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ACOMA 2024: Advancing Mathematics and Applications Across Africa DATE November 20-23, 2024 LOCATION Niamey, Niger The African Conference of Mathematics and Applications (ACOMA) 2024 was a prestigious event that focused on advancing mathematics and its applications. Organized by the Commission for Research and Innovation of the African Mathematical Union (AMU)
ACIAM 2024: Advancing Applied Mathematics Across Africa THEME The Engine to Economy and Technological Advancement DATE September 30 to October 4, 2024 LOCATION Cape Town, South Africa The African Congress of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ACIAM) 2024 was a groundbreaking international congress that brought together applied mathematicians and computational scientists
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Professor Oluwole Daniel Makinde Honored with the Inaugural N’Guérékata Award for Excellence in Mathematics November 23, 2024 | Niamey, Niger The African Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ASIAM) proudly congratulates her Vice President, Professor Oluwole Daniel Makinde, on receiving the first-ever N’Guérékata Award for Excellence in Mathematics. The prestigious
Professor Atangana Honored at the BlackStars Awards Gala November 8, 2024 | New York City The African Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ASIAM) proudly celebrates the remarkable achievement of her President, Prof. Abdon Atangana, who was honored at the prestigious BlackStars Awards Gala. This annual event, held during the
Prof. Dr. Abdon Atangana, University of Free State, South Africa
Prof. Dr. Gaston N’Guerekata, Morgan State University, Central African Republic/USA
Prof. Dr. Mamadou Sy, Gaston Berger University, Senegal
Prof. Dr. Ngalla Djitté, Gaston Berger University of Saint Louis, Senegal
Prof. Dr. Stanislas Ouaro, Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, Burkina Faso
Prof. Dr. Safimba Soma, Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, Burkina Faso
Prof. Dr. Sam Yala, Président du réseau et du centre AIMS, Kigali, Rwanda
Prof. Dr. Mamadou Abdoul Diop, Gaston Berger University, Senegal
Prof. Dr. Zakia Hammouch, Moulay Ismail University, Morocco
Prof. Dr. John Mango, Makerere University, Uganda
Prof. Dr. Gemechis File Duressa, Jimma University, Ethiopia
Prof. Dr. Johnson Olaleru, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Prof. Dr. Martin Le Doux Mbele Bidima, University of Yaounde, Cameroon
Prof. Dr. Nzi Modeste, University of Cocody, Ivory Coast
Prof. Dr. Patrick Weke, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Prof. Dr. Mouhamadou Hassirou, Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, Niger
Prof. Dr. Abba Gumel, University of Maryland, Nigeria/USA
Prof. Dr. Morou Hamidou, Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, Niger
Prof. Dr. Rachid Yazami, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Prof. Dr. Mahaman Bazanfare, Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, Niger
Prof. Dr. Augustin Banyaga, Pennsylvania State University, USA/Rwanda
Prof. Dr. Khalli Ezzinbi, Cadi Ayyad Univeristy, Morocco
Prof. Dr. Senelani Dorothy Hove-Mesekwa, National University of Science & Technology, Zimbabwe
Prof. Dr. Guy Degla, University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin
Prof. Dr. André Mialébama Bouesso, University of Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal
Prof. Dr. Sibusiso Moyo, University of Natal, South Africa
Prof. Dr. Ancille Ngendakumana, Institute of Mathematics and Physics, Benin
Prof. Dr. Oluwole Daniel Makinde, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Prof. Dr. Joel Tossa, IMSP, Abomey-Calavi University, Bénin
Prof. Dr. Saley Bisso, Université Abdou Moumouni, Niamey, Niger
Prof. Dr. Issoufou Katambe, Abdou Moumouni University, Niamey, Niger
Prof. Dr. Léonard Toujihounde, IMSP, Abomey-Calavi University, Bénin
Prof. Dr. Carlos Ogunyanjou, IMSP, Abomey-Calavi University, Bénin
Prof. Dr. Atindogbe Cyriaque, Abomey-Calavi University, Bénin
Prof. Dr. Léadi Liamidi IMSP, Abomey-Calavi University, Bénin
Prof. Dr. Ousmane Moussa Tessa, Abdou Moumouni University, Niamey, Niger
Prof. Dr. Aboubacar Moussa, Abdou Moumouni University, Niamey, Niger
Prof. Dr. Maria De Natividade, Agostinho Neto University, Angola
Prof. Dr. Juma Shabani, University of Kharkov, Burundi
Prof. Dr. Verdiana Grace Masanja, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Tanzania
Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Abdel-Aty, Sohag University, Egypt
Prof. Dr. Diaraf Seck, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal
Prof. Dr. Dayanand Reddy, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Prof. Dr. Ngwa Gideon Akumah, University of Buea, Cameroon
Prof. Dr. Hamidou Touré, Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, Burkina Faso
Prof. Dr. Ouateni Diallo, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Mali
