Newsroom

Newsroom

Advancing African Early-Career Women in Mathematical Sciences

March 1, 2025

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

Read More

WAFIRA 3-day Workshop:  Advancing African Early-Career Women in Mathematical Sciences 

At AIMS South Africa, we believe that gender equality and inclusion in STEM – across academia, research, and industry are fundamental to strengthening the National Systems of Innovation (NSI) and...

Read More

AIMS Hosts First Workshop and School on the Theory of Quantum Learning Algorithms

AIMS South Africa recently hosted the 1st AIMS Workshop and School on the Theory of Quantum Learning Algorithms, a landmark event that brought together leading researchers and students from around...

Read More

AIMS House of Science Manager Elected AWMA Vice-President Southern Africa Region

On 24 October 2025, Dr Rejoyce Gavhi-Molefe, Manager of the AIMS South Africa House of Science, was elected Vice-President for the Southern Africa Region of the African Women in Mathematics...

Read More

Blog Article

AIMS Contribution to the South African Future Skills Forum: Bridging Academia and Industry to Build Future-Ready Graduates

On 3 October 2025, AIMS South Africa participated in the 2025 Future Skills Forum, a biennial event organised by Quantify Your Future – a project of the South African Graduate...

Read More

Growing to new heights

On Saturday, 27 September 2025, AIMS South Africa hosted a dynamic teacher workshop focused on Computational Thinking. The event brought together mathematics and science teachers from across the Cape to...

Read More

Celebrating Milestones: Molo Mhlaba School’s First Grade 7 Graduates

On 26 September 2025, AIMSEC proudly participated in the Molo Mhlaba School celebrations, marking a historic moment: for the first time, a cohort of Grade 7 learners graduated from primary...

Read More

AIMS Scholars Mentor at G20 AI Hackathon in Cape Town

A group of eleven Google DeepMind scholars from AIMS South Africa took part as mentors in the recent AI Hackathon held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) from...

Read More

Sharing AIMSSEC’s Work on Air

In July, Sinobia Kenny shared the vision and impact of AIMSSEC’s work with wide audiences across Cape Town. She was featured in UWC’s Go Figure article during the Mega Maths...

Read More

August Workshops Computational Thinking and New Horizons

August has been an exciting and busy month at AIMSSEC, as we hosted computational thinking workshops involving six schools. This time, the workshops were held at Cape Academy in Tokai,...

Read More
en_USEnglish