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 […]
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Next Einstein Forum and IBM Research Launch Visiting Scientist Program
IBM Research and The Next Einstein Forum (NEF) have joined forces to promote the future of African scientific talent and advance the continent’s knowledge economy. The two organizations have signed a collaboration agreement through which 5 NEF Fellows will become visiting IBM scientists at IBM’s global network of research labs. The program is designed to […]
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Cosmologist Neil Turok Wins the 2016 Tate Medal for International Leadership in Physics
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has awarded its 2016 John Torrence Tate Award for International Leadership in Physics to South African theoretical physicist Neil Turok. “We are thrilled to award this prize to Dr. Turok for his many contributions to the international physics community, including his creation of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences […]
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Cosmologist Neil Turok Wins the 2016 Tate Medal for International Leadership in Physics
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has awarded its 2016 John Torrence Tate Award for International Leadership in Physics to South African theoretical physicist Neil Turok. “We are thrilled to award this prize to Dr. Turok for his many contributions to the international physics community, including his creation of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences […]
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Maths and science are the keys to unlocking Africa’s potential
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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Maths and science are the keys to unlocking Africa’s potential
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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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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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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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 […]
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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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