AIMS South Africa – Building Science in Africa

We are hiring!

We have open positions for

A Machine Learning Researcher: Earth Observation & Ecology (open until filled.)
AIMS IT Manager (Application Deadline: 31 December 2024)
AIMS Finance and Technology Manager (Application Deadline: 31 December 2024)
AIMS IT Support Officer (Application Deadline: 31 December 2024)

Please see our applications page for more details!

Why AIMS?

The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) is a pan-African network of Centres of Excellence for post-graduate training in mathematical sciences, research and public engagement in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). AIMS is enabling Africa’s talented students to become innovators driving the continent’s scientific, educational and economic self-sufficiency.

Success Stories

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Training Africa’s Computer Conservationists

We’re excited to share how Dr Emmanuel Dufourq, AIMS-Carnegie Junior Research Chair at AIMS South Africa, is leading the way in training Africa’s future ‘computer conservationists.’ Featured in Nature, this…

AIMS Celebrates Emerging Scientists at the Recognition of Achievement Ceremony

AIMS South Africa was delighted to celebrate the graduation of its January 2024 intake from the Master of Science in Mathematical Sciences programme. The Recognition of Achievement Ceremony, held on…

AIMS Women in STEM: Inspiring Insights from Dr Zara Randramanakoto

AIMS South Africa continues to foster empowering conversations, ensuring that the next generation of women in STEM is equipped to thrive. On 22 November 2024, the House of Science’s Women…

Advancing science communication in Africa: Reframing Afrocentric perspectives on inclusion, capacity-building and language plurality

From 18 to 20 November, Dr Rejoyce Gavhi-Molefe, AIMS House of Science Manager, attended and presented an insightful talk at the Communicating Discovery Science Symposium, hosted by the Centre for…

Experimenting with reverse-teaching: Learners guide teachers

On Saturday, 9 November, AIMS South Africa held its first-ever Computational Thinking course for teachers, led by an expert facilitator from SAP and AIMSSEC staff. This event was groundbreaking, as…

Exploring Shweshwe Patterns

In computer science education, the concept of an algorithm, an unambiguous step-by-step instruction to solve a problem, is often best explained through practical, unplugged activities. These activities, such as making…

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In Africa’s Youth, The Future of Science

We are hiring!

Why AIMS?

News

Training Africa’s Computer Conservationists

AIMS Celebrates Emerging Scientists at the Recognition of Achievement Ceremony

AIMS Women in STEM: Inspiring Insights from Dr Zara Randramanakoto

Advancing science communication in Africa: Reframing Afrocentric perspectives on inclusion, capacity-building and language plurality

Experimenting with reverse-teaching: Learners guide teachers

Exploring Shweshwe Patterns

Workshops and Events

‘Folding Numbers Mathematics meets Origami’, Michael J.Winckler, 14 November 2024

Clinic on Meaningful Modeling of Epidemiological Data 17 to 29 June 2024

‘The Illusion of Control Wisdom and the Regulation of AI’ Helga Nowotny, 13 February 2024

Siyakhula: Growing Mathematics in Africa, 17-22 March 2024

CIMPA School 2023: Blockchain in theory and real applications

‘One (wo)man one vote. The mathematics of voting and elections’ Michael J.Winckler, 23 November 2023