NEW AMUPAMOC MEMBERS FOR THE MANDATE 2022 - 2026

The objectives of the AMU-PAMOC:

• 1. To stimulate and develop the interest of African Youths in solving Mathematical problems.
• 2. To promote positive interactions and healthy competitions among African youths at national, regional and continental levels thus furthering African unity through Mathematics.
• 3. To use the medium of mathematics Olympiads to popularize Mathematics among African youths.
• 4. To encourage many African countries, through their participation in the Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad (PAMO), to participate in the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO).
• 5. To enable exchanging experiences between African countries concerning teaching Mathematics.

• • One of the most prestigious events of the African Mathematical Union organized each year in an African country.
• • The best pupils in Mathematics of the Secondary Education who are less than twenty (20) years old, are invited to compete.
• • It contributes to integration and allows the AMU to detect new talents in Mathematics in order to secure a changeover of quality.
• • Each African Team can send up to 4 participants and 6 participants since 2015 (3 girls and three boys), one team leader and one deputy team leader. Observers are responsible of their own fees.
• • Equality of Gender has been stimulated since 2015 by imposing the participation of 3 boys and 3 girls.
• • Medals and prizes are awarded to the best contestants as well as to top three ranked countries

• • Ensure the training of women mathematicians in order to be mentors and in the future team leaders for PAMO-G and IMO.
• • Regional training camps for mentors.
• • Exchange of experts between African countries.

• Creation of Pan African Mathematics Olympiads for Girls PAMOG.
• Shared activities with AMU-CAWM (AMU Commission for African Women in Mathematics).

• • Introduction of new regulations since January 2001.
• • A problems Committee is introduced consisting of IMO experts in order to ensure a level of a good standard to the PAMO Problems.
• • African colleagues have been introduced progressively since 2007 and in 2017 All the Problems Committee members were African.

• • Enhancement of the participation of African countries to PAMO and to IMO.
• • Increasing the number of African girls participating to PAMO by imposing three girls among each participating team.
• Improving the level of PAMO Problems to make it closer to the IMO Problems level.
• • Creating PAMOG competition for girls where the first contestant is crowned African queen of Mathematics.

The African Mathematical Union (AMU) was founded in July 1976. Later in 1986, the Pan African Mathematics Olympiad commission was established to serve under AMU. One year later, the first PAMO edition was held in Morocco. The following table shows all the details about the previous editions.

Year	Hosting country	Number of participants
1987	Rabat (Morocco)	7 countries
1989	Ibadan (Nigeria)	9 countries
1991	Nairobi (Kenya)	3 countries
1993	Dakar (Senegal)	4 countries
1994	Yamoussoukrou (Côte d’Ivoire)	3 countries
1995	Ifrane (Morocco)	6 countries
1997	Cotonou (Benin)	4 countries
1998	Rabat (Morocco)	6 countries
2000	Cape Town (South Africa)	7 countries
2001	Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)	8 countries
2002	Pretoria (South Africa)	12 countries
2003	Maputo (Mozambique)	12 countries
2004	Tunis (Tunisia)	11 countries
2005	Algiers (Algeria)	8 countries
2006	Dakar (Senegal)	11 countries
2007	Abuja (Nigeria)	9 countries
2008	Porto Novo (Benin)	11 countries
2009	Pretoria (South Africa)	13 countries
2010	Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)	9 countries
2012	Tunis (Tunisia)	8 countries
2013	Abuja (Nigeria)	11 countries
2015	Abuja (Nigeria)	9 countries
2016	Dakar (Senegal)	8 countries
2017	Rabat (Morocco)	10 countries
2018	Nairobi (Kenya)	9 countries
2019	Cape Town (South Africa)	11 countries
2021	Sousse (Tunisia)	11 countries
2022	Benguerir (Morocco)	9 countries

AMU-PAMOC has been involved in several activities involving secondary level pupils, notably the Pan African Mathematics Olympiad held every year in an African country gathering the best talents in African countries. In 2022, the Pan African Congress of Mathematicians PACOM held in Brazzaville (Congo) witnessed the election of Professor Basile Guy Richard Bossoto as the AMU President for the session 2022-2026. In the occasion, new commissioners were nominated and appointed to serve in the various AMU commissions. For the AMU-PAMOC, a new commission was established involving a Chair, a Secretary as well as seven members representing the different regions of Africa