History and Background

The African Mathematical Union (AMU) was founded in July 1976 with the mission to coordinate and promote the high quality teaching, learning, research and outreach activities in all areas of mathematical sciences all over Africa with the following objectives:

• To promote the development of mathematics research and education including their applications to the economic, social and cultural development of the continent;
• To promote active cooperation among African mathematicians, and to favour closer relationships between all the scientists and technicians of the continent;
• To promote scientific cooperation between Africa and the other continents in mathematical research and education;
• To cooperate with any and all organisations pursing similar objectives.

But it was only later from 1986 that various commissions had been established to serve under AMU.
One of these commissions is the Commission for Research and Innovations in Mathematical Sciences (AMU-CRIMS) created by the AMU Executive Committee elected in 2009 for integrating Afrika Matematika.

The recent General assembly took place on 2nd July 2017 at the Sciences Faculty of Rabat and elected a new AMU Executive Committee with Prof. Nouzha El Yacoubi as the AMU President. Under the new Executive Committee leadership, new commissioners were nominated and appointed to serve in the various AMU commissions. For the AMU-CRIMS :

AMU-CRIMS: 2017-2021

• 1. Mamadou Sangharé- Chairperson (Senegal, West Africa). E-mail : mamsanghare@ucad.sn
• 2. Bazanfaré Mahaman- Co-Chair (Niger, West Africa). E-mail : bmahaman@yahoo.fr
• 3. Khalli Ezzinbi, Cadi Ayyad - Secretary ( Morocco, North Africa). E-mail : ezzinbi@uca.ac.ma
• 4. Senelani Dorothy Hove-Mesekwa - member (Zimbabwe, Southern Africa). E-mail: dshusekwa@gmail.com
• 5. Guy Degla – member (Benin, West Africa). E-mail : gdegla@gmail.com
• 6. André Mialébama Bouesso- member (Congo, Central Africa). E-mail :mialebama@aims.ac.za
• Sibusiso Moyo, Member, Southern Africa, E-mail : smoyo962@gmail.com
• 8. Ancille Ngendakumana- Member (Burundi, East Africa). E-mail : nancille@yahoo.fr

Objectives of AMU-CRIMS :

• 1. Enhance the discovery, the communication, the dissemination and applications of knowledge in Mathematical Sciences
• 2. Organize meetings, symposia, seminars, workshops and schools on mathematical research and creative practices
• 3. Promote the mobility and the growth of young and world-class mathematicians in Africa
• 4. Promote fundamental and interdisciplinary researches on development projects
• 5. Promote complementary researches on development projects according to the regional potentialities
• 6. Promote innovations in Education systems (e.g., address how to improve education by taking advantage of the new technology of information and communication)
• 7. Promote the creation, the collaboration and meetings of scientific networks or societies including both research-mathematicians and the industrial professionals
• 8. To cooperate with Africa dispora of mathematicians and other organizations all over the world with similar objectives
• 9. Develop strategic plans for achieving new innovations
• 10. Promote mathematical knowledge protection policy

How to achieve these objectives

- Get the state of the art of research and innovation in Africa (e.g. discuss the SWOT (strenght, weakness, opportunities and treats) of research and innovations in Africa through a panafrican meeting).
- Identify priority area of research and innovation at regional and continental levels

Conferences to be organized during the period 2018-2021

Period	Place	Title	Organizer(s)
June 2018	Marrakech (Morocco)	Differential equations and dynamical systems	Pr. K. Ezzinbi
September 2018	Marrakech (Morocco)	2ème colloque des mathématiciens Maroccains à l'étranger	Pr. Y. Elfrom
November 2018	Ouagadougou (Burkina-Faso)	EDP et applications. Conférence en honneur au Pr. Hamidou Touré	Pr. S. Ouaro
December 2018	Harare (Zimbabwe)	TBA	Pr. S. Dorothy
December 2019	Abidjan (Ivory Cost)	TBA	Pr. S. Touré
March 2019	Durban (South Africa)	Mathematics and applications to drive research and innovation	Pr. S. Moyo
March 2020	Brazzaville (Congo)	Algebra, Geometry and applications	Pr. G.R. Bossoto and Dr. A. Mialebama Bouesso
July 2020	Niger or Benin (TBC)	Geometry, analysis and technologic applications	Pr. M. Sangharé/Pr. M. Banzafaré/Pr. G. Degla
October 2020	Bujumbura (Burundi)	TBA	Dr. A. Ngendakuman