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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 MoreInternational Day of Women and Girls in Science
In celebration of this day which took place on 11 February 2018, AIMS ran a social media campaign aimed at inspiring young girls to pursue careers in science. It was...
Read MoreAccelerate CT visits AIMS South Africa
On 5 February Mr Ryan Ravens, CEO, Accelerate CT visited AIMS South Africa. He had a meeting with Prof. Neil Turok to discuss possible way for AIMS and Accelerate CT...
Read MoreTalk by Prof. Neil Turok
On 4 February Prof. Neil Turok gave a talk to students titled: ‘Beginnings’. In the talk he described his own story, how he got interested in science, how he helped...
Read MoreCouncil Meeting
The AIMS South Africa Council meeting took place on 31 January 2018. Council members in attendance included Prof. Daya Reddy (Chair), Prof. Neil Turok, Prof. Balazs Szendroi, Prof. Stéphane Ouvry,...
Read MoreWorkshop for African Women in Discrete Mathematics and its Applications
his workshop will be hosted at AIMS South Africa from 24-26 Jnauary 2018. The main goals of this workshop are to build a network of African women with common mathematical...
Read MoreWorkshop for African Women in Discrete Mathematics and its Applications
This workshop on discrete mathematics and its applications was hosted at AIMS South Africa from 24 to 26 January 2018 and featured talks by women on their research in various...
Read MoreMathematical Thinking Course
AIMSSEC presented their 28th Mathematical Thinking Course to 61 in-service mathematics teachers from 3 to 12 January 2018 at Stellenbosch High School. The teachers came from three provinces: the Eastern...
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AIMS Women in STEM mentoring session
As part of the International Council for Science (ICSU) Regional workshop in Africa for the project “A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical and Natural Sciences: How to...
Read MoreAfrican Regional Workshop of the Gender Gap in Science Project
From 1-2 December 2017 the regional workshop in Africa for the project ‘A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical and Natural Sciences: How to Measure It, How to...
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