The African Mathematical Institutes Network (AMI-Net) is a proposed network of mathematical sciences centres building capacity in research and teaching across Africa. AMI-Net is governed by a Council of representatives from each African region, with representation from African and international partner organisations. AMI-Net is the founding element of the Mathematical Sciences Platform of the NEPAD Science and Technology Combined Plan of Action. The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Cape Town, South Africa, serves as the Secretariat of AMI-Net.
AMI-Net will focus on those areas of mathematical science of greatest relevance to African development, in the broadest sense. It will serve both to train postgraduate students continuing to applied research in other NEPAD S&T Platforms and to build a critical mass of African researchers in the mathematical sciences. AMI-Net will also work to connect these researchers with the global science community, encouraging international exchange and collaborations.
At its meeting in January 2009 (pictured above) the AMI-Net collaboration considered and endorsed the plan for the AIMS Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI).