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
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
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 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,
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
This video summarizes the establishment of AIMS Ghana; the vision, the mission, programmes and researches that happen at the centre. Established in 2012 with the support of the Government of Ghana, AIMS Ghana is the third Centre of Excellence to be created under the AIMS Global Network (AIMS Next Einstein Initiative). AIMS Ghana offers: A
I’m currently working on pricing & hedging of weather-linked insurance derivatives. My long-term plan is to lead a fight against climate change in #Africa & around the world, as well as help fix food security issues in Africa,”Elizabeth Dadzie, research student at AIMS Ghana.
The management of AIMS Ghana organized a two-day orientation program for the 2020/2021 cohort of the Taught Master student on the 12th and 13th October 2020 at the AIMS Ghana campus. The orientation introduced students to the AIMS academic life, acclimatize students to the AIMS environment, and provided an opportunity for students to meet the
The 2019/2020 cohort of Mastercard Foundation Scholars at AIMS Ghana held their final Council meeting on 24th June 2020, during which the Scholars reviewed their activities for the year and socialized. In her message, the Program Manager, Mrs. Beauty Beatrice Kwawu delivered a presentation on ‘How to navigate your Career in Uncertain Times’, and congratulated the
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