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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
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Africa’s Counting House
“The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences was set up to breed a new generation of numerical talent. Now it is spreading across the continent.” Read more from an article by...
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In search of Africa’s Einstein
Neil Turok and AIMS were featured in an article in Wired Magazine titled “In search of Africa’s Einstein”, published on 6 August 2012. Please click on the link to view...
Read MoreAIMS Graduation Ceremony 20 June 2012
On 20 June 2012, a special graduation ceremony was held in Muizenberg Pavilion for the August 2011 intake of AIMS-South Africa Postgraduate Diploma in Mathematical Sciences. 52 students graduated bringing...
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Federal German Education and Research Minister visits AIMS South Africa
Federal Minister, Dr Annette Schavan, together with other delegates from Germany including Dr Horst Freitag, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Prof Helmut Schwarz, President: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Prof Margret Wintermantel, President:...
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Der Spiegel video and article
AIMS was featured in an article that appeared in Der Spiegel in April 2012. The article appears in German, but the video is in English and is available to view at http://video.spiegel.de/flash/1187742_996_560_H264_1400.mp4
Read MoreAIMSSEC one of the winners of the UNESCO-Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Prize
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Schools Enrichment Centre (AIMSSEC), together with the Rato Bangala Foundation (Nepal) and the Banco del Libro (Venezuela) will be awarded the UNESCO-Hamdan Bin Rashid...
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Positive review for AIMS and its Research Centre
The panel of high profile scientists which reviewed AIMS and its Research Centre in March 2011, have released their report. The results of the review were extremely positive with the panel concluding...
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Prize for AIMS-NEI Director of Academic Development
The Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE) is awarded to Dr. Carolina Ödman-Govender, director of academic development of the AIMS – Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS – NEI). Ödman-Govender...
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Africa AIMS high
Eight years ago, physicist Neil Turok set up the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in South Africa. The initiative is now set to expand across the continent. Read the full...
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