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  • 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, Thierry Zomahoun is a development strategist, management expert and a thought-leader for innovative education initiatives.[1][2] Since 2011, his work has focused on creating an enabling environment for the transformation of Africa through education.[3]

Zomahoun is President and CEO of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), a pan-African network of centres of excellence in mathematical sciences.[2][3] AIMS’ mission is to help the continent’s brightest students become innovators who propel scientific, education and economic self-sufficiency.[4][5]

Under Zomahoun’s leadership, AIMS is transforming the university model for the 21st century.[6] With nearly 1,000 alumni, AIMS graduates are applying mathematical solutions to African development and global innovation, leading societal transformation.[7] Zomahoun has been a public advocate, as a speaker and media commentator, for altering perceptions about the potential of African youth and changing attitudes about Africa’s role as a global hub for science.[7] Key to this advocacy has been to encourage young women to pursue mathematical sciences.[8][9] In 2013, Zomahoun founded the Next Einstein Forum (NEF), a global forum for science and technology, the first ever 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.[2]

Zomahoun joined AIMS in 2011. The first AIMS centre had been founded in South Africa in 2003 by Professor Neil Turok, a world-renowned physicist, and the Director of Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.[4] The idea was simple: to take the brightest maths and science post-graduate students in Africa and give 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.[4] Determined to work with a team that is as passionate about Africa as he is, Zomahoun’s focus is to ensure AIMS offers research and training opportunities that match the highest international standards so that young African scientists no longer feel they have to leave Africa to get a quality education abroad.[10][5] For his efforts, 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.[11]

Previously, he has also served in management roles for Right to Play International, Aide et Action International, and for ChildFund International.[1] Zomahoun believes that science must focus on impact and be useful to society. Given that Africa has already faced many of the challenges the rest of the world is tackling (environmental and economic issues, amongst others), he considers the curiosity displayed by many young Africans an asset- one that can be harnessed to offer relevant solutions for global problems.[5] With AIMS’ successful pedagogical model, encompassing a student body of 42 African nationalities and attracting 150 to 200 teachers from 35 countries per year, Zomahoun is galvanizing a movement for the transformation of Africa based on science and scientific research.

Thierry Zomahoun holds a Master’s of Business Administration from McGill’s Faculty of Management, 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] He is currently 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 c "About Us: Team, Thierry Zomahoun". www.nexteinstein.org. AIMS-Next Einstein Initiative. October 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "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)
  4. ^ a b c Ross, Oakland (February 8, 2014). "Searching for Einstein". Toronto Star. p. WD6.
  5. ^ a b c Tancredi Barone, Luca (March 12, 2015). "Thierry Zomahoun Podcast: Africa is Looking for its Einsteins". www.euroscientist.com.
  6. ^ "About Us: Description". Next Einstein Initiative. African Institute for Mathematical Sciences: Next Einstein Initiative. October 23, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  7. ^ a b Marlow, Jeffery (December 30, 2014). "Will Africa Produce the Next Einstein?". www.wired.com. Wired Magazine. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  8. ^ "L'Institut Africain des Sciences Mathématiques plaide pour l'éducation des femmes et de la jeunesse". L’encre noir (in French). November 29, 2014.
  9. ^ "Will the Next Einstein Be a Woman from Cameroon?". MAKERS. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  10. ^ Whitehead, Eleanor (August 9, 2014). "Science in Africa on the rise: Scientific research in Africa is gathering momentum". The Economist: p. 42. {{cite journal}}: |page= has extra text (help)
  11. ^ Kande, Aliou (November 29, 2014). "SOMMET DE L'OIF : L'Aims fera partie de la délégation du Premier ministre canadien". Le soleil (in French). Retrieved October 24, 2015 – via www.lesoleil.sn.

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