The Mega Maths Festival (www.megamaths.org), a first-of-its-kind International Mathematics in Education Conference, took place from 7 to 11 July 2025 at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). The Mega Maths Festival is a multi-stakeholder platform strategically led by the South African Government Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), in collaboration with AIMS South
Emerging scientists take part in Phase 2 of the Africa Scientifique capacity-building programme From 2 to 4 June 2025, eleven Honours students from the University of Zululand (UNIZULU) Department of Mathematical Sciences took part in Phase 2 of the Africa Scientifique programme – a three-day capacity-building workshop alongside AIMS South Africa students. The Africa Scientifique
AIMS Network Holds Annual Meeting in Ghana Accra, Ghana – May 20–23, 2025 Noluthando Sithole, an intern with the House of Science Communication at AIMS South Africa, recently represented the centre at the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at AIMS’s Annual Reflection and Planning Meeting held in Accra, Ghana. Over four impactful days, representatives from AIMS
Leadership, Knowledge and Skills for Impactful Science Communication On 15 May 2025, postgraduate students and staff from the University of Zululand (UNIZULU) Department of Mathematical Sciences participated in an online Africa Scientifique (AS) Introductory Workshop, marking the commencement of a transformative journey in science communication. The workshop formed part of the 2025 three-phase Africa Scientifique
Following the successful kick-off of the 2025 Africa Scientifique: Leadership, Knowledge, and Skills for Science Communication annual three-phase programme’s Introductory Workshop (Phase 1) in February, AIMS South Africa, in partnership with African Gong, continued its journey with Phase 2 of this transformative Afrocentric capacity-building initiative. Phase 1 laid a strong foundation in which the participants
This workshop, organised by the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College London, the Machine Learning and Global Health Network, and AIMS South Africa, took place at AIMS from 24 to 28 March 2025. It brought together 34 AIMS students and 15 local and international participants from universities and industry. The course was presented by Alexandra
Last week, AIMS hosted its first ever International Masterclass, Hands-on Particle Physics. This outreach event offers high school students the chance to become a particle physicist for one day. After a (gentle) theoretical introduction, the participants learned how to identify particles and perform a simplified (yet challenging) analysis with real data from CERN! Prof. Claire
On Saturday, 15 March 2025, AIMS South Africa played host to an inspiring Maths Day event as part of an international twinning project that connects young learners from South Africa and Germany. The celebration welcomed a group of passionate Grade 4 girls from Molo Mhlaba Schools for a hands-on exploration of the mathematical beauty inherent
As part of the Onboarding Week at AIMS South Africa in January 2024, new students embarked on a journey of exploration, space, and astronomy through a series of thought-provoking documentaries. One of the highlights was A Look at the Stars: Bringing Astronomy to Remote Nepal, a documentary created by students from the Pokhara Astronomical Society
From 28 February to 01 March, AIMS South Africa House of Science, in partnership with African Gong, convened a second Women’s Advancement Forum: International Exchanges, Research & Academia (WAFIRA) workshop in South Africa. WAFIRA is a capacity-building programme that is uniquely centred on the contexts, realities, challenges, opportunities and strengths across the landscape of African
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