The London Mathematical Society Program on

MENTORING AFRICAN RESEARCHERS in MATHEMATICS

at the University of NAMIBIA


Under the High Auspices of







The 2021 MARM-UNAM MEETING

From MARM to NARM Meeting

THE PICTURES


October 14, 2021

The the participants of the LMS-MARM-NARM program for Namibia at
the
reception offered by H. E. Paolo Cuculi, Italian Ambassador in Pretoria








The invitation to the Networking Cocktail, offered by H.E. Paolo Cuculi, the  Ambassador of Italy in Pretoria, many thanks to His Excellency.

From Left to right:
Samuel Nuugulu, Chair od the Department of Mathematics of UNAM, H.E. Giulia Casagrande, First Secretary of the Italian Embassy in Pretoria and the Computer Scientist Saavi Mwatilifange




Letterio Gatto & Martin Mugochi,  espectively the LMS and UNAM  MARM  referents

Giovanni Marelli (UNAM), Director of  NAISSMA 2022) and Letterio Gatto (LMS-MARM grant recipient)

Mrs. Loide Kapenda, Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Arts & Culture of Namibia (with Letterio Gatto LMS-MARM)















Naomi Boys, the 2021 Communications, Politics and Scholarships Officer at the British High Commission
H.E. Hideaki Harada, The Ambassador of Japan in Namibia and the NAISSMA 2022 Director, Giovanni Marelli.
 

From left to right,
H.E. Alessandro Micheletti, Honorary Italian Consul in Namibia, Elise Lazarus (Namibian MARM-team) and Letterio Gatto (LMS MARM)

Samuel Nuugulu, Saavi Mwatilifange & Letterio Gatto
From Left to right:
Jesse Lichela
(web manager of MARM Namibia), Elise Lazarus (MARM-UNAM), Letterio Gatto, Winifred Mutuku (Kenyatta University), Martin Mugochi, Sigfried Amukugo (MARM-UNAM) (Picture taken by G. Marelli)



October 15, 2021

The LMS-MARM-NARM Meeting, First Day









The venue of "From MARM to NARM" was the Hotel Casa Blanca, lodging structure participated by the UNAM


The Poster, ideated and designed by Sara Oggero, Links Foundation (Torino, Italy)

Prepararing the venue 1

Preparing the venue 2

Preparing the venue 3














The podium for the speakers

Greetings from the Italian Embassy in Pretoria pronounced by the First Secretary H.E. Giulia Casagrande.

Professor Frank Neumann, Chair of the LMS-MARM program, who pronounced his greetings to all the participants. He is the main inspirer of all the LMS-MARM activities in Namibia, in particular the "MARM to NARM" one and, especially, the forthcoming NAISSMA 2022.

The Scientific Attaché of the Italian Embassy in Pretoria, Professor Pierguido Sarti and Dr. Helen Van Rensburg,  Chief, Customer Analytics, Capricorn Group
The Speech of Professor Giovanni Marelli, the Director of the forthcoming NAISSMA 2022







Helen Van Rensburg,
Head: of Customer Analytics and Revenue Optimisation at Capricorn Investment Group Limited

The talk of Professor Pierguido Sarti, Scientific Attaché of the Italian Embassy in Pretoria


The Scientific Attaché of the Italian Embassy in Pretoria, Professor Pierguido Sarti, speaking on "International Collaboration in Science and Technology: the Italian way"

Professor Pierguido Sarti, Italian Embassy in Pretoria, and authoritative member of the Scientific Committee of NAISSMA 2022.

Final report about the 2021 LMS-MARM activities by the grant recipient, Letterio Gatto

October 15, 2021

The LMS-MARM-NARM Meeting, Social Dinner







The Social Dinner took place at Casa Blanca Hotel, the venue of the MARM-NARM meeting


The dinner room was a bit dark. A total amount of 16 guests took part of the dinner.
Professor Pierguido Sarti, Scientific Attaché of the Italian Embassy and Naomi Boys, Communications, Politics and Scholarships Officer at the British High Commission (2021)

Letterio Gato with the young MARM collaborator Elise Lazarus, UNAM teaching staff and main photographer of the Meeting.

Letterio Gatto and Naomi Boys, Communications, Politics and Scholarships Officer at the British High Commission (2021)














October 155th, H.E. Giulia Casagrande Birthday. The surprise

The MARM-NARM cake: an homage to H.E. Giulia Casagrande

The Birthday cake with the Italian Flag, as a homage to the support of the Embassy

Giulia Casagrande's cake. Click to enlarge the picture.
Happy Birthday on the behalf of LMS-MARM Namibia to H.E. Giulia Casagrande


October 16, 2021

Round Table, Organizational Meeting in view of the forthcoming NAISSMA 2022, final goodby










From left to right
Prof. Martin Mugochi, Namibian referent of the MARM program, dr. Winifred Mutuku (Kenyatta University), Letterio Gatto (MarM grant recipent), Loide Kapenda, Chief Education Officer, Ministry of Education, Arts & Culture of Namibia, Professor Giovanni Marelli(UNAM)

The LMS-NARM coordinators for Namibia  congratulate each other for the success of the Meeting.

The LMS-MARM coordinators for Namibia agree to start with the organization of NAISSMA 2022, basing mainly on the strong encouragment from professor Pierguido Sarti (Italian Embassy, Pretoria)


Gatto, Kapenda and Marelli


The Young MARM collaborators, Jesse Lichela (LMS-MARM-UNAM web mantainer) and Sigfried Amukugo, part of the teaching staff of UNAM (with Letterio Gatto)