The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Ghana has held its 3rd graduation ceremony to award 40 students with master’s degrees in Mathematical Science in Cape Coast. The graduates made up of 12 females and 28 males, eight of whom received Professor Allotey Meritorious award were drawn from 16 African countries. Prof Francis Kofi Ampenyi Alottey, […]
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The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Ghana has held its 3rd graduation ceremony to award 40 students with master’s degrees in Mathematical Science in Cape Coast. The graduates made up of 12 females and 28 males, eight of whom received Professor Allotey Meritorious award were drawn from 16 African countries. Prof Francis Kofi Ampenyi Alottey, […]
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Mastercard Foundation announced a major investment that aims to support young African women interested in STEM-related careers. Growing up, Armanda Kouassi’s math and science grades were so high that it seemed a natural fit for her to pursue the science, technology, engineering, or mathematics route. But none of her female classmates was headed down that […]
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Mastercard Foundation announced a major investment that aims to support young African women interested in STEM-related careers. Growing up, Armanda Kouassi’s math and science grades were so high that it seemed a natural fit for her to pursue the science, technology, engineering, or mathematics route. But none of her female classmates was headed down that […]
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In the last decade, Africa has experienced unprecedented economic growth and some of the continent’s industries – retailing, manufacturing, banking, telecommunications, construction and private investment – are booming. But as Africa undergoes unprecedented transformation and growth, challenges such as the impacts of climate change on economic sectors like agriculture, the spread of disease and the […]
“It’s a project of the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences,” he says via a crackly line. “I go every year and teach. I have a link as well with Algeria because my parents were born there. But anyway, I also consider it part of life, to do such cooperative things. And Africa is such a […]
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“AIMS for development – The African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) is an increasingly popular option at the postgraduate level. The first of now six centers on the continent was established in Muizenberg (near Cape Town) in 2003 by South African native and mathematical physicist Neil Turok, now director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics […]
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Daily, groups and individuals continue to reiterate that unless Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education was given the deserved attention, society’s development will not happen at the pace and depth it should. As this call for action gathers steam, contemporary schools are continuously searching for the best solutions to make teaching and learning not […]
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Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) (Port Elizabeth, South Africa) conferred an honorary doctoral degree on Neil Turok, acclaimed physicist and founder of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, in recognition of his significant and ground-breaking contributions to theoretical physics and support for mathematical sciences in South Africa. Turok received the honourary doctorate in science honoris causa at an NMMU […]