On 22 November, AIMS South Africa celebrated the success of 13 students (including 9 South Africans) from the January 2022 intake at a Recognition of Achievement Ceremony held at the Centre. This ceremony brings the total number of AIMS graduates since 2003 to 967 from 41 African countries, of which 35% are women. “What you
One of the critical roles of the House of Science, as an overarching innovation space for the added value enrichments to the AIMS academic programme, is to identify gaps in the provisions to AIMS students and work to support and address them with a view to strengthening their academic and mathematical knowledge, skills and aptitudes.
The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) has embarked on a unique partnership with Ireland-based engineering services and innovative solutions provider InnoGlobal, to bring a short course on Digital Transformation applicable to advanced manufacturing sectors to the African continent. The Digital Transformation course, developed by InnoGlobal through its higher education institute, InnoPharma Education, will be
On 30 July, AIMS joined over 70 science, technology and innovation (STI) exhibitors from universities, science councils, national research facilities, industry, science centres, government departments and relevant non-governmental organisations across the country at the official Launch of the 2022 South Africa National Science Week (NSW). The theme for NSW 2022 is ‘Celebrating the role of
A short course on Public Engagement and Communication of Data Science for Societal Impact was delivered during the 2022 CIMPA School Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Data Science. The latter took place from 18 to 29 July at AIMS South Africa in Muizenberg, Cape Town. The former (course) was offered as an added value enrichment
On 4 August 2022, AIMS South Africa hosted eight of 100 RISE global winners. RISE, an initiative of Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust, identifies young people aged 15 to 17 who need opportunity and support for life as they work to serve others. The programme offers a lifetime of benefits including scholarships, mentorship, career
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