This page provides an overview of the remarkable work of Scott W. Williams, PhD, Emeritus Professor, UB Mathematics. Dr. Williams joined our faculty in 1971, as Assistant Professor of Mathematics. In ...

School mathematics in South Africa is often seen as a sign of the health of the education system more generally. Under the racial laws of apartheid, until 1994, African people were severely restricted ...

General introduction -- Beginnings : mathematics of bones -- Geometry south of the Sahara -- Numbers -- Beginnings of written mathematics: Egypt -- The Maghrebian tradition -- Combinatorics and ...

Marcus Garvey — entrepreneur, founder, and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League once stated: “A people without knowledge of their past ...

A young developer has created free visual maths notes for learners, with his online platform now reaching students in more ...

Kigali — Less than a year after opening, Africa's first Olympiad-focused STEM school is helping transform the continent's performance in elite mathematics Less than one year after opening its doors, ...

Nigeria has recorded another feat in international academic competition as its representatives won multiple medals at the 2026 Pan African Mathematics Olympiad (PAMO) held in Yamoussoukro, Côte ...

Students from Algeria, Morocco and South Africa were awarded nine medals – seven silver and two bronze – along with two honourable mentions at the 32nd International Mathematics Competition for ...

African and German experts have identified five priority areas in mathematical sciences for collaborative research, which will be pursued over the next three years under a new initiative expected to ...

The initiative between The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities and ARUA is a new collaboration between mathematics researchers working throughout all regions of Africa and Europe, ...

The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences will open in Cape Town in October 2003, offering master's degrees in mathematics to students from all over the continent. The institute is a joint ...