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 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 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 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 […]
MasterCard Fdn Scholars Program Educating Next-Generation Rwandan Scientists
Dative Tuyisenge has been passionate about sciences, especially mathematics, since her childhood in primary school. But, like many young Rwandans, Tuyisenge, grew up struggling to pay for school fees for her education, which was threatening her dream to become one of acclaimed female scientists both on Rwanda and elsewhere. However, her hope was revived, and […]
Africa needs to lead on the ‘quantum revolution’ – Sci Dev Net
Thierry Zomahoun is the president and chief executive officer of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), and founder and chairman of the Next Einstein Forum (NEF), which helps foster collaboration among young African scientists. In an effort to raise Africa’s profile in how science and mathematics can address development challenges, Zomahoun is promoting NEF’s scientific programme […]
MasterCard FDN brings education and employment conference to Kigali
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 […]
Canadian Diplomat leads town hall at AIMS Rwanda visit
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 […]