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At the heart of the IUGB education is a learning experience that develops critical thinking, creative problem-solving, ethical reasoning, and effective leadership.

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Welcome to the International University of Grand-Bassam (IUGB), a distinguished English-speaking institution in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, modeled after the American education system. Since our founding in 2007, we have trained over three thousand students as innovative leaders while instilling an appreciation for traditional values. Our university meets the highest standards of American and international higher education, offering you the opportunity to work closely with experienced faculty in the classroom, field, and laboratory.

As a mathematician who has taught and conducted research at some of the world's most prestigious institutions, including MIT, Harvard, Stanford, and Berkeley, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of quality education. My academic journey has taken me across Africa, the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Russia, allowing me to establish partnerships with leading universities worldwide. Many of our alumni have completed advanced degrees at prestigious universities across Europe, North America, and Asia, a testament to the excellence of our programs.

As President of IUGB since 2006 and former President of the African Mathematical Union (2009-2013), I am committed to providing education that prepares you for global opportunities. I welcome all new members to take advantage of the resources available and work collaboratively toward our shared vision. Together, we build a better future and offer every student a transformative experience.

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President Saliou Touré is a distinguished mathematician and acclaimed author whose scholarly works have shaped mathematical education across Africa and beyond. Holding a Doctorate in Mathematical Sciences, he has dedicated over four decades to research and teaching at the highest levels of academia. His research specializes in Harmonic Analysis on Lie groups and symmetric Riemannian spaces, with publications in prestigious international journals including the Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of Paris, Lecture Notes in Mathematics by Springer-Verlag, and Africa Matematika. As founder and former director of the Institute of Mathematical Research of Abidjan (IRMA, 1976-1994) and President of the Mathematical Society of Ivory Coast since 1977, he has been instrumental in advancing mathematical research and education throughout the continent.

Recognizing the importance of accessible mathematical education, Professor Touré created two influential mathematics collections for secondary school students across French-speaking Africa and the Indian Ocean: the IRMA Collection and the Inter-African Collection of Mathematics (CIAM). His rigorous textbooks on abstract algebra, harmonic analysis, and metric space topology have become essential resources for graduate students, researchers, and educators throughout Francophone Africa and beyond. His publications reflect a lifelong commitment to advancing mathematical knowledge and empowering the next generation of African scholars. He is a member of the International Academy of Sciences in Moscow (inducted 2008), Commander of the National Order of Côte d'Ivoire, Knight of the Legion of Honour of France, and recipient of the Grand Medal of the Francophonie.

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Fatima Doumbia Koné is a Mathematics lecturer at the international University of
Grand-Bassam (IUGB). Among the courses she taught we have the following: Introduction to
Differential Equations, Elementary Statistics, Calculus(I,II,III), Transforms in Applied Math,
Introduction to Linear Algebra, Operations Research and Abstract Algebra.
She has a Bachelor degree in Mathematics (IUGB), a Master degree in Pure and Applied
Mathematics (AUST) and she is currently enrolled for a PhD in Mathematics at the African
University of Science and Tecnology (AUST), Abuja. She has also been an intern at the
Institutional Banking Group department within GTBANK CI (Garanty Trust Bank Côte
D’Ivoire).
She is a former IUGB student and she was the president of the science club in 2015.
Academically, her goal is to be a great researcher and innovator on the topics of asymptotic
theories in Fuzzy Probability Theory and their various applications to image processing. She
has good programming skills (JAVA, LaTeX, C++) and she is bilingual (French and English).
Over the years, she has been developing a method of teaching which not only put students at
the center of the learning process but also which deconstruct most of the stereotypes about the
inaccessibility of mathematical knowledge to everybody.
Regarding her research activities, she has been working since 2018 on the topic of integration
on Banach spaces and a preprint of an interesting work is available at
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.04480. She is continuing with her research on integration but now
her PhD studies focus on Random Sets Integration in Probability Theory. Professionally, she
is a very active lecturer at IUGB and she is currently the faculty advisor of the SHE CLUB,
which aims at promoting women empowerment by providing learning, leadership and
networking opportunities.

I am currently Associate Professor of computer and data science in the school of science technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at the International University of Grand-Bassam (IUGB).
From 2000 to 2018, I successively worked as a research scientist at Independent Computing Research in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Assistant Professor at the department of computer science and
engineering at Université Laval in Québec, Canada; Research Associate at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) where I also received a Ph.D. degree in computer science in March 2000. Upon receiving a master's degree in mathematical and computing science
from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT) in 1990 in Japan, I worked as a research scientist at National/Panasonic, one of the most prestigious companies in Tokyo.
I am involved in research on Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Semantic Web and its applications in a wide range of fields. Besides, I designed the current Data Science program in effect
since September 2021 in STEM. In addition, I am also one the founders and current President of the
Ivorian Association of Artificial Intelligence and member of ORBICOM, the Network of UNESCO Chairs in Communication headquartered in University of Quebec in Montreal (UQUAM), Canada.

Kwame Simpe Ofori is an Assistant Professor in Finance at the school of Business and Social Sciences. He holds a doctorate degree in Finance, a master’s degree in finance and a master’s degree in Telecommunications Technology. He is also currently a PhD student at the School of Management and Economics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. He has taught courses in the areas of finance, computer science, computer and electrical engineering, and telecommunication engineering. Before joining IUGB he lectured in several universities in Ghana. He also worked with Ghana Telecommunications Company as a support engineer. His research interests are in the areas of consumer behaviour, technology adoption and trust in online systems and in recent times financial econometrics. His papers have appeared in several CABS-ranked journals such as Information Technology and People, Journal of Cleaner Productions, Quality Management Journal, Marketing Intelligence and Planning, International Journal of Bank Marketing, Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, Journal of African Business, Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology and Society and Business Review.