It’s time for Africa to produce the technology it needs, rather than being largely a consumer. Angelina Lutambi was born into a peasant family in Tanzania’s Dodoma region, where HIV/AIDS has decimated much of the population. Her future could easily have been bleak – but Angelina had a keen aptitude for maths. She financed her […]
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… 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
… 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 […]
Forty eight teachers have benefited from a mathematics skills training programme to upgrade their skills and improve their teaching in mathematics in the Wa West District of the Upper West Region. The training was sponsored by the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and was facilitated by NOVAN Education. […]
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 […]
The Next Einstein Forum (NEF) fellows listed below also attest to the depth of talent amongst African scientists. Next Einstein Forum (NEF), an initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), has announced the NEF Fellows Class. The 12 individuals, are some of Africa’s top scientists and technologists under 42 years of age. On […]
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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Dakar sera, du 8 au 10 mars 2016, la capitale africaine et mondiale de la science avec la tenue du « Next Einstein Forum » (Nef) en présence de plusieurs chefs d’Etat et d’une quinzaine de Prix Nobel. Les organisateurs l’assurent, ce ne sera pas un événement de plus, sans lendemain… Comment trouver une vraie place dans le gotha […]
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