MCF Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fund (MCF-SIEF) seeks to spark Innovation Among AIMS Alumni and Scholars

The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences- Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI) in partnership with Mastercard Foundation launched the Mastercard Foundation Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fund (MCF- SIEF), an initiative that seeks to influence AIMS scholars and alumni to be innovative. The aim of the MCF-SIEF is to bridge the gap between scholars’ ideas and the lack […]

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AIMS at the Canadian Women in STEM conference.

AIMS was proud to be able to support the African and Canadian Women in STEM conference in Ottawa, Canada on March 25, 2019. The ‘challenges and opportunities for the women in STEM’ conference was organized within the broader framework of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and the International Women’s Day celebrations. […]

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Why It Matters to Have Women Role Models in Mathematics- #Women’sMonthSeries

Alexandra Rogers, a PhD in Mathematics candidate, who is currently tutoring mathematics at the Africa Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Rwanda Centre in Kigali, Rwanda chose to pursue mathematics over history – her other favourite subject – because she figured it would be an easier option. “I think I chose mathematics because I thought it […]

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