The Society is delighted to announce that it will be providing financial support for the inaugural Namibian Olympiad in Mathematics. Current LMS-Mentoring African Research in Mathematics (MARM) partner, Professor Letterio Gatto (Politecnico di Torino) has been collaborating with colleagues at the University of Namibia (UNAM) with the goal of obtaining support for the Olympiad.
Financial support was secured from the Namibian National Council for Research Science and Technology (NCRST) to host the Olympiad and the LMS-MARM affiliation at UNAM represented by the local academics Professors Martin Mugochi and Giovanni Marelli, was instrumental in providing the necessary expertise and guidance to make this possible.
MARM links African academics with their UK and European counterparts via professional mentoring partnerships. This provides the means and opportunities for African mathematicians to develop international working relationships. The Society believes that enhancing and developing relationships with African academics and students will help ensure that pursuing first rank mathematical careers within Africa will be both an achievable and attractive option. Events such as the Olympiad in Mathematics are one way of fostering the next generation of mathematicians and promoting the benefits of mathematics to young people, one of the core aims of the Society.
More information about MARM is available here. Information about the LMS-MARM UNAM affiliation is available here.