2017 News

AIMS Women in STEM 

AIMS Women in STEM Mentoring lunch

As part of the International Council for Science (ICSU) Regional workshop in Africa for the project “A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical and Natural Sciences. 

AIMS Women in STEM  

AIMSWIS: members at SAWISE AGM

AIMSWIS South Africa members Dr Rejoyce Gavhi-Molefe, Ms Innocenter Amima and Ms Bathata Masego attended the South African Women in STEM 

AIMS Women in STEM 

AIMS Women in STEM Mentoring event

On 18 November 2017, AIMSWIS South Africa held a mentoring event, which was a follow-up to the "Meet and Greet" event held on 9 October. The event for current AIMS South Africa women students.

AIMS South Africa hosts 

Africa Code Week 

Africa Code Week was held across Africa from 18-25 October 2017 with the goal of enabling 500,000 young Africans across 35 African countries to learn coding basics.

AIMSWIS Mentoring Programme

Meet & Greet Event 

The AIMS South Africa Women in STEM (AIMSWIS) mentoring program for the academic year 2017-2018 will kick off in October with a ”meet and greet” event which aims to introduce students.

Women in Science School outreach 

Hosted by AmaQawe ngeMfundo

Dr Rejoyce Gavhi-Molefe presented a talk on career opportunities in the mathematical sciences and the use of mathematics in computer-aided design application areas, such as animated movies...

Book Launch

Stories of Emerging Female Scientists

Dr Rejoyce Gavhi-Molefe one of the AIMS South Africa resident researchers and AIMS Women Mathematical Sciences (WiMS) mentoring program coordinator, recently joined co-convenors Prof. Caradee. Wright and Ms. Dorothy Ngila to launch a 

National Science Week  

2017 National Science Week in Khayelitsha

National Science Week (NSW), an annual week-long event coordinated by the South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement on behalf of the DST, is now in its 18th year and ran from 5-12

August 2017. AIMS South Africa hosted one of the 

Public Lecture by Ms. Nozuko Poni  

Tech is the future

As part of our NSW activities, Ms Nozuko Poni, Marketing & Project Coordinator, Silicon Cape gave a talk titled: ‘Tech is the future’ on 8 August. Key talking points included: The world going digital- what this means for businesses, consumers, and careers 

Women in STEM Mentoring Lunches 

Hosted by Prof. Arlene Cole-Rhodes 

As part of the ongoing women mentoring programme for 2017, on 9 May the AIMS Women in STEM initiative hosted a lunch for women students to meet and have a discussion with AIMS women. 

International Women's Day Events 

Women in STEM Events & Public Lectures

AIMS South Africa hosted various events from 6-11 March 2017 to celebrate International Women’s Day as part of the AIMS Women in STEM initiative. Events included outreach to secondary schools. 

International Day for Girls in Science  

Female Students Mentoring Session

AIMS recognises that women’s and girl’s involvement in mathematical sciences is a critical factor that will contribute to shaping Africa’s growth and development.