Prof. Dr. Mamadou Abdoul Diop, Gaston Berger University, Senegal
Executive Secretary of the Commission for Research and Innovation in Mathematical Sciences (AMU-CRIMS)
Prof. Dr. Augustin Pathé Sarr, University of Gaston Berger, Sénégal
Moussa Ndoye, Financial and Material Manager of the Faculty of Science
Ndeye Marieme Dia, Assistant of the Financial and Material Manager of the Faculty of Science
International
Prof. Dr. Abdon Atangana, University of Free State, South Africa
Prof. Dr. Mouhamadou Hassirou, Abdou Moumouni University of Niamey, Niger
Prof. Dr. Mamadou Abdoul Diop, Gaston Berger University, Université Gaston Berger, Senegal
Prof. Dr. Gaston N’guerekata, Morgan State University, Central African Republic/USA
A. Lea Mwetulundila, University of Free State, South Africa
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Prof. Dr. Ali Souleymane DABYE
Prof. Dr. El Hadji DEME
Dr. Mouhamadou DIABY
Prof. Dr. Aboubakary DIAKHABY
Prof. Dr. Mariama Ndiaye DIAKHABY
Prof. Dr. Abdou Kâ DIONGUE
Prof. Dr. Aliou DIOP
Prof. Dr. Mamadou Abdoul DIOP
Prof. Dr. Ngalla DJITTE
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Ben MAAOUIA
Dr. Aziz Mané
Dr. Souhaïbou SAMBOU
Prof. Dr. Daouda SANGARE
Prof. Dr. Augustin Pathé SARR
Prof. Dr. Moustapha SENE
Prof. Dr. Ahmadou Bamba SOW
Prof. Dr. Mamadou SY
Dr. ElHadji Ibrahima Thiam
Dear Mathematicians from Africa,
I hope this greeting finds you and your family in good health wherever you are in our motherland Africa. I would have loved to send you this message in an African language, such as Swahili, but I am obligated to deliver it in a colonial language, therefore expect some grammar errors because I am an Eton from Elig-Mfomo.
Dear African mathematicians, our motherland was once a temple of mathematics, attracting mathematicians from all over the world, such as Hypatia, Diophantus, Pandrosion, Pappus, Euclid, Thales of Miletus, Pythagoras, and many more.
“Africa is home to the world’s earliest known use of measuring and calculation, confirming the continent as the birthplace of both basic and advanced mathematics … The oldest mathematical instrument is the Lebombo bone, a baboon fibula used as a measuring device and so named for its location of discovery in the Lebombo mountains of Swaziland … The world’s oldest evidence of advanced mathematics was also a baboon fibula that was discovered in the present-day Democratic Republic of Congo and dates to at least 20,000 BC …. The oldest known evidence of the ancient counting board game, Gebet’a or “Mancala” as it is more popularly known, comes from Yeha (700 BC) in Ethiopia, it was also used in Central Africa … It is impossible to quantify how much the slave trade impacted the reputation of African mathematics, but we are slowly regaining a better perspective”. More information about this history can be found in the following article https://www.addisherald.com/mathematics-in-africa-has-been-written-out-of-history-books-its-time-we-reminded-the-world-of-its-rich-past/
A fractal is a pattern that repeats at various scales. It’s perfect for simulating nature: a tree is a branch of a branch of a branch, mountains are peaks within peaks, clouds are puffs within puffs, and so on. Fractals aren’t only for computer scientists: Africans have been utilizing them for generations to make textiles, sculptures, architecture, hairstyles, and more. For information, please read the following article http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/special/eglash.african.fractals.html.
What happened that our children now must leave Africa to study mathematics abroad? The purpose of this message is not to debate what happened, but to invite you to the African Conference of Mathematics and Application, which will be held in Niamey, Niger, from November 20 to 23, 2024, and is organized by the African Mathematical Union, commission of Research and Innovation (https://www.africamathunion.org/AMU-CRIMS.php). Many will however ask that why this particular conference could find solution to African problem, the direct answer will be in the book of 1 Kings. “1 KINGS 18:44, And it came to pass after the seventh time, that he said, Behold, a cloud ariseth out of the sea, as tiny as a man’s hand. And he said, go up, tell Ahab, make ready thy chariot, and get thee down, so that the rain does not stop thee”.
As a result, I ask us to travel to Niamey in the hope that a rain of revolution will fall across Africa from that little cloud. We should not wait for a helping hand from heaven, Europe, America, or Asia, because we should all rely on us to solve African problems using mathematical formulas. It is critical that we remember the Tower of Babel (“https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Babel”). Let us go in November with precise goals:
1) We will share our most recent findings in several areas of mathematics and applications.
