Documentary on Next Einstein Forum. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03p862v
Survey piece about the NEF GG and promo for a documentary. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-35942463
Story profiling competitors in NEF GG investment competition. http://allafrica.com/stories/201604010938.html
Africa needs millions of engineers, doctors and researchers. People like Assane Gueye, who made it from the savage to a US elite. But the way back to home is difficult for highly qualified as Assane – precisely because they are so successful. http://www.stern.de/panorama/wissen/mensch/assane-gueye–internetexperte-vom-next-einstein-forum-ausgezeichnet-6769008.html
Next Einstein Forum Story. France, which plays a prominent part in the competition in Africa with the great Western schools, seems to be lagging behind in Dakar. En savoir plus sur: http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2016/03/24/les-ecoles-francaises-rateront-elles-le-train-du-senegal_4889455_3212.html
