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'''Thierry Zomahoun,''' born in [[Benin]], West Africa, is an administrator, development strategist, management expert and a thought-leader for innovative education initiatives.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|url = http://graduateinstitute.ch/home/about-us/globe.html|title = Alumni Portrait: Thierry Zomahoun|last = Fluery|first = Sophie|date = Spring 2015|journal = Globe: The Graduate Institute Review #15|doi = |pmid = |access-date = }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url = http://www.nexteinstein.org/thierry-zomahoun1|title = About Us: Team, Thierry Zomahoun|date = October 2015|accessdate = October 22, 2015|website = www.nexteinstein.org|publisher = AIMS-Next Einstein Initiative|last = |first = }}</ref>  He is President and Chief Executive Officer of the [[African Institute for Mathematical Sciences]] (AIMS). During his leadership at AIMS, he has focused on developing and expanding a network of campuses for graduate scholarship and research in Mathematical Sciences. Saved from the streets by his grandmother, he learned the value of education at a young age.<ref name=":8" /> Since 2011, his work has focused on creating an enabling environment for the transformation of Africa through education.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title = International Development Research Centre: Who Can Apply -
'''Thierry Zomahoun,''' born in [[Benin]], West Africa, is an administrator, development strategist, management expert and a thought-leader for innovative education initiatives.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|url = http://graduateinstitute.ch/home/about-us/globe.html|title = Alumni Portrait: Thierry Zomahoun|last = Fluery|first = Sophie|date = Spring 2015|journal = Globe: The Graduate Institute Review #15|doi = |pmid = |access-date = }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url = http://www.nexteinstein.org/thierry-zomahoun1|title = About Us: Team, Thierry Zomahoun|date = October 2015|accessdate = October 22, 2015|website = www.nexteinstein.org|publisher = AIMS-Next Einstein Initiative|last = |first = }}</ref>  He is President and Chief Executive Officer of the [[African Institute for Mathematical Sciences]] (AIMS). During his leadership at AIMS, he has focused on developing and expanding a network of campuses for graduate scholarship and research in Mathematical Sciences. Saved from the streets by his grandmother, he learned the value of education at a young age.<ref name=":8">{{Cite news|url = http://www.embassynews.ca/issue/archive/2013-11-13|title = “Marking 10 years of nurturing the next Einstein in Africa: a Canadian-supported program celebrates with the GG in style in Ottawa.”|last = Duggal|first = Sneh|date = November 13, 2013|work = Embassy: Canada's Foreign Policy Newspaper|access-date = November 9, 2015|via = |page = 2}}</ref> Since 2011, his work has focused on creating an enabling environment for the transformation of Africa through education.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title = International Development Research Centre: Who Can Apply -
Profile of Thierry Zomahoun|url = http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Funding/WhoCanApply/Pages/GradStudentDetails.aspx?ProfileID=389|website = www.idrc.ca|accessdate = 2015-10-22}}</ref>
Profile of Thierry Zomahoun|url = http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Funding/WhoCanApply/Pages/GradStudentDetails.aspx?ProfileID=389|website = www.idrc.ca|accessdate = 2015-10-22}}</ref>


