No, Africa is not lacking talented scientists. We’re just not investing in them

This month, scientists in 12 African countries hosted events for Africa Science Week, highlighting the talent across the continent. In a time when the research powerhouse of the United States is questioning its investments in science, it is a visionary move for African scientists to step forward. Read more […]

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Group moves to reposition science as bedrock of development

The Next Einstein Forum (NEF) has taken the gauntlet to reposition science as the engine room of development. The move follows the declining interest in the subjects which the body attributes to students’ worldview of their purported non-profitable nature. The body’s Ambassador for Nigeria, Dr. Sojinu Olatunbosun Samuel, who spoke yesterday at this year’s NEF […]

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Science et technologie: Semaine africaine au Maroc par le biais du NEF

Lancé en 2013, Next Einstein Forum (NEF) est une initiative de l’Institut panafricain des sciences mathématiques (AIMS) en partenariat avec Robert Bosch Stiftung. L’évènement se tiendra du 23 juin au 4 juillet à Rabat et permettra de lancer pour la première fois la Semaine africaine des sciences du NEF au Maroc. Et c’est Abdelsam Badre, […]

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Cinq choses à savoir sur la première édition de la Semaine africaine des sciences

Pour sa première édition, la Semaine africaine des sciences a lieu tout le mois de juin dans 13 pays du continent. Son but est de faire prendre conscience au grand public comme aux acteurs gouvernementaux de l’importance des sciences. Lire la suite […]

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mHub touts science, youth innovation as key to unlocking Malawi’s economic development

Harnessing science and innovation amongst the youth holds key to unlocking economic development challenges that Malawi faces, Program Manager at Malawi’s first technology and innovation incubator, mHub Eve Kasambara has said. Kasambara was speaking in Lilongwe on Tuesday  at the start of a week-long Africa Science Week series that mHub and other science stakeholders are hosting […]

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News Update (June 22, 2017) Next Einstein Forum launches first-ever Africa Science Week in Nigeria

The Next Einstein Forum (NEF), an initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in partnership with Robert Bosch Stiftung, today announced the launch of NEF Africa Science Week in Abeokuta and Lagos, Nigeria. Dr. Sojinu Olatunbosun Samuel, NEF Ambassador, who specializes in petroleum and environmental geochemistry of oil basins, will lead the event. Read […]

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Mathematicians Charged To Diagnose Africa’s Science And Maths Problems

African Mathematicians have been urged to seek constant engagement with industry and define common relationship with the problems of the Continent. In an interview with Professor Louis Aime Fono, a Visiting Researcher from the University of Doliala, Cameroon, he noted that African mathematicians were solving problems defined by the West. Posing a question to African scholars, […]

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