Sciences find a home in Rwanda

The government has now signed a partnership agreement with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences – Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI), which may reverse the trend. The South Africa-headquartered institute’s mission is to nurture bright students to shine as independent thinkers, problem solvers and innovators capable of boosting Africa’s scientific and economic future. “We need to […]

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AIMSSEC strengthens relationships with leading international mathematics education researchers

AIMSSEC is one of nine international partners in the Formative Assessment in Science and Mathematics Education (FaSMEd) project. In February 2016, AIMSSEC hosted a FaSMEd consortium meeting in Muizenberg, Cape Town. Among the visitors were international experts such as Professor Bärbel Barzel, from the University of Essen in Germany; Professor Malcolm Swan from the University […]

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Less than a month before highly anticipated Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering 2016

What better way to highlight the contributions of African scientists to global science than to bring the world to Africa? How do you place science and technology at the centre of Africa’s emergence? How does the world respond to common challenges like climate change? These are some of the questions the Next Einstein Forum Global […]

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Fraud-free voting, quantum research and buses without fuel – examples of Africa’s tech leapfrogs!

In recognition of the potential of African research, the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) – a pan-African network of centres of excellence for postgraduate education, research and outreach in mathematical sciences – is pioneering quantum research to the continent. Africa’s first quantum research centre – Leap Africa – is to be launched later this year […]

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Deepening math education in Africa

In a Cape Town classroom in South Africa, a budding climatologist from Cameroon ponders an environmental model; a physicist-in-training from the Central African Republic takes careful notes; and an ambitious, young computer scientist from Ghana raises her hand to ask a question. At the front of the classroom stands a University of Chicago scholar. This […]

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8 African Scientists You Should Watch

The right medical device, computer imaging technology, or mathematical application can give a business a tremendous competitive edge over competitors. But we often forget that behind those money making devices are the scientists who created them. To get to one of the roots that support their economy, African leaders are allocating more funds to scientific […]

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The future of jobs: What will survive by 2020, what won’t and what it means for Africa

For the fourth industrial revolution to be considered in terms of an “opportunity” for Africa will be down to how fast Africans can redesign their education systems, adopt to new technologies and whether they can afford them. Otherwise the continent will remain on the consumption, not production end. This is not be an impossible task. […]

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Cameroon: Teaching of Mathematics – Accord Seeks to Improve Quality in Secondary Schools

The teaching and learning of Mathematics in Secondary schools in Cameroon will henceforth take a different dimension following the signing of a partnership agreement between the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in collaboration with Mastercard Foundation and the Ministry of Higher Education on the one hand and the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the […]

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An African scientist solved a 70-year old problem of how to stop recurring infectious diseases

Cameroonian scientist Dr Wilfred Ndifon has proposed a solution to a 70-year old immunological mystery relating to the original antigenic sin. This complex problem has played havoc with efforts to fight infectious diseases, particularly in places such as Africa where people can suffer successive infections. Ndifon and Tolullah Oni are two of 12 Next Einstein […]

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Math Professor Nancy Neudauer Receives Third Fulbright Award

Pacific University Mathematics associate professor Nancy Neudauer has received her third Fulbright Specialist Award in as many years to advance math education in Africa. Neudauer will travel to Cameroon later this year to develop a location for the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences’ highly successful Next Einstein Initiative, something she did in Tanzania last year […]

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