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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)


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 graduates apply mathematical solutions to African development and global innovation.[4] 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] 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.[7][8] He also advocates for young women to pursue mathematical sciences.[9][10] 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.[2]

Zomahoun joined AIMS in 2011. The first AIMS centre had been founded in South Africa in 2003 by Professor Neil Turok.[11][12] 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.[11][12] Zomahoun’s focus is to ensure AIMS offers research and training opportunities that match the highest international standards.[13][6] 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.[14]

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.[15] The donation was announced in Cape Town on June 4, 2015.[16]

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 mathematicss 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 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. ^ Thomas, Phillipa (January 1, 2014). ""Special Panel Discussion on Africa and migration," The World Tonight, BBC Radio 4. (0:31:50-0:45:00)". British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Four. Retrieved November 9, 2015 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ^ Marlow, Jeffery (December 30, 2014). "Will Africa Produce the Next Einstein?". www.wired.com. Wired Magazine. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  6. ^ a b 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". 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. ^ "L'Institut Africain des Sciences Mathématiques plaide pour l'éducation des femmes et de la jeunesse". L’encre noir (in French). November 29, 2014.
  10. ^ "Will the Next Einstein Be a Woman from Cameroon?". MAKERS. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  11. ^ a b Ross, Oakland (February 8, 2014). "Searching for Einstein". Toronto Star. p. WD6.
  12. ^ 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 Newsweekly". Embassy: Canada's Foreign Policy Newspaper. p. 2. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  13. ^ 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)
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Tilouine, Joan (June 6, 2015). "L'Afrique à la recherche du prochain Einstein". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  16. ^ Kahn, Tamara (June 5, 2015). "Investment to boost African scientist numbers". Business Day Live. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
  17. ^ "2015 World Economic Forum on Africa, List of Participants" (PDF). www.weforum.org. World Economic Forum. May 27, 2015. p. 34. Retrieved November 9, 2015.
  18. ^ "About Us: Description". Next Einstein Initiative. African Institute for Mathematical Sciences: Next Einstein Initiative. October 23, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
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