STEM – African Institute for Mathematical Sciences

AIMS-IVADO Data Science Fellowship Program: New Horizons in STEM Research

Posted on 2023-01-16 by Daniella Kayigamba

The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and the Institute for Data Valorization (IVADO) are pleased to announce the successful completion of the second cohort of the AIMS-IVADO Data Science Fellowship program. This collaborative initiative resumed following the recent lifting of COVID-19 international travel restrictions and the reopening of in-person academic activities. From September to […]

Xolisile Thusini: A Smashing Science Success

Posted on 2016-09-01 (2021-06-10) by Cedric Shema

Xolisile Thusini is a particle physicist whose research focuses on the discovery of the Higgs boson and its properties. Thusini was born and raised in a small traditional household in Nquthu, KwaZulu-Natal. She says it was her aunt, a lecturer at the University of Zululand, who prompted her to study further. “When you’re from the rural […]

Mathematics Teachers in Central Upgrade skills

Posted on 2016-05-19 (2021-06-10) by Cedric Shema

The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Ghana (AIMS-Ghana) is offering training for 256 Basic School Mathematics Teachers from five District of the Central Region, as part of a nationwide programme. It is aimed at equipping them with the necessary modern teaching methodologies and principles to promote the teaching of the subject to minimise its high […]

The ‘Next Einstein’? She’s from Africa

Posted on 2016-04-02 (2021-06-10) by Cedric Shema

Back in 2008, South African physicist Neil Turok gave a speech in which he declared his wish that the next Einstein would be from Africa. It was a rallying call for investment in maths and physics research in Africa. The “Next Einstein” slogan became a mission for the organisation Neil Turok had founded to bring […]