Africa Quantum Consortium Memo
🔥 Missed the AQC Leadership Bi-Weekly Meeting? Here’s What You Need to Know
Executive Summary: AQC Leadership Bi-Weekly Meeting
📅 Date: July 2, 2025
📝 Transcript: View Summary on Otter.ai
📊 Slides: View Slides Shared
🔥 Top Takeaways
Roundtable Momentum:
80+ leaders engaged during the successful June 14 Quantum Roundtable.
Proved critical mass and energy for a pan-African quantum movement.
Quantum City Prize Extended:
New deadline: September 14, 2025.
More African cities now have a chance to showcase quantum-related efforts.
Global & Continental Presence:
AQC leaders speaking at 100 Years of Quantum in Rabat, Morocco, Quantum Crossroads, Dunedin, New Zealand and Qiskit Global Summer School 2025.
Members participating in AIMS Ghana QTEdu Global Event in Accra, Ghana.
Past appearances include QST across Africa in South Africa
SOQA White Paper – Final Push:
AQC is collecting final inputs for the State of Quantum in Africa (SOQA) white paper.
Deadline: Friday, July 4 | 23:59 GMT
Submission link: https://bit.ly/SOQAform
AQC Official Launch and Regional Coordination Drive:
AQC launch now at an advanced stage. We’re calling for regional champions—North, South, East, and West Africa—to anchor localized execution and leadership.
Efforts to decentralize AQC operations are underway.
Language Access Expansion:
Volunteers needed to translate content into Arabic, French, Swahili, and Portuguese.
Goal: reach non-English speaking communities and widen access.
Ecosystem Growth Signals:
Egyptian summer quantum bootcamp: 500+ students, 64 universities
Articles on post-quantum cryptography (John Tseriwa, Zimbabwe)
Mentorship roles at international summer schools (Qiskit) and more (refer to attached transcript)
✅ Action Items
Refer influential figures in arts/urban development/architects/smart cities from Francophone (French speaking) and Lusophone (Portuguese speaking) Africa for collaborations
Volunteer for content translation (Arabic, French, Swahili, Portuguese) here → https://forms.gle/8fnRR2YcsazWCaLy6
Submit input to the SOQA white paper → https://bit.ly/SOQAform
Complete availability poll for scheduling the September Roundtable → https://forms.gle/zX1gahYV9eDuGa4KA
Encourage more city submissions for the Quantum City Prize
📅 Upcoming Key Events
AIMS Quantathon Accra, Ghana July 8 - AQC Members participate in Mentoring & Training
AQC speaks African perspectives at 100 Years of Quantum Rabat, Morocco
SOQA White Paper Closes Final input deadline: July 4 . Submit yours here - https://forms.gle/zX1gahYV9eDuGa4KA
Quantum City Prize express your interest. no excuses. Deadline extended: Sept 14
🧭 Closing Note
AQC continues to grow with $0 donor funding, 100% sweat equity, and pan-African resolve.
We are shaping Africa’s role in quantum science—not tomorrow, but today.
👉 Stay active. Stay visible. Stay building.
The Africa Quantum Consortium is the driving force uniting Africa’s top minds to collaborate, innovate, and propel quantum technology forward across the continent.