… 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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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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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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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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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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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 […]
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48 teachers acquire mathematical skills
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. […]
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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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