In Trinidad and Ghana, it’s known as susu. In Senegal and Benin it’s tontines. In Nigeria, where it began in the 1700s, it’s esusu. Whatever you call it, this system of large-scale money-pooling for ...

Three mathematics centres in Africa, the first one opening in Senegal next year, aim to create a generation of world-class African scientists.

The tenth and eleventh editions of the African Science Academy (ASA) Math Masterclass is set to hold in the Eastern and Greater-Accra Regions of Ghana on March 12th and 14th, 2024. ASA, with support ...

The story of humanity’s pursuit of knowledge spans millennia, from the earliest grasp of mathematical principles to modern explorations of the cosmos. The Ishango Bone, a 20,000-year-old artifact ...

Dr. Angela Tabiri, popularly known as the Maths Queen, is the first Ghanaian African to win The Big Internet Math Off competition, recognized as the world's most interesting mathematician by the ...

The global Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is conducted every four years with 33 countries ...

Known in Ghana as the Maths Queen, Dr Angela Tabiri is the first African to win The Big Internet Math Off competition - quite an achievement for someone who had not initially planned to study ...

Prof Abdon Atangana is a leading applied Mathematics professor at the University of the Free State (UFS) who obtained his honours and master's degrees from the Department of Applied Mathematics with ...

This episode traces the role of HBCUs and mentors in growing the community of Black mathematicians. The episode relates stories of prominent African American mathematicians who struggled through ...