The NEF’s first Global Gathering is happening 8-10 March 2016 in Dakar, Senegal.

The Next Einstein Forum (NEF), Africa’s global forum for science, seeks to leverage science from Africa to respond to global challenges; research, inventions, innovations that better our world.

Our premise is simple – the next Einstein will be African. Pretty ambitious unless you keep in mind that Africa is the world’s greatest source of untapped talent. The NEF, an initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in partnership with Robert Bosch Stiftung, will mobilize the brightest minds to address the most pressing problems through Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) as well as the social sciences.

The NEF GG will showcase the contributions of Africa’s brilliant youth to Africa’s scientific emergence through its class of NEF Fellows who are Africa’s top scientists.

The NEF will highlight innovation and scientific advancement that has often been overlooked by the media and global scientific community.

Beyond conversations, the NEF Global Gathering 2016, will issue a strong call for business investment in African science and government policies that fuel research and innovation. Global leaders will look at issues that can be advanced by frontier science like infrastructure, STEM potential and scientific entrepreneurship. Participants will also have focused discussions that will move from policy to practice.