2) To discuss key objectives such as:
Enhance the discovery, the communication, the dissemination, and applications of knowledge in Mathematical Sciences
Organize meetings, symposia, seminars, workshops and schools on mathematical research and creative practices.
Promote the mobility and the growth of young and world-class mathematicians in Africa.
Promote fundamental and interdisciplinary research on development projects.
Promote complementary research on development projects according to the regional potentialities.
Promote innovations in Education systems (e.g., address how to improve education by taking advantage of new technologies of information and communication)
Promote the creation, the collaboration and meetings of scientific networks or societies including both research-mathematicians and the industrial professionals.
Cooperate with Africa diaspora of mathematicians and other organizations all over the world with similar objectives
Develop strategic plans for achieving innovations.
Promote mathematical knowledge protection policy.
3) To ask some important questions including:
Why an African Mathematician never has a Fields medal, Abel and other mathematical medal by the global north?
Why there is no mathematical medal named after a Blackman?
Can Africans create their own publisher for Africans and the rest of the world?
Why do African researchers need visa to go teach in another African country?
I am aware of the financial difficulties that we African mathematicians confront. We will request financial assistance from African nations beginning with South Africa and progressing via Kenya, Rwanda, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia.
Let us stand as one person to restore the former glory of our motherland Africa.
We are looking forward to meeting you in Niamey.
The first edition of ACOMA took place in Rwanda, Kigali, 20-24 novembre 2023, co-organised by the faculty of science University of Rwanda (https://acma2023.sciencesconf.org/?forward-action=index&forward-controller=index&lang=en).
Best regards.
Prof. Dr. Abdon Atangana
Highly cited mathematician
Fellow of the World Academy of Science
Chair of African Mathematical Union,
Commission of Research and Innovation
University of the Free State, Bloemfontein.
South Africa
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Dear distinguished guests, colleagues and friends, it is with great pleasure and honor that I welcome you to ASIAM.
ASIAM – Central Africa is its regional part for the Central Africa region which includes Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Republic of the Congo and Sao Tome and Principe.
In lines with the whole ASIAM’s goals in Africa, ASIAM – Central Africa aims at gathering and connecting academics/researchers and professionals in the fields of Industrial and Applied Mathematics together and to industries by fostering scientific and professional collaboration through conferences and workshops, and by contributing in this way to the technological innovations and hence to the effective economical transformation for countries of the region and for the whole continent.
Thank you for being an active member, a partner or a benevolent sponsor contributing in helping ASIAM – Central Africa and the whole ASIAM to achieve its African dreams.
Pr. Dr. Mbele Bidima Martin Le Doux,
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It is my greatest pleasure and indeed an honour to serve as the Southern African region of the African Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ASIAM).
ASIAM is a unique initiative or an innovation focusing on the needs and growth of research activities in Industrial and Applied Mathematics in Africa, and in particular in the Southern African region. Let me encourage all the active members to contribute positively to the strategic plans of this body/institute. I believe we have potential and in unity we will strive to sustain our aspiration for the future of our African generations to come. Continued collaborations, sharing of research or administration ideas must forever be upheld.
It is important therefore to support ASIAM mission and vision in various possible ways.
It is my pleasure to welcome you all to African Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ASIAM) webpage.
I know this a great beginning for all of us in Africa. I am so glad that we are seeing the need to rise up and take our life in our hands, the need to be responsible and to take charge, the need to solve our own problems by ourselves, and the need to be innovative and creative.
We have stayed in darkness for long and it is time to rise and shine especially in the area of mathematics and its application. We are faced with a lot of challenges in Africa and we have seen many areas in the real world that mathematics can be a tool to guide policy and inform decision making in various countries in Africa. There myriad of disciplines that mathematics can be very useful, like climate, ecology, epidemics, banking, finance, renewable energy, conservation, poverty, agriculture, food, economics, and many others. We have got the expertise and wherewithal to bring solution to many of the problems facing the continent of Africa. It is time to take our space in the sand of time and revolutionalise the great continent of Africa. We are strong, innovative, reliable, determined, focused, and creative.
We must all be ready and prepared to make use of the platform ASIAM has made available in Africa to collaborate, network and provide long lasting capacity building in industrial and applied mathematics in each region. Here, I stand to say the harvest is ready, its time to rise and take up the challenge.
Long live West Africa, long live ASIAM, long live AFRICA. We are able.
I am honored to serve as the Regional President for ASIAM in East Africa, representing the nations of Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Our region, with its rich cultural diversity and intellectual talent, presents immense opportunities to advance mathematics as a tool for innovation, education, and societal progress. In this role, I am committed to leading initiatives that address local needs, organizing regional conferences and workshops, and fostering collaborations that bridge borders and create a shared platform for knowledge exchange.
