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THE AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES (AIMS) AND ICRISAT PARTNER TO ADVANCE CLIMATE SCIENCE

Posted on 2022-05-22 (2022-05-25) by Roger Ndayisaba

The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have announced a partnership to jointly implement capacity development programs in education and training, youth employment and entrepreneurship, research and innovation, public engagement and policy advocacy to improve resilience against the impacts of climate change. “AIMS is […]

AIMS Rwanda hosts 2nd Edition of AIMS Alumni Meet-Up

Posted on 2022-05-06 (2022-05-06) by Roger Ndayisaba

Motivation and wise counsel can never be overrated or underestimated in an individual’s life. Sometimes in life, the only thing that can get you going and cheer you up is that one word whispered to you either consciously or in passing. Feedback and comments directed to you by your mentors and other people you look […]

#AlumOfTheWeek – Wangari Kimotho, AIMS Cameroon Alumni.

Posted on 2022-04-29 (2022-05-06) by Roger Ndayisaba

Industrialisation, power generation, deforestation and other human activities cause the world’s climate to change for the worse rapidly. These changes are severe and result in extremities in almost every weather element. Excessive rainfall, more extended periods of droughts leading to bushfires and many other negative consequences on our environment are some of the effects these […]

#AlumOfTheWeek – Fadel Thior, AIMS Rwanda Alumni.

Posted on 2022-04-22 (2022-04-22) by Roger Ndayisaba

The pride of every academic institution is in the calibre of alumni it produces and the impact they have on its immediate communities. Additionally, there is strength in numbers as there is in unity. Most AIMS programs take up to a year to complete, which does not allow students from different cohorts to interact while […]

AIMS and IVADO Renew Partnership to Advance STEM in Africa

Posted on 2022-04-14 (2022-04-27) by Roger Ndayisaba

The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and the Institute for Data Valorization (IVADO), with the financial support of the Canada First Research Excellence Fund, recently renewed a two-year, CAD $200,000 partnership to host supervised research internships for AIMS masters students at its world-class Montreal-based research universities. This innovative partnership will award 16 scholarships to […]

#AlumOfTheWeek – Nii Amoo Decardi-Nelson, AIMS Ghana Alumnus.

Posted on 2022-04-08 (2022-04-08) by Roger Ndayisaba

In this week’s edition of the #AlumoftheWeek, we bring you the reflections of an AIMS Ghana alumnus working as a Data Scientist at the Consolidated Bank Ghana. He reflects on his days at AIMS, lessons learnt, and how they are of help in his current role. Our alumnus of the week is Nii Amoo Decardi-Nelson. […]

#AlumOfTheWeek – Oluwayomi Akinfenwa, AIMS Ghana 2021 Alumna.

Posted on 2022-03-25 by Roger Ndayisaba

As we bring our women’s month campaign to a close, this weeks’ #AlumoftheWeek – is a story of a young lady who found herself in Mathematics. Her desire and passion were to pursue nursing as a teenager. She later became comfortable with this new field because the area of mathematics she was exposed to was […]

Programs that truly increase women in STEM

Posted on 2022-03-22 by Roger Ndayisaba

Previously, we highlighted a few women in STEM from the AIMS Network including Dr Nana Ama Browne Klutse, Dr Sara Suliman, Abigail Annkah, and more who are incredible female scientists. Despite the effort that institutions put in increasing women in STEM, women remain less represented in STEM fields. This week, we go deep into how […]

#AlumOfTheWeek – Patricia Oluchi Azike, Mastercard Foundation Scholar and AIMS Rwanda Alumna.

Posted on 2022-03-18 (2022-03-18) by Roger Ndayisaba

We continue to celebrate the success of women in March and put the spotlight on younger women who are Breaking the Bias in STEM. In this edition of the AIMS #AlumoftheWeek series, we bring you an interview with a Mastercard Foundation Scholar and an Alumna of AIMS Rwanda. Patricia Oluchi Azike, who originates from Nigeria, […]

#AlumOfTheWeek – Ms Catherine M. Gitau, AIMS Rwanda.

Posted on 2022-03-11 by Roger Ndayisaba

This week’s edition of the #AlumoftheWeek takes a look into the journey of Ms Catherine M. Gitau from Kenya. An alumna of the AIMS Masters in Machine Intelligence (AMMI) program from AIMS Ghana. She is currently a Data Science Manager at VISA Inc. From the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) in Kenya, […]