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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

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

The 2025 3-phased Africa Scientifique programme kicked off, continuing its mission to equip young and emerging STEM scholars and researchers with the skills and knowledge. The educational outcomes thereof sought to enable these scholars and researchers to effectively communicate their research ideas and results with wider audiences using different platforms and tools. Since its inception

On 22 February 2025, AIMSSEC engaged with eager students from Levana Primary School and Lavender Hill Secondary School, who embraced the joy of mathematics with enthusiasm and curiosity despite challenging circumstances. The visit was thoughtfully tailored: primary school learners explored the concept of space by creating squared shapes—sparking their imagination and deepening their understanding, while

On 8 February 2025, a spirit of innovation and collaboration filled the air as five AIMS Master’s students from AIMS South Africa and two Postdoctoral researchers from Heidelberg University teamed up with the AIMSSEC team. They dedicated their time and expertise to empower STEM learners from Masibambane High School and Molo Mhlaba Primary School, nurturing

The Mathematics in Industry Study Group (MISG) was held from 20 to 24 January 2025 at the School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand. At this five-day workshop academic researchers and graduate students work collaboratively with representatives from industry on research problems submitted by local industry. Study Groups have been organized