As Regional President, I will work closely with National Presidents to tailor ASIAM’s programs to the specific educational and cultural contexts of each country. Together, we will mentor future leaders, promote cross-border partnerships, and align our efforts to build a strong and vibrant mathematical community in East Africa. I look forward to collaborating with all of you to bring ASIAM’s vision to life and establish our region as a hub for mathematical excellence and innovation.
Prof. Dr Getachew Teshome Tilahun
Welcome Message from the President of ASIAM
Dear Esteemed Colleagues, Friends, and Members of the African Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ASIAM),
It is with profound gratitude, unwavering commitment, and a deep sense of purpose that I assume the role of President of ASIAM. Today, we stand at a defining crossroads for the future of mathematics in Africa a future that promises to be not only transformative but also inclusive, innovative, and globally impactful. Our collective journey ahead is not just about advancing mathematical theory but also about unlocking the potential of industrial and applied mathematics to address the most pressing challenges of our continent and beyond.
Mathematics is more than an academic discipline; it is a powerful tool for change, a language of creativity and innovation that transcends borders. From the cities of innovation to the remote corners of Africa, mathematics holds the potential to spark progress, fuel industry, and transform societies. As I step into this role, I am inspired by the possibility of making industrial and applied mathematics a cornerstone of Africa’s future a future where every nation, every community, and every individual can harness the power of mathematics to shape a better world.
My vision for ASIAM during this term is ambitious and far-reaching, and I invite each one of you to join me in bringing these goals to life. Together, we will redefine the role of mathematics in Africa and create a legacy of opportunity, equity, and innovation for generations to come.
Key Priorities for ASIAM:
These goals, though ambitious, are within our reach because they are not just the goals of one person or one organization, but of an entire community united by a shared vision. The future of African mathematics depends on each of us: our ideas, our contributions, and our collective commitment to the greater good. Together, we can create an environment where mathematical excellence thrives, where innovation knows no bounds, and where Africa becomes the beating heart of global mathematical leadership.
Let ASIAM be a beacon of opportunity, empowerment, and transformation. I invite you—researchers, educators, students, and industry professionals alike to join us in this exciting and unprecedented journey. Contribute your expertise, your passion, and your vision. Together, we will leave an indelible mark on the world of mathematics.
With curiosity, creativity, and an unshakable belief in our collective potential, we will write a new chapter in the history of mathematics one that not only transforms Africa but also sets a new global standard for innovation and progress.
Warm regards,
Prof. Dr ABDON ATANGANA
President, African Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ASIAM)
Fellow of the World Academia of Science
Highly Cited Mathematician
Dear Members of the African Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ASIAM), esteemed colleagues, and friends,
It is a profound honor and privilege to address you as a Co-Founder and Vice-President of ASIAM. Our society represents a beacon of innovation and excellence, advancing the growth and application of mathematical sciences across Africa and beyond. By uniting mathematical rigor with practical solutions, we confront complex challenges in industry, technology, health, energy, and the environment. Mathematics underpins progress in fields ranging from engineering and technology to healthcare and environmental sustainability, and ASIAM exemplifies the power of collaboration and the transformative impact of applied mathematics in addressing societal challenges. We are committed to empowering the next generation of African mathematicians through education, mentorship, and fostering partnerships among academia, industry, and policymakers. Through conferences, groundbreaking publications, and shared initiatives, we promote excellence and inspire innovation. Together, we will tackle critical global challenges such as climate change and sustainable development, harnessing mathematics as both a transformative tool and a catalyst for growth. I invite you to actively engage with ASIAM -share your ideas, collaborate with us, and contribute to our mission of advancing industrial and applied mathematics for the betterment of Africa and the world.
Prof. Dr. Oluwole Daniel Makinde [MFR, FAAS, FIAPS, FNMS]
(Co-Founder & Vice-President)
The greatest mission I envision is to shift the centre of gravity for mathematicians who struggle to find opportunities in Africa. By investing in strategies and programs that promote the brightest minds, foster scientific excellence, and inspire research leadership, we can create an ecosystem where innovation thrives and lives are transformed.
ASIAM is uniquely positioned to drive this change. It is more than just a platform; it is a movement that bridges gaps, accelerates innovation, and empowers researchers.
To my fellow mathematicians: you are not just problem-solvers, you are visionaries capable of addressing Africa’s greatest challenges, from education to technology, healthcare to sustainability. Through collaboration, mentorship, and leadership, we can unleash Africa’s mathematical potential, turning local talent into global impact.
Let us embrace this mission with the belief that mathematics is not just about solving equations—it is about shaping the future. And in doing so, let us remember:
“As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can be perceived but not explained” ~ Arthur Cayley.