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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nPrior to her arrival at\u00a0AIMS-Cameroon for the Cooperative Master’s Program (cohort 2018-2020),\u00a0Nessma Adil Mahmoud Yousif had\u00a0graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from Al-Neelain University, Khartoum, Sudan. But she remains grateful to AIMS Cameroon The presentation by the Sudanese-born AIMS Cameroon 2020 Cooperative Master’s alumna won among 24 talks delivered at this year’s edition of the scientific event dubbed “AIMS-Germany Minisymposium on Applied Mathematics 2021\u201d hosted by the University of Passau. A release by co-organizer Prof. Dr. Vladimir Shikhman of Chemnitz University of Technology says the three winners of the German Academic Exchange<\/p>","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":5849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"news_types":[32],"acf":[],"author_meta":{"display_name":"george","author_link":"https:\/\/aims-cameroon.org\/fr\/author\/george\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/aims-cameroon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/10\/Nessma-1-300x169.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Academics<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Academics<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 5 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 5 ans il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le octobre 6, 2021","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le octobre 7, 2021"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le octobre 6, 2021 11:18 ","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le octobre 7, 2021 11:30 "},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aims-cameroon.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aims-cameroon.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aims-cameroon.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aims-cameroon.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aims-cameroon.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5842"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/aims-cameroon.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5877,"href":"https:\/\/aims-cameroon.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5842\/revisions\/5877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aims-cameroon.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aims-cameroon.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aims-cameroon.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aims-cameroon.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5842"},{"taxonomy":"news_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aims-cameroon.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_types?post=5842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
“AIMS represented the bridge between the education I had in Sudan (Bachelor’s degree) and the advanced training I am receiving now in Germany. AIMS provided me with academic (programming, research skills, scientific training, practical experience “Cooperative Master’s program”, etc) and non-academic (soft skills, building an international network, teamwork. etc)\u00a0skills.\u00a0I also found my voice as a scientist and a researcher. AIMS also helped me gain more confidence and – most of all – an understanding of the importance of the role of the youth in building the continent, Mama Africa.\u00a0I was the head of the Gender Club back at AIMS, mentored by Mrs. Ngeche Doris Nkwate. I am extremely proud that I held that position. I am especially thankful that I had the opportunity to organize several events, including “International Day of Women and Girls in Science”, and the “International Women’s Day 2019″ where I had the chance to give a motivational speech related to Women and showcase careers in STEM,” Nessma recalls.<\/strong>
What attracted Nessma to Mathematical Sciences could be the reasons for her passion and success in academics and research today. “Ever since I became aware of the world around me, I wanted to build a career that challenges my brain, intelligence and prevents me from staying idle. I also had a mature sense of responsibility since a young age that bound me to empower my community and organise give-back activities. Mathematical sciences made sense to me because they provided me with the skills and the brainpower to pursue everything I ever wanted to achieve.”
Nessma’s vision for Africa is inextricably linked to her thought that Africa has all the resources needed to rise. “It saddens me to see all the suffering, given the enormous natural and human resources the continent has. Fortunately, this also means that Africa has a vast room to develop and grow. I have a very optimistic vision regarding the future of Africa, especially with the growing of self-aware and motivated generations. Development-related problems are \u2013 definitely – considerable obstacles. Despite that, I am confident that Africa will be reintroduced within the next decades as a united, intelligent, and resilient nation. The best part will be that the continent will remain authentic to its values, principles, and traditions.”
9th Cohort students at AIMS Cameroon were amazed on September 22, 2021, by Nessma’s presentation of the\u00a0findings of her research project titled “Preventing COVID-19 Spread in Closed Facilities by Regular Testing of Employees – An efficient intervention in long-term care facilities and prisons?”\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"