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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
Read More‘Because science is fun: Stories of emerging female scientists’
Dr Rejoyce Gavhi-Molefe one of the AIMS South Africa resident researcher and AIMS Women Mathematical Sciences (WiMS) mentoring program coordinator, recently joined co-convenors Prof. Caradee Wright and Dorothy Ngila to...
Read MoreNational Science Week takes a tour of science
National Science Week (NSW), an annual week-long event coordinated by the South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement on behalf of the Department of Science and Technology, is now...
Read MoreAIMS graduates ready to take on the challenges facing Africa
“Coming to AIMS has changed our lives for good. Before AIMS, life for some of us was all about competition. AIMS taught us that the beauty of life is collaboration....
Read MoreClinic on the Meaningful Modeling of Epidemiological Data
The 8th annual Clinic on the Meaningful Modeling of Epidemiological Data (MMED) was held from 29 May – 9 June 2017 at AIMS South Africa. This was a 2-week modeling...
Read MoreData Science Workshop
A Data Science Workshop organised by Dr Bubacarr Bah, the German Research Chair of Mathematics with specialisation in Data Science, in association with the German Federal Ministry of Education and...
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day events
AIMS South Africa hosted a variety of events from 6-11 March 2017 to celebrate International Women’s Day as part of the AIMS Women in Stem initiative. Events included outreach to...
Read MoreThe 2nd International Day for Women & Girls in Science
AIMS recognises that women’s and girl’s involvement in mathematical sciences is a critical factor that will contribute to shaping Africa’s growth and development. It is important to attract and retain...
Read MoreAIMS South Africa celebrates the success of its January intake
Caption: Mr Klaas Matsimane (NSF), Dr Hannes Kriel (SU), Ms Lindiwe Gwebu-Okuofu (NSF), Prof. Barry Green, Prof. Lerothodi Leeuw (UNISA), Prof. David Fisher (UWC), Prof. Diran Makinde (NEPAD) and Prof. Jeff...
Read MoreThe AIMS network welcomes another Research Chair under the German Research Chair programme at AIMS
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences through AIMS South Africa, one of its six existing Centres of Excellence, feels honoured to welcome Dr Bubacarr Bah, the German Research Chair in...
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