Thierry Zomahoun President and CEO – African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and the Imperial College London have signed a partnership to enable new research collaborations to emerge between Imperial academics and leading African scientists as well as train and develop the next generation of scientists in Africa.
Under the agreement, Imperial will provide teaching staff to an AIMS centre each year for the duration of the partnership, support faculty recruitment efforts of AIMS graduates into its graduate programs, and support AIMS with $10,000 annually as partnership fee.
Speaking at the launch of the partnership, Founder of AIMS and Imperial alumnus, Professor Neil Turok said that it is time to bring the continent together through science and math, using it as a bridge between countries.
On his part, Imperial's Vice President Professor Maggie Dallman noted that the college is thrilled to be a part of the AIMS vision.
“There are already a number of existing links between the College and AIMS centres and we hope that the partnership will enable us to strengthen these links and increase the number of equitable collaborations between Imperial academics and scientists across Africa, he said.
AIMS has contributed massively to the advancement of mathematical sciences for human capital development in Africa through its centres in South Africa, Senegal, Ghana, Rwanda and Cameroon, which focus on post-graduate training, research and public engagement.
Imperial is a global university with a wide spread of international engagement and impact. It was recently recognized by Times Higher Education as the UK’s most international university.
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Article by Jedidah Mwangi
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