We are excited to announce that the AIMS Ghana Centre has relocated from its previous site at East Legon Hills in Santoe to a new location in the heart of Accra. This is for the Institute to better foster and advance excellence in research and in nurturing of young talents within the mathematical sciences. Our commitment
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – CONFERENCE ON MATHEMATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Ghana invites applications from researchers in mathematical sciences to participate in the Conference on Mathematics and its Applications scheduled from 29th August to 1st September 2022 at AIMS Ghana, Accra.
Let’s talk about Breaking the Bias
This year’s observance of International Women’s Day is special as it is the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, with an aim to prove that the more unequal and underrepresented women are, the greater inequality there is in our societies. In the spirit of reaffirming commitments to gender
AIMS Ghana Leavers’ Week Hackathon
The AIMS Ghana Leavers’ Week Hackathon was designed to equip students with the necessary skills to tackle real-life problems. The hackathon was explicitly limited to the design thinking strategies that aid practical analysis and idea sourcing for solutions to challenges. It was also a moment to create a space for alumni to interact with soon
UENR signs Memorandum of Understanding with AIMS Ghana
The University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AIMS Ghana on the Implementation of the Climate Change and Atmospheric Physics Programme. AIMS Ghana Senior Management visited the UENR campus in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana on the 14th of June 2021 during which the agreement was sealed.
AIMS GHANA PARTICIPATES IN THE GREEN GHANA PROJECT
The government of Ghana declared 11th June 2021 as National Tree Planting Campaign under the Green Ghana Project. As part of efforts to preserve the country’s forest cover, the Ghana Forestry Commission provided five million seedlings to communities across the country for the day’s activity. With Climate Change Science as a Research impact area, AIMS
Strengthening mathematical higher education and research in Africa
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is announcing a research chair, under the program financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) entitled “German Research Chairs”, at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Accra, Ghana. The research chair is designed to help strengthen mathematical higher educationand research in Africa, promote networking between
#AlumoftheWeek – Seth Kurankyi Asante, AIMS Ghana’13
This week, we make a stop at AIMS Ghana to catch up with Theoretical Physicist and AIMS alumnus Seth Kurankyi Asante. Q: Tell us about yourself Seth: I started my undergraduate studies at the University of Ghana in 2007. In my first year, I studied a combination of mathematics, physics, chemistry, and computer science. I
AIMS Ghana Hosts IEPA
AIMS Ghana on the 8th of April 2021, hosted the Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (IEPA), a fellow UNESCO Category II Centre of Excellence. As part of the program, the team from IEPA met with the AIMS Ghana management team to discuss prospective collaborations. IEPA management present included; Dr. Michael Boakye -Yiadom, Director General,
Mathematics with Fun
The Regular Master of Mathematical Sciences Students visited the Legon Botanical Gardens and Ghana Tech Lab on 31st March 2021 and 1st April 2021, respectively. This was to use the reading week of the academic calendar to enable students to refresh their minds after a long period of consecutive lectures. The visit to the Legon