Visit to the University of Southampton

On 18 May 2017, an AIMS delegation visited the University of Southampton as part of the initiation of a new For Excellence partnership. Earlier in March, a Southampton delegation visited AIMS South Africa and participated in a signing ceremony for the partnership. This visit to Southampton gave local faculty, staff, and students the opportunity to learn […]

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AIMS – Durham University Partnership Signing

An AIMS delegation visited Durham University for a signing ceremony and meetings to initiate a new AIMS ForExcellence partnership. Following the ceremony, a well-attended open forum was held to provide interested Durham faculty and students with details on AIMS and the partnership. Over the last few years, Durham faculty have taught at AIMS centres and […]

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AIMS welcomes its first female Research Chair specialising in Optimal Control under the German Research Chair program

The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences-Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI) is honored to receive the first female Research Chair – Prof. Gisele Mophou, who will lead the establishment of the AIMS Cameroon Research Centre and increase its visibility within and outside Cameroon. AIMS is excited to have attracted another top African Researcher back to Africa. Prof. […]

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Cédric Villani : « En Afrique, il y aura bientôt plus d’étudiants en sciences qu’en Asie »

Je suis allé pour la première fois en Afrique subsaharienne en 2010, d’abord au Sénégal, puis au Cameroun, au Bénin, au Rwanda… Désormais, je m’y rends chaque année durant deux à trois semaines. Je donne des cours de niveau licence ou master, je participe à des conseils scientifiques, je rencontre des personnalités politiques, je donne […]

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Mouhamed Moustapha Fall, Chair of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Senegal among the World Economic Forum 12 Young Global Leaders from Africa

welve women and men from Africa are part of a cohort of 100 of the world’s most up-and-coming artists, business leaders, social entrepreneurs, tech pioneers, thinkers and policy-makers – all aged under 40 – who have been recognized by the World Economic Forum as this year’s Young Global Leaders. They include a tech entrepreneur whose mobile […]

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AIMS-University of Southampton signing

On 6 March 2017 at a special event in Cape Town, Prof. Barry Green, Chief Academic & Research Officer, AIMS-NEI and Prof. Colin Grant, Vie-President (International), University of Southampton (pictured above) signed a partnership agreement between AIMS and the University. The partnership includes a funding contribution by the university to AIMS and built-in academic exchange […]

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First Co-operative Master’s Graduation

On 28 February 2017, AIMS Senegal celebrated the graduation of the first cohort of scholars in the AIMS Co-operative Master’s program. After completing an 18-month work-integrated program by combining course work with practical industry experience the 11 Co-op Scholars from Senegal, Cameroon and Rwanda were awarded their Master’s degrees in the Mathematical Sciences, with specialisations in […]

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