Pan-African Mathematics Olympiads

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The Pan-African Mathematics Olympiads (P.A.M.O.) are the African version of the IMO, International Mathematical Olympiad.

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Description

This event organized each year by the African Mathematics Union (AMU) is a competition among the best pupils in Mathematics of Secondary Education who are less than twenty (20) years old.

History

The first PAMO was organized in 1987. [1]

Recent Editions

Event editions

Previous Editions [2]

EditionYearOrganizer CountryCityNumber of CountriesNumber of ContestantsNumber of Unofficial Contestants
302023Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda Kigali 3317814
292022Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Ben Guerir 114913
282021Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Sousse 11
272019Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Cape Town 11
262018Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Nairobi 9431
252017Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Rabat 10463
242016Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Dakar 8458
232015Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Abuja 9
222013Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Abuja 114215
212012Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Tunis 92812
202010Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro 9348
192009Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Pretoria 13489
182008Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Cotonou 113811
172007Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Lagos 9326
162006Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Dakar 1142
152005Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Algiers 832
142004Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Tunis 1140
132003Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Maputo 12
122002Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Pretoria 12
112001Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso Ouagadougou 8
102000Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Cape Town 7
91998Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Rabat 6
81997Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Cotonou 4
71996Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda (Canceled)
61995Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Ifrane 6
51994Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Yamoussoukro 3
41993Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Dakar 4
31991Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya Nairobi 3
21989Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Ibadan 9
11987Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Rabat 7

Format

The competition is made of two rounds. Each round is made of 3 problems for four hours and thirty minutes while each problem's total score is 7 points. There are up to six candidates per country.

Results published by each country

CountryResults
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Results [3] [4]

Archived Results

Results from 2004 to 2017 at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 September 2018)

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References

  1. "African Mathematical Union". www.africamathunion.org. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
  2. "African Mathematical Union". www.africamathunion.org. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  3. "SAMF. Pan African Mathematics Olympiad". www.samf.ac.za. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  4. "UCT. Pan African Mathematics Olympiad". science.uct.ac.za. Retrieved 2023-11-04.