Zomahoun is President and CEO of the [[African Institute for Mathematical Sciences]] (AIMS), a pan-African network of centres of excellence in mathematical sciences.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> AIMS graduates apply mathematical solutions to African development and global innovation.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03mhw8f|title = “Special Panel Discussion on Africa and migration,” The World Tonight, BBC Radio 4. (0:31:50-0:45:00)|last = Thomas|first = Phillipa|date = January 1, 2014|work = British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Four|access-date = November 9, 2015|via = www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> Zomahoun is a public advocate for altering perceptions about the potential of African youth and changing attitudes about Africa’s role as a global hub for science.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url = http://www.wired.com/2014/12/will-africa-produce-next-einstein/|title = Will Africa Produce the Next Einstein?|date = December 30, 2014|accessdate = October 24, 2015|website = www.wired.com|publisher = Wired Magazine|last = Marlow|first = Jeffery}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url = http://www.euroscientist.com/thierry-zomahoun-africa-is-looking-for-its-einsteins/|title = Thierry Zomahoun Podcast: Africa is Looking for its Einsteins|date = March 12, 2015|accessdate = |website = www.euroscientist.com|publisher = |last = Tancredi Barone|first = Luca}}</ref> The objective for AIMS is to form a generation of young scientists to pursue development using innovation and change the image of Africa as a place where science is embraced.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/bernier_et_cie/2014-2015/archives.asp?nic=1&date=2014-10-03|title = “L’importance de l’education pour le développement de l’Afrique: Interview with Thierry Zomahoun.” Bernier et cie|last = Bernier|first = Carl|date = October 3, 2014, 8:41 am to 8:49 am|work = Radio Canada|access-date = November 9, 2015|via = |language = French}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20140418-1-enseignement-mathematique-afrique/|title = “L'enseignement des mathématiques en Afrique,” 7 Milliards de voisins, Radio France Internationale|last = Tudieshe|first = Anathasie|date = April 18, 2014|work = Radio France Internationale|access-date = November 9, 2015|via = |language = French}}</ref> He also advocates for young women to pursue mathematical sciences.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url = http://lencrenoir.com/linstitut-africain-des-sciences-mathematiques-plaide-pour-leducation-des-femmes-et-de-la-jeunesse/|title = L’Institut Africain des Sciences Mathématiques plaide pour l’éducation des femmes et de la jeunesse|date = November 29, 2014|accessdate = |website = L’encre noir|publisher = |last = |first = |language = French}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Will the Next Einstein Be a Woman from Cameroon?|url = http://www.makers.com/blog/will-next-einstein-be-woman-cameroon|website = MAKERS|accessdate = 2015-10-24}}</ref> In 2013, Zomahoun founded the Next Einstein Forum (NEF), a global forum for science and technology, the first to take place on African soil, with the aim of making Africa the next hub for global science. The first NEF Global Gathering will take place in Dakar (Senegal) in March 2016.<ref name=":2" />
Fluent in French and English, Zomahoun is a public advocate for altering perceptions about the potential of African youth and changing attitudes about Africa’s role as a global hub for science.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url = http://www.wired.com/2014/12/will-africa-produce-next-einstein/|title = Will Africa Produce the Next Einstein?|date = December 30, 2014|accessdate = October 24, 2015|website = www.wired.com|publisher = Wired Magazine|last = Marlow|first = Jeffery}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url = http://www.euroscientist.com/thierry-zomahoun-africa-is-looking-for-its-einsteins/|title = Thierry Zomahoun Podcast: Africa is Looking for its Einsteins|date = March 12, 2015|accessdate = |website = www.euroscientist.com|publisher = |last = Tancredi Barone|first = Luca}}</ref> He told Jeffrey Marlow from [[Wired (website)]] at [[Falling Walls]] 2014 in Berlin that AIMS graduates are prepared to challenge the status quo.<ref name=":4" /> Through formal Masters programs, applied research and science school teacher training programs, the academic institutes produce scholars versed in critical thinking, independent reasoning and problem solving. His objective is to form a generation of young scientists to develop the continent using innovation and change the image of Africa as a place where science is embraced.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/bernier_et_cie/2014-2015/archives.asp?nic=1&date=2014-10-03|title = “L’importance de l’education pour le développement de l’Afrique: Interview with Thierry Zomahoun.” Bernier et cie|last = Bernier|first = Carl|date = October 3, 2014, 8:41 am to 8:49 am|work = Radio Canada|access-date = November 9, 2015|via = |language = French}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20140418-1-enseignement-mathematique-afrique/|title = “L'enseignement des mathématiques en Afrique,” 7 Milliards de voisins, Radio France Internationale|last = Tudieshe|first = Anathasie|date = April 18, 2014|work = Radio France Internationale|access-date = November 9, 2015|via = |language = French}}</ref>


