Next Einstein Forum on the search for 54 of Africa’s top young science and technology ambassadors

If you’re a young African with with a passion for community engagement and a strong track record in the science and technology spaces, then this might pique your interest. The Next Einstein Forum (NEF) has launched the search for fifty-four of Africa’s top young science and technology ambassadors, one from each African country.

The selected NEF Ambassadors will join the NEF Fellows Class as young science and technology champions from Africa.

The NEF is an African Institute for Mathematical Science (AIMS) initiative in partnership with the Robert Bosch Stiftung and aims to unite more than 500 outstanding thinkers and distinguished stakeholders from around the world together in Africa for the first ever NEF Global Gathering on 8-10 March 2016 under the patronage of Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal.

NEF Ambassadors will attend the NEF Global Gathering in March 2016 in Dakar, Senegal, where they will have the opportunity to network with NEF Fellows, acclaimed scientists and technology leaders as well as industry and policy leaders at an innovative gathering that will focus on how science and technology can solve global challenges and accelerate human development.

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“The NEF is unique in that fifty percent of participants at the NEF’s Global Gathering will be under forty-two years old. The NEF Ambassadors will represent their countries and the continent on a global stage, joining the movement for science-driven growth and development,” said Mr. Thierry Zomahoun, Chairperson of the NEF and President and CEO of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS).

NEF Ambassadors should be residents of an African country, under forty-two years of age, have completed advanced studies in science, technology or have significant entrepreneurial achievements, have a track record of leadership in their community, are passionate about promoting science and technology and have an active online profile and following.

“As NEF Ambassadors, the group of fifty-four young men and women, will join our NEF Fellows as the face of science and technology from Africa. They will embody the potential of a continent that will be the hub of science and innovation in the next few decades. We believe the next Einstein will be African,” said Mr. Zomahoun.

Applications are available online and close on 31 August.