NEF Global Gathering 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya

Next Einstein Forum Global Gathering 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya

As announced by President Paul Kagame, at the end of the Global Gathering in Kigali in 2018, the next Global Gathering will hold in March 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya. As an initial step to this, on September 1, 2018 the Government of Kenya signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Next Einstein Forum to host the NEF Global Gathering 2020 in Nairobi in March 2020.

“The Third NEF Global Gathering will be taking place at a time when Kenya has embarked on an aggressive programme of enhancing the uptake of science subjects at all levels of education, through the roll-out of STEM model schools in all 47 Counties. We recognize that Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) are the key drivers of industrial growth. We are therefore focused on nurturing a young crop of innovators, engineers and scientists who will drive our industrialization Agenda forward” said Hon. Dr. Amina Mohamed, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Education.

“We are excited to begin the countdown to the NEF Global Gathering 2020 that will be held in Nairobi. The NEF Global Gathering 2018 was the largest scientific event held in Africa with over 1500 people attending from 91 countries. We expect 2500 delegates for the 2020 edition in Kenya. We will host special events such as the NEF Innovation Salon where start-ups from all over Africa, and the world, will showcase their solutions, the Gender Summit Africa and an exciting Arts and Science Festival for all ages,” said Mr. Thierry Zomahoun, AIMS President/CEO and NEF Chair.
13 February 2017

The Next Einstein Forum (NEF) and IBM have joined forces to promote the future of African scientific talent and advance the continent’s knowledge economy through collaborations such as the NEF-IBM Visiting Scientist Week. The week will see selected NEF Fellows become visiting IBM scientists at IBM’s global network of research labs (such as those in Kenya, US, Switzerland, China, India, Brazil, Israel, and Australia). The program is designed to give a boost to Africa’s most promising young scientists and help set the pace and direction for the continent’s cutting edge scientific research. During their one week visit, the scientists will be paired with an IBM researcher in a similar field and actively engage with the broader IBM community through lectures, seminars and workshops.