Dr. Woldegebriel Assefa Woldegerima is an AIMS Cameroon Alumnus of the 2014 cohort. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the DST/NRF SARChI Chair in Mathematical Models and Methods in Biosciences and Bioengineering at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He joined this Postdoc research after completing a PhD in August 2018 at the
Jeannette Mukamahame Gahunga is a former Mastercard Foundation scholar and AIMS-Cameroon alumnus of the 2016/2017 cohort. Prior to AIMS, she earned a computer science degree at the University of Rwanda in 2015. While at AIMS, she carried out a project on Climate Change in Africa and equally carried out a Statistical Analysis of Kenya, Rwanda,
Margaret Ikape, AIMS-Cameroon alumna of the 2015/2016 cohort, holds a BSc in physics and Astronomy from the University of Nsukka, Nigeria. After AIMS, the Nigerian-born Physicist went on to obtain another Master in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of Toronto, Canada, and is currently a PhD student under the same field at the Said
After completing a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s respectively in Mathematics and Application at the University of Douala-Cameroon where he was the top of his class with a percentage of 66.4% and 61.5% respectively, Rostant Noyiessie Ndebeka was awarded the AIMS-Cameroon scholarship. Passionate about Mathematics and encouraged by hard work, courage, and tenacity, he managed
Cameroonian-born Edwine Tendong is an AIMS-Cameroon alumnus of the 2015/2016 cohort. Before AIMS, Edwine obtained a B.Sc in Physics from the University of Buea, Cameroon, an MSc. in Condensed Matter Physics at the University Of Dschang, Cameroon, and a DIPES II (M. Ed) at the University of Bamenda, Cameroon. Before AIMS, he equally served as
Nigerian born Oluwsegin Taiwo Ojo is an AIMS-Cameroon alumnus of the 2015/2016 cohort. He joined AIMS in 2015 after completing a Bachelor’s degree in Statistics in Nigeria. After gaining an advanced-level understanding of Mathematics and the theoretical concepts necessary to make sense of probability and statistics at AIMS- Cameroon, Taiwo returned home where he started
James is a dynamic problem solver with excellent communication skills. After obtaining a Master’s in Pure Mathematics at the University of Buea, James joined AIMS- Cameroon to explore the applications of Mathematics in solving real-world problems. This long-standing desire to use tools and techniques from Mathematics in problems of Finance and Insurance was realized at
Jean-Daniel Djida was born in a small city named Mbe in Cameroon in 1988. After his undergraduate degree, he went on to obtain a Master’s degree from Ngaoundéré University, Cameroon in 2013 and was then selected for another Master’s program in Mathematical Sciences at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Limbe, Cameroon. After
In late 2013, the worst outbreak of Ebola in history began in West Africa. By the time the outbreak had been contained more than two years later, the World Health Organization had reported over eleven thousand deaths, mainly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Notwithstanding the loss of life and social disruption caused by the