With the goal of encouraging more youth to pursue science, Zomahoun told Luca Tancredi Barone from EuroScientist ([[EuroScience|Euroscience]]) in 2015 that, “With 80 per cent of African scholars pursuing humanities, his plan is to accelerate training for scientists in mathematics.”<ref name=":5" /> He believes that Mathematical Sciences provides the greatest benefit for Africa because the investment in infrastructure remains low. Zomahoun also noted with African projects such as the [[M-Pesa]] in Kenya and the [[Square Kilometre Array]] in South Africa, the continent will need more scientists like the ones trained at AIMS to ensure the programs succeed.<ref name=":5" /> 
Zomahoun joined AIMS in 2011. The first AIMS centre had been founded in South Africa in 2003 by Professor [[Neil Turok]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url = http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/02/10/the_search_for_africas_einstein.html|title = Searching for Einstein|last = Ross|first = Oakland|date = February 8, 2014|work = Toronto Star|access-date = |via = |page = WD6.}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite news|url = http://www.embassynews.ca/issue/archive/2013-11-13|title = “Marking 10 years of nurturing the next Einstein in Africa: a Canadian-supported program celebrates with the GG in style in Ottawa.”|last = Duggal|first = Sneh|date = November 13, 2013|work = Embassy: Canada's Foreign Policy Newspaper|access-date = November 9, 2015|via = |page = 2}}</ref> AIMS takes the brightest maths and science post-graduate students in Africa and gives them the opportunity to study under the stewardship of professors from top international universities such as Cambridge and Harvard, in a 24-hour, tuition-free environment. The model proved effective in South Africa and when Zomahoun joined his mission was to replicate it across the continent. The expansion plan came to be known as the Next Einstein Initiative.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":8" /> Zomahoun’s focus is to ensure AIMS offers research and training opportunities that match the highest international standards.<ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21611112-scientific-research-africa-gathering-momentum-rise|title = Science in Africa on the rise: Scientific research in Africa is gathering momentum|last = Whitehead|first = Eleanor|date = August 9, 2014|journal = The Economist|doi = |pmid = |access-date = |page = p. 42.}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> He was invited to join the delegation of Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper to the Summit of the Organization of La Francophonie in Dakar, Senegal in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.lesoleil.sn/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43422:ouverture-du-xveme-sommet-de-loif-aujourdhui-forte-affluence-au-banquet-de-la-francophonie&catid=78:a-la-une&Itemid=255|title = SOMMET DE L’OIF : L’Aims fera partie de la délégation du Premier ministre canadien|last = Kande|first = Aliou|date = November 29, 2014|work = Le soleil|access-date = October 24, 2015|via = www.lesoleil.sn|language = French}}</ref>


He also advocates for young women to pursue mathematical sciences.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url = http://lencrenoir.com/linstitut-africain-des-sciences-mathematiques-plaide-pour-leducation-des-femmes-et-de-la-jeunesse/|title = L’Institut Africain des Sciences Mathématiques plaide pour l’éducation des femmes et de la jeunesse|date = November 29, 2014|accessdate = |website = L’encre noir|publisher = |last = |first = |language = French}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Will the Next Einstein Be a Woman from Cameroon?|url = http://www.makers.com/blog/will-next-einstein-be-woman-cameroon|website = MAKERS|accessdate = 2015-10-24}}</ref> Zomahoun asserts that, “Women and youth must participate in change and development in Africa.<ref name=":7" />'''“'''The next Einstein will be African and her education in science will be the basis for the development on the continent,” he said when interviewed by Aliou Kande of ''[[Le Monde]]''.<ref name=":9" />
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In June 2015, Zomahoun secured a $25 million (USD) investment enabling 500 scholarship students to pursue Masters degrees in mathematical sciences and developing a mathematics teacher training program.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2015/06/04/l-afrique-a-la-recherche-du-prochain-einstein_4647497_3212.html?xtmc=aims&xtcr=2|title = L’Afrique à la recherche du prochain Einstein|last = Tilouine|first = Joan|date = June 6, 2015|work = |access-date = October 24, 2015|via = |newspaper = Le Monde|language = French}}</ref> The donation was announced in Cape Town on June 4, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Investment to boost African scientist numbers|url = http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/science/2015/06/05/investment-to-boost-african-scientist-numbers|website = Business Day Live|accessdate = 2015-11-13|date = June 5, 2015|last = Kahn|first = Tamara}}</ref>


In 2013, Zomahoun founded the Next Einstein Forum (NEF), a global forum for science and technology, the first to take place on African soil, with the aim of making Africa the a global hub science. The first NEF Global Gathering will take place in Dakar (Senegal) in March 2016.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":9" />
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Previously, Zomahoun has worked for Right to Play International, Aide et Action International, and ChildFund International.<ref name=":0" /> Zomahoun believes that science must focus on impact and be useful to society. On a panel at the World Economic Forum 2015, Zomahoun debated that sciences and mathematicss can be harnessed to offer relevant solutions for global problems.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www3.weforum.org/docs/AF15/WEF_AF15_RegisteredParticipants.pdf|title = 2015 World Economic Forum on Africa, List of Participants|date = May 27, 2015|accessdate = November 9, 2015|website = www.weforum.org|publisher = World Economic Forum|last = |first = |page = 34}}</ref> AIMS has a student body that encompasses 42 African nationalities and attracts 150 to 200 instructors from 35 countries from around the globe each year.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url = http://www.nexteinstein.org/description|title = About Us: Description|date = October 23, 2015|accessdate = October 23, 2015|website = Next Einstein Initiative|publisher = African Institute for Mathematical Sciences: Next Einstein Initiative|last = |first = }}</ref>

Zomahoun joined AIMS in 2011. His academic team recruit the brightest post-graduate mathematics and science students in Africa and give them the opportunity to study with professors from international universities, in a 24-hour, tuition-free environment. The model proved effective in South Africa and when Zomahoun joined his mission was to replicate it across the continent. The expansion plan came to be known as the Next Einstein Initiative.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url = http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/02/10/the_search_for_africas_einstein.html|title = Searching for Einstein|last = Ross|first = Oakland|date = February 8, 2014|work = Toronto Star|access-date = |via = |page = WD6.}}</ref> Zomahoun’s focus is to ensure the institutes offer research and training opportunities that meet the highest international standards.<ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21611112-scientific-research-africa-gathering-momentum-rise|title = Science in Africa on the rise: Scientific research in Africa is gathering momentum|last = Whitehead|first = Eleanor|date = August 9, 2014|journal = The Economist|doi = |pmid = |access-date = |page = p. 42.}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> '''“'''We must create the right environment for African scientists to thrive and remain at home to do their research and innovate,” Zomahoun told [[Philippa Thomas]] on [[BBC Four|BBC Four’s]] ''[[The World Tonight]]'' in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03mhw8f|title = Special Panel Discussion on Africa and migration,” The World Tonight, BBC Radio 4|last = Thomas|first = Philippa|date = January 1, 2014|work = British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Channel 4|access-date = November 9, 2015|via = www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>

Zomahoun was invited to join the delegation of Canada's Prime Minister [[Stephen Harper]] to the Summit of the Organization of [[Organisation internationale de la Francophonie|La Francophonie]] in Dakar, Senegal in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://en.calameo.com/books/00027534702025dbba360|title = SOMMET DE L’OIF : L’Aims fera partie de la délégation du Premier ministre canadien|last = Kande|first = Aliou|date = November 29, 2014|access-date = October 24, 2015|via = http://en.calameo.com/books/00027534702025dbba360|language = French|newspaper = Le Soleil in Senegal|page = 15}}</ref> He told Senegal’s ''[[Le Soleil (Senegal)|Le Soleil]]'', “With our partners, such as the Canadian Government, we ensure that they invest in science, research and mathematics to transform Africa through a socio-economic and technological development plan.”

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In June 2015, Zomahoun secured a $25 million (USD) investment from the MasterCard Foundation enabling 500 scholarship students to pursue Masters degrees in mathematical sciences and developing a mathematics teacher training program.<ref name=":9">{{Cite news|url = http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2015/06/04/l-afrique-a-la-recherche-du-prochain-einstein_4647497_3212.html?xtmc=aims&xtcr=2|title = L’Afrique à la recherche du prochain Einstein|last = Tilouine|first = Joan|date = June 6, 2015|work = |access-date = October 24, 2015|via = |newspaper = Le Monde|language = French}}</ref> The donation was announced in Cape Town on June 4, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Investment to boost African scientist numbers|url = http://www.bdlive.co.za/national/science/2015/06/05/investment-to-boost-african-scientist-numbers|website = Business Day Live|accessdate = 2015-11-13|date = June 5, 2015|last = Kahn|first = Tamara}}</ref><ref name=":9" />

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Previously, Zomahoun has worked for Right to Play International, Aide et Action International, and ChildFund International.<ref name=":0" /> Zomahoun believes that science must focus on impact and be useful to society. On a panel at the World Economic Forum 2015, Zomahoun debated that sciences and mathematics can be harnessed to offer relevant solutions for global problems.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www3.weforum.org/docs/AF15/WEF_AF15_RegisteredParticipants.pdf|title = 2015 World Economic Forum on Africa, List of Participants|date = May 27, 2015|accessdate = November 9, 2015|website = www.weforum.org|publisher = World Economic Forum|last = |first = |page = 34}}</ref> AIMS has a student body that encompasses 42 African nationalities and attracts 150 to 200 instructors from 35 countries from around the globe each year.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url = http://www.nexteinstein.org/description|title = About Us: Description|date = October 23, 2015|accessdate = October 23, 2015|website = Next Einstein Initiative|publisher = African Institute for Mathematical Sciences: Next Einstein Initiative|last = |first = }}</ref>


Zomahoun attended McGill University’s Faculty of Management where he obtained a Master’s of Business Administration. He has a Master’s Degree in development studies from the Graduate Institute of International Development Studies at the University of Geneva and a Master’s Degree from the National University of Benin.<ref name=":0" /> Zomahoun is pursuing his doctoral studies in Political Science at the University of Guelph, Canada.
Zomahoun attended McGill University’s Faculty of Management where he obtained a Master’s of Business Administration. He has a Master’s Degree in development studies from the Graduate Institute of International Development Studies at the University of Geneva and a Master’s Degree from the National University of Benin.<ref name=":0" /> Zomahoun is pursuing his doctoral studies in Political Science at the University of Guelph, Canada.

Revision as of 20:36, 30 November 2015

  • Comment: This could still use any more available in-depth third-party sources overall. SwisterTwister talk 08:07, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
  • Comment: If he is president of AIMS he is notable, and the documentation is sufficient for that. The main problem I have is that there's too much here about the organization, which just needs a link. This could be fixed after accepting, but it would better be fixed before. Otherwise it gives a little of a promotional effect. DGG ( talk ) 02:49, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
  • Comment: Please revise the lead sentence to begin with the name of the subject, in bold face, followed by a description of who he is. Robert McClenon (talk) 00:49, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
  • Comment: Please do take notice of comments. We tend not to give you detailed comments unless they are useful Fiddle Faddle 11:06, 16 October 2015 (UTC)
  • Comment: I have doubts about the ability of this gentleman to pass WP:ACADEMIC. If he does not pass that I doubt he passes WP:BIO either. I am pinging DGG who has an expertise in this area that I lack.
    I do see some things that will hinder a submission. "education and economic self-sufficiency.[2][3][4][5][6][7]" is an example of WP:CITEKILL. The idea is to have one (ideally) two (if you must) and three (at an absolute maximum) references per fact they cite. More than this is overkill. I suggest you select the best of the multiple references, and either delete or repurpose the others.
    Let me show you what we need as references: For a living person we have a high standard of referencing. Every substantive fact you assert, especially one that is susceptible to potential challenge, requires a citation with a reference that is about them, and is independent of them, and is in WP:RS, and is significant coverage. Please also see WP:PRIMARY which details the limited permitted usage of primary sources and WP:SELFPUB which has clear limitations on self published sources. Providing sufficient references, ideally one per fact cited, that meet these tough criteria is likely to make this draft a clear acceptance (0.9 probability). Lack of them or an inability to find them is likely to mean that the person is not suitable for inclusion, certainly today.
    In addition, all inline links must be removed, please, and turned into references if appropriate, Wikilinks, or external links in a section so named. See Wikipedia:External links Fiddle Faddle 15:42, 13 October 2015 (UTC)


Thierry Zomahoun, born in Benin, West Africa, is an administrator, development strategist, management expert and a thought-leader for innovative education initiatives.[1][2]  He is President and Chief Executive Officer of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS). During his leadership at AIMS, he has focused on developing and expanding a network of campuses for graduate scholarship and research in Mathematical Sciences. Saved from the streets by his grandmother, he learned the value of education at a young age.[3] Since 2011, his work has focused on creating an enabling environment for the transformation of Africa through education.[4]

Fluent in French and English, Zomahoun is a public advocate for altering perceptions about the potential of African youth and changing attitudes about Africa’s role as a global hub for science.[5][6] He told Jeffrey Marlow from Wired (website) at Falling Walls 2014 in Berlin that AIMS graduates are prepared to challenge the status quo.[5] Through formal Masters programs, applied research and science school teacher training programs, the academic institutes produce scholars versed in critical thinking, independent reasoning and problem solving. His objective is to form a generation of young scientists to develop the continent using innovation and change the image of Africa as a place where science is embraced.[7][8]

With the goal of encouraging more youth to pursue science, Zomahoun told Luca Tancredi Barone from EuroScientist (Euroscience) in 2015 that, “With 80 per cent of African scholars pursuing humanities, his plan is to accelerate training for scientists in mathematics.”[6] He believes that Mathematical Sciences provides the greatest benefit for Africa because the investment in infrastructure remains low. Zomahoun also noted with African projects such as the M-Pesa in Kenya and the Square Kilometre Array in South Africa, the continent will need more scientists like the ones trained at AIMS to ensure the programs succeed.[6] 

He also advocates for young women to pursue mathematical sciences.[9][10] Zomahoun asserts that, “Women and youth must participate in change and development in Africa.[9]“The next Einstein will be African and her education in science will be the basis for the development on the continent,” he said when interviewed by Aliou Kande of Le Monde.[11]

In 2013, Zomahoun founded the Next Einstein Forum (NEF), a global forum for science and technology, the first to take place on African soil, with the aim of making Africa the a global hub science. The first NEF Global Gathering will take place in Dakar (Senegal) in March 2016.[2][11]

Zomahoun joined AIMS in 2011. His academic team recruit the brightest post-graduate mathematics and science students in Africa and give them the opportunity to study with professors from international universities, in a 24-hour, tuition-free environment. The model proved effective in South Africa and when Zomahoun joined his mission was to replicate it across the continent. The expansion plan came to be known as the Next Einstein Initiative.[3][12] Zomahoun’s focus is to ensure the institutes offer research and training opportunities that meet the highest international standards.[13][6] “We must create the right environment for African scientists to thrive and remain at home to do their research and innovate,” Zomahoun told Philippa Thomas on BBC Four’s The World Tonight in 2014.[14]

Zomahoun was invited to join the delegation of Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper to the Summit of the Organization of La Francophonie in Dakar, Senegal in 2014.[15] He told Senegal’s Le Soleil, “With our partners, such as the Canadian Government, we ensure that they invest in science, research and mathematics to transform Africa through a socio-economic and technological development plan.”

In June 2015, Zomahoun secured a $25 million (USD) investment from the MasterCard Foundation enabling 500 scholarship students to pursue Masters degrees in mathematical sciences and developing a mathematics teacher training program.[11] The donation was announced in Cape Town on June 4, 2015.[16][11]

Previously, Zomahoun has worked for Right to Play International, Aide et Action International, and ChildFund International.[1] Zomahoun believes that science must focus on impact and be useful to society. On a panel at the World Economic Forum 2015, Zomahoun debated that sciences and mathematics can be harnessed to offer relevant solutions for global problems.[17] AIMS has a student body that encompasses 42 African nationalities and attracts 150 to 200 instructors from 35 countries from around the globe each year.[18]

Zomahoun attended McGill University’s Faculty of Management where he obtained a Master’s of Business Administration. He has a Master’s Degree in development studies from the Graduate Institute of International Development Studies at the University of Geneva and a Master’s Degree from the National University of Benin.[1] Zomahoun is pursuing his doctoral studies in Political Science at the University of Guelph, Canada.

References

  1. ^ a b c Fluery, Sophie (Spring 2015). "Alumni Portrait: Thierry Zomahoun". Globe: The Graduate Institute Review #15.
  2. ^ a b "About Us: Team, Thierry Zomahoun". www.nexteinstein.org. AIMS-Next Einstein Initiative. October 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Duggal, Sneh (November 13, 2013). ""Marking 10 years of nurturing the next Einstein in Africa: a Canadian-supported program celebrates with the GG in style in Ottawa."". Embassy: Canada's Foreign Policy Newspaper. p. 2. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  4. ^ "International Development Research Centre: Who Can Apply - Profile of Thierry Zomahoun". www.idrc.ca. Retrieved 2015-10-22. {{cite web}}: horizontal tab character in |title= at position 61 (help)
  5. ^ a b Marlow, Jeffery (December 30, 2014). "Will Africa Produce the Next Einstein?". www.wired.com. Wired Magazine. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d Tancredi Barone, Luca (March 12, 2015). "Thierry Zomahoun Podcast: Africa is Looking for its Einsteins". www.euroscientist.com.
  7. ^ Bernier, Carl (October 3, 2014, 8:41 am to 8:49 am). ""L'importance de l'education pour le développement de l'Afrique: Interview with Thierry Zomahoun." Bernier et cie". Radio Canada (in French). Retrieved November 9, 2015. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ Tudieshe, Anathasie (April 18, 2014). ""L'enseignement des mathématiques en Afrique," 7 Milliards de voisins, Radio France Internationale". Radio France Internationale (in French). Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  9. ^ a b "L'Institut Africain des Sciences Mathématiques plaide pour l'éducation des femmes et de la jeunesse". L’encre noir (in French). November 29, 2014.
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