On Thursday, October 27th 2016, Mr. Thierry Zomahoun, President and CEO of the AIMS Global Network, visited the TTP Centre at ENS Yaoundé. Mr. Zomahoun and entourage (Alice Umulinga and Paterne Nzahumunyurwa) were received by Prof ANDJIGA Nicolas, the Director of the Higher Teacher’s Training College ENS Yaoundé, which is home to the TTP coordination Centre.
A delegation from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and a representative from the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research, the German Embassy and DAAD are visiting AIMS South Africa from 13 to 17 June 2016. The selection committee from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will be selecting the candidate for the German Research Chair
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is calling for applications for the German Research Chair at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Cameroon. The call addresses highly qualified academics from all over the world who conduct application-related research in the field of mathematics, have experience in training students and (ideally) doctoral candidates. The research chair,
This international, interdisciplinary, educational and capacity building workshop brought together the two subjects of infectious diseases and invasive species and the context of climate change, thus allowing sharing of methods and building partnerships. The workshop addressed a whole range of topics from field-work and collecting of data to the building and validating of models; the
AIMS Cameroon Students came up with a strategy to reach out to destitute children around the neighbourhood. They were able to raise the sum of 320,000 FCFA from students and staff for this purpose and on the 24th of December 2015, AIMS Cameroon students, with a tutor and 3 other staff visited the Save the
Since opening in 2013, AIMS-Cameroon has had three opportunities to welcome Field Medalist and Member of the French Academy of Sciences, Cedric Villani to Cameroon, especially to AIMS-Cameroon premises. The third being the longest was on the 19th of February 2016 were he was welcomed by students, tutors and staff. He spent a week at
Following the success of the first two editions of the Information Technology (IT) Training for the Civil Servants of Fako Division and the enthusiasm of the Civil Servants during the last training editions, AIMS Cameroon offered the third edition of the training which took place from the 16th to the 18th of February 2016. As
The AIMS Master’s Program is not a typical university program. We look for the most talented and motivated students from across the African continent. Taught by top international and local lecturers, the program is supported throughout by tutors who work closely with the lecturers and students. The program material is purposefully broad, allowing students to
Ottawa, Ontario (October 1) – The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, or AIMS, arrived on Parliament Hill this week with a stunning update on its Next Einstein Initiative. Though the next prodigy still eludes, with Canada’s help AIMS has produced an impressive array of more than 731 graduates from 41 African nations with more than
THE VISIT ENABLED AIMS CAMEROON STUDENTS TO FIND OUT WHAT MATHEMATICS CAN DO TO OPTIMIZE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE COMPANY On the 29th of October 2015, the students of AIMS Cameroon visited the Cameroon Development Corporation (CDC). The CDC is an Agro-Industrial complex that mainly grows, processes, markets locally, and export semi-finished rubber, palm oil,