At the AMUCWMA's 2012 conference in Ouagadougou, which drