On the 11th of May 2021, AIMS Ghana visited the Ministry of Education (MoE) to discuss issues surrounding its continuous partnership and a series of ongoing projects. The meeting involved the Minister for Education – Hon. Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, MoE Management and Technical Advisors, the AIMS Ghana Board Chair- Prof. Edward Ayensu, the Centre
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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
Education Ministry to transform teaching of Mathematics
The Minister of Education has pledged to collaborate with the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), Ghana and other mathematics Bodies to make the teaching of the subject more practical and lovely. The Minister said the contributions of AIMS would be a strong foundation to empower prospective and mathematics teachers to be professional, identify the
AIMS Ghana Holds Two-Day Orientation for 2020/2021 Structured Master’s Students
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
MasterCard Foundation Scholars hold Final Council Meeting
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
AIMS Ghana Pays a Courtesy Call on the University of Cape Coast
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), Ghana, on 16th September, 2020 called on the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong. The purpose of the visit was to discuss issues pertaining to the continuous partnership between the two institutions. During the meeting, Dr. Prince K. Osei, the President of AIMS Ghana,
Seminar: “Time after AIMS”
Prof. Ulrich Kraehmer with the Institute for Geometry – TU Dresden, Germany, and Prof. Daniel Wohns with the Perimeter Institute, Canada, gave our weekly seminar on the topic “Time after AIMS” (March 4, 2020). They spoke about some of the challenges and opportunities AIMS students might face studying outside of Africa, more specifically in Europe