Blog – Page 13 – Next Einstein Forum

January 23, 2018

Le Next Einstein Forum lance un sondage pour mesurer l’écart entre les genres dans l’enseignement des STIM et la recherche en Afrique

Kigali, le 24 janvier 2018 – Le Next Einstein Forum (NEF), une initiative de l’Institut Africain des Sciences Mathématiques (AIMS) en partenariat avec la Fondation Robert Bosch, annonce aujourd’hui le lancement d’un important sondage visant à mesurer l’écart existant entre les genres dans l’enseignement en science, technologie, ingénierie, mathématiques (STIM) et recherche en Afrique. Les […]

January 23, 2018

Le Next Einstein Forum lance un sondage pour mesurer l’écart entre les genres dans l’enseignement des STIM et la recherche en Afrique

January 22, 2018

Next Einstein Forum launches survey to measure gender gap in STEM Education and Research in Africa

Kigali, 23 January 2018 – The Next Einstein Forum (NEF), an initiative of the Africa Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in partnership with Robert Bosch Stiftung, today announces the launch of an important survey that hopes to measure the existing gender gap in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) education and research in Africa. The survey […]

January 18, 2018

Promoting African Science Through the Next Einstein Forum – #NEF2016

I am delighted to be named among the first cohort of Next Einstein Forum Science Ambassadors. According to NEF.org, “the Next Einstein Forum (NEF) is a platform that brings together leading thinkers in science, policy, industry and civil society in Africa to leverage science to solve global challenges.” Believing that the next Einstein will be African, NEF […]

January 10, 2018

Next Einstein Forum launches applications for its innovation competition Ci2i

Kigali, Rwanda -10 January 2018 – The Next Einstein Forum (NEF) today launches the hunt for Africa’s brightest innovators to compete in its NEF Challenge of Invention to Innovation (Ci2i). Young African scientists and innovators under 42 years of age are invited to present their research driven innovations in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) […]

January 10, 2018

Le Next Einstein Forum lance les inscriptions pour son concours d’innovation Ci2i

Kigali, Rwanda – le 10 janvier 2018 – Le Next Einstein Forum (NEF) lance aujourd’hui son processus de sélection des innovateurs africains. Les plus brillants participeront au Challenge NEF de « l’Invention à l’Innovation (Ci2i) ». Les jeunes scientifiques et innovateurs africains de moins de 42 ans sont invités à présenter leurs innovations axées sur la recherche […]

January 10, 2018

Next Einstein Forum launches applications for its innovation competition Ci2i

January 10, 2018

Le Next Einstein Forum lance les inscriptions pour son concours d’innovation Ci2i

January 9, 2018

International scientists collaborate on Global State of Young Scientists (GloSYS) Africa study to deepen understanding of early-career scientists and scholars in Africa and the African diaspora

For long science, as well as scientific performance, in Africa has been associated with challenges and handicaps more than anything else. This global “impression” has hampered many knowledge contributions from African science, especially given the absence of national, regional and continental database on the state of science, scientists and scientific performance. This has made it […]

January 9, 2018

For tech to be funded, it must improve lives

Technology can’t solve problems. Neither can data, for that matter. It can’t plug the holes of governance and political will but, without it, we cannot hope to address the myriad problems facing African countries. This idea permeated the Science Forum South Africa. Whether it was in the use of satellites to monitor the continent’s resources […]