Is an associate professor in the Department of Statistics, at the University of Pretoria, as well as the Assistant Focus Area Coordinator for the Statistical Theory and Applied Statistics focus area of the Centre of Excellence in Mathematical and Statistical Science, based at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He is an ASLP 4.1/4.2 fellow of Future Africa and was identified as one of the Top 200 South Africans under the age of 35 by the Mail & Guardian newspaper in the Education category.

Gained his postgraduate diploma at the University of Antananarivo, Madagascar, in 2012. He is a Structured Master (Ghana, AIMS-Ghana 2014), and a Research Master (South Africa, Stellenbosch University 2017). Tsinjo further co.pleted his PhD at Stellenbosch University (2021) and went on to conduct there, where he was also a part-time Lecturer. He is currently based at the University of Pretoria.

is an early career mathematician and holds a PhD in Pure mathematics from the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). She specialises in pointfree topology but has broad interests in algebra and topology. She is currently a senior lecturer at the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science at UKZN. Cerene founded STEM MentHER in 2022, a programme supporting female students pursuing STEM careers. She runs various mathematics outreach activities and is the JFAC for Algebra and Topology at the CoE-MaSS

Was born in Łódź, Poland, in 1959. He obtained the degree of MSc (Engineering) from the Łódź University of Technology in 1981, PhD from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, in 1989, Habilitation from the University of Warsaw in 1999, and received the State title of Professor in 2007. Jacek started at the Łódź University of Technology, where he is still a Research Professor. In 1992, he moved to the University of Natal, where he was the Head of the School of Mathematical Sciences from 2005 to 2007. Since 2016, he has been the DST/NRF SARChI Chair in Mathematical Models and Methods in Biosciences and Bioengineering at the University of Pretoria. Jacek’s research interests are integro-differential models in kinetic theory, asymptotic analysis of multiple-scale problems, mathematical biology, and fragmentation-coagulation theory. He (co)authored seven research monographs, over 145 research papers, and supervised sixteen PhDs. He was Vice-President of the South African Mathematical Society from 2001 to 2005. He is Editor-in-Chief of Afrika Matematika, an Associate Editor of Quaestiones Mathematicae and a member of editorial boards of other journals. He has been a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa and a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society of South Africa. He received the South African Mathematical Society Award for Research Distinction in 2012, the Cross of Merit (Silver) of Poland in 2013 and the Polish Minister of Science Award for Scientific Achievements in 2022

Is based in the School of Maths, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and is closely affiliated with CoE-MaSS and NiTheCS Bruce completed his PhD on multiparameter inverse spectral problems, under the supervision of Prof. Melvin Faierman at University of the Witwatersrand. Following this he was a Pacific Institute of Mathematics Post Doctoral Fellow at the University of Calgary. He has researched in the areas of spectral theory of differential operators, inverse spectral theory, stochastic processes and Riesz space theory. He has supervised around nine MSc’s and nine PhD’s. He was head of the School of Mathematics at the University of the Witwatersrand for seven years and is currently the Acting Director of CoE-MaSS.

Is a seasoned research manager with over 15 years of experience cultivating partnerships, securing resources, and driving organizational development. His unwavering commitment lies in empowering young African scholars, a cause he has championed across diverse environments, including research councils, civil society think tanks, government agencies, and academic institutions. Kapueja's dedication extends beyond his current role as co-founder and ex officio Director for Strategic Partnerships at the Wits Health Hubb, a platform dedicated to health research and youth development in the health sector. He also actively contributes to the Carnegie Diversifying the Academy Program at Wits. In both endeavors, he plays a pivotal role in ensuring the equitable distribution of critical skills essential for an African workforce. While Kapueja's research primarily focuses on youth health, his intellectual curiosity extends to the intersection of health with political and economic citizenship. He recognizes the intrinsic link between health rights, political participation, educational access, and broader opportunities that shape a young person's future.

Completed her PhD at Stellenbosch University in 2014 on the graph theoretic underpinnings of facility location problems. She is part of the graph theory focus area where they focus on bringing graph theorists from all over the country together for joint research projects. She is interested in domination related questions in graph theory with a focus on criticality and reconfiguration.

Holds a PhD in Mathematical Statistics (UND) and served in the Statistics of the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science at UKZN, for over 3 decades, during which she led the discipline of Statistics, and served as Dean. She has over 30 years’ experience in teaching Statistics, over 15 years’ experience in leadership at UKZN and has become a leading figure in Statistics Education circles, nationally and internationally. She has served as Chair of the South African Statistical Association Education committee for 17 years, is a former Vice President of the International Association for Statistics Education and is currently a member of the International Programming Committee of the World Statistics Congress (The Hague, Netherlands, 2025). She has received various national and international awards and recognition for excellence in capacity building projects in Statistics, where the focus is on providing much needed knowledge production and research, through Statistics capacity building projects at grassroots level (focus on learners and teachers), as well as designing undergraduate and post graduate programs, which aim to effectively prepare students for the research needs of government, business and industry.

Manages the UWC Data Science programmes. She has been the HOD or DHOD of the Statistics and Population Studies Department at UWC for 24 of the 30+ years in the academic environment. Prior to this she worked in industry for 9 years whilst completing her Honours in Mathematical Statistics (Pretoria), M.Sc. in Mathematical Statistics (UCT) and her PhD (Pretoria) on a part-time basis. Her PhD thesis: “Modelling of claim patterns of members of private medical aid schemes” was completed in 1995. Since then she has been conducting research in various fields namely: data mining, statistical learning, predictive modelling, biostatistics, mobile security, internet access and science education. In 2001, she was promoted to associate professor and in 2015 promoted to full professor. She has published more than 83 accredited articles, 22 technical reports, presented more than 53 international and 50 national conference presentations and 56 workshop presentations. Supervised or co-supervised 34 masters and 8 PhD students. Examined 11 PhD theses and more than 30 master’s theses. NRF rating C2 (2023-2027). In 2021, Rénette was awarded the South African Statistical Association's Thought Leader Award for significant contributions in academia, industry, government and elsewhere. She is the second female to have been awarded this award. https://www.sastat.org/awards/sas-thought-leader-award. Rénette currently serves as Chairperson of the Data Science Academic Committee of the National Graduate Academy for Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (NGA MaSS). She furthermore serves on the Steering Committee and the Advisory Board of the NGA MaSS. She was appointed on the Governing Board of the Centre for Multi-dimensional Data Visualisation at Stellenbosch University (Apr 2022- Mar 2025).

Retired as Ad Hominem Professor of Mathematics at the University of the Witwatersrand in December 2018, having spent 18 years at the university. From 2000 until 2013 he served on the Senior Executive Team of Wits University, from 2000 until 2002 as a DVC(Research) and from 2003 until 2013 as Vice-Chancellor and Principal. He attended Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship and obtained his doctorate in Mathematics in 1982. He has taught at the National University of Lesotho, the former University of Natal in Durban, the University of the Western Cape and the University of the Witwatersrand. He was elected as one of the two Vice-Presidents of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) at the Annual General Meeting in São Paulo in 2018. He was Chairperson of the Board of the NRF from 2014 to 2018. He was appointed by the Minister of Higher Education and Training as Administrator of the University of Fort Hare for the period April 2019 to April 2020. From 2016 he has been one of the champions of a National Graduate Academy for Mathematical Sciences which focuses on the development of the next generation of mathematicians and statisticians in South Africa.

Is a competent and passionate female mathematician pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Mathematical Sciences majoring in Population Dynamics at the University of Pretoria. A Master of Science Degree in Mathematics has helped her confirm prospects of studying Population Dynamics. She studied interaction effects of predator and prey in the Holling-Tanner model with predator-taxis. The programme was designed to test logic, creativity, research and presentation skills, which she found to be gratifying. Currently, she is now improving these skills by doing research which involves developing predictive population models which provide a way to design and evaluate protocols to manage and control specie populations in human cells. The models generate testable predictions which distinguish between different patterns seen in nature when cells divide uncontrollably leading to cancer growths in human bodies, thus, explaining the different mechanisms that might cause these patterns.

Is a full professor in Statistics and was the Head of the Department of Statistics in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, at the University of Pretoria, from July 2012 to February 2022. She holds BSc (Mathematical Sciences), BSc Honours (Mathematical Statistics), MSc (Mathematical Statistics) degrees - all of them obtained Cum Laude. She is a recipient of the S2A3 medal from the Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science. She also received her PhD in Mathematical Statistics and a Higher Education Diploma. She is also an elected member of the International Statistical Institute and serves on several national and international, educational and academic research boards. She has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers in fundamental statistical research and edited books with innovation in multivariate statistical modeling and advancements of the computational and methodology of modern statistics. She holds currently a C1 NRF rating and received the Exceptional Academic Achiever award- UP 2023. She actively pursuing various research interests in the fundamental statistics with a growing footprint in multi-disciplinary areas.

Holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Natal, Durban and a Masters (with distinction) in Tertiary Education Management from the LH Martin Institute, University of Melbourne Australia. As a scholar, she has published widely in the Mathematical Sciences with a focus on differential equations and optimization problems in international peer reviewed journals. She has also successfully supervised postgraduate students and continues mentoring and supervising at Master’s and Doctoral level. She served in various capacities and levels at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) as Associate Director and Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics and Director Research and Postgraduate Support up to mid-2017. She is currently an Associate Editor for the Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management published by Taylor and Francis and has served as Guest Editor of the Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences Journal (published by John Wiley & Sons) and Journal of Engineering Mathematics (published by Springer). She is also board member for Agenda Feminist Media (which hosts the Agenda journal published by Taylor & Francis). At DUT, Professor Moyo was responsible for driving the research, innovation and engagement agenda including supporting student entrepreneurship and innovation through the newly established DUT Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. She was part of the DUT Founding team that established two start up entrepreneurial desks which acted as student incubators both in the Midlands and Durban campuses established in 2018. In 2019 and 2021, she was awarded the special national Entrepreneurial Development in Higher Education (EDHE) award to a Deputy Vice-Chancellor responsible for facilitating remarkable institutional support for entrepreneurship development in terms of student entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship in academia and in growing an entrepreneurial university. She currently serves as Chairperson of the Board of Directors for CASME (Center for the Advancement of Science and Mathematics Education) and is board member on the boards of Innovate Durban, the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Advisory Board for the Future Professors Programme and innobiz. She is Honorary Dean of the School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Tianjin Vocational Institute, Tianjin, China from 2021 to 2023; and was co-Dean of the Confucius Institute from 2018 to August 2022. Her current position is Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research, Innovation and Postgraduate Studies at Stellenbosch University.

Is a postdoctoral fellow and part-time lecturer at the University of Pretoria where he also completed his doctorate under the supervision of Prof Jan Harm van der Walt (UP) and Prof Marcel de Jeu (Leiden University, UP). His dissertation focuses on the applications of concepts from category theory to solve problems in functional analysis, specifically in the area of vector lattices. An article based on a part of his dissertation, titled 'Limits of vector lattices', was published by the Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications in 2023. Over the course of his postgraduate studies, he communicated his work at several conferences, including an international conference on ordered mathematical structures held in Ljubljana, Slovenia in July 2023. He has also received three prizes for student talks at the annual congresses of the South African Mathematical Society.

Is a lecturer in the discipline of Statistics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She has a passion for teaching statistics and its application in life matters. She is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in the statistics and data science streams. Her research interests have been in applied statistics with the aim to cover a range of multidisciplinary applications. She is eager to be exposed to academic networks locally and globally with the hopes of possible collaborations.

Is one of only three B-rated mathematicians in the country, specialising in classical and semi-classical orthogonal polynomials, asymptotic analysis, and special functions. She is based in the School of Economic and Financial Sciences, in the Department of Decision Sciences, at UNISA. She is also the Executive Director of the South African Mathematics Foundation (SAMF) and a past-President of the South African Mathematics Society (SAMS), and has recently joined the Council of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS).