Opportunity closing date: Extended to 15 April 2016 The Programmes Committee of the 2016 Association of African Young Economists (AAYE) Network Assembly invites your proposal submission for the breakaway sessions at the first AAYE General Assembly, taking place from 05th – 06th May, 2016, in Yaounde, Cameroon. The Association of African Young Economists (AAYE) was launched in […]
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Opportunity deadline: Wednesday, 20 April, 2016 The EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF), created by EuroScience in 2004, is the biennial pan-European meeting dedicated to scientific research and innovation. ESOF 2016 be held in Manchester, 23-27 July 2016 and will bring together over 5 000 scientists; business leaders; senior EU and government officials; and international scientific media […]
Opportunity closing date: Extended to 15 April 2016 The Association of African Young Economists (AAYE) was launched in Tunis, Tunisia on the 3rd March 2013 as a continent-wide network of African researchers which aims to facilitate scientific collaboration for contribution to and dissemination of knowledge towards development in the African continent. A key programme of the AAYE […]
One major obstacle newly qualified African PhD holders face is to find opportunities to continue their research. To help overcome this, the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, part of the University of Ghana in Accra, has established a one-year postdoctoral programme for Africa’s next generation of medical research leaders. The idea is to equip […]
The pan-African Start-Up Nadji.Bi Group, one the major african-based leaders in the Off-Grid Solar solutions industry, and AIMS-Senegal (African Institute for Mathematical Sciences), a pan-African institute for post-graduate training and research in mathematical sciences, and part of the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences Next Einstein Initiative, just signed a partnership convention. These two Senegalese and […]
There is a need for Tanzania to invest in increasing the number of qualified mathematics teachers in schools in order to attain its desired development goals. Speaking to reporters during the PI-day celebrations organised by the Mathematical Association of Tanzania (MAT) in Dar es Salaam this week, the Deputy Rector for the Tanzania chapter of […]
PREAMBLE We, the Heads of State and Government. We the attendees of the NEF Global Gathering 2016 represent over 80 countries, 1000 individuals and over 100 organizations from all the continents of the world, and representatives from each country in Africa. We represent the scientific community, industry, civil society, media, decision-makers from across the world, […]
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In an exclusive feature on NEF, Nicolas Haque spotlights young scientists (AIMS/NEF Fellows) and its leaders. Reporting at the AIMS Center in Mbour, Senegal, Fellow Moustapha Fall talks about his hope to contribute his mathematical skills to help unveil today’s scientific mysteries (view at 0:28) and AIMS cosmology student Soul Paul Pihr is also interviewed […]
This is the highlights of the day one of the NEF Global Gathering 2016. This NEF Presidential Panel has initiated a global conversation examining how African countries can create a strong STEM ecosystem to solve the global challenges of society with science-based solutions and create incentives to attract and retain African STEM talent. […]
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This is the highlights of the Day two of the NEF Global Gathering. Beyond conversations, the NEF Global Gathering 2016, has issued a strong call for business investment in African science and government policies that will fuel research and innovation. Global leaders looked at issues that can be advanced by frontier science like infrastructure, STEM potential and scientific entrepreneurship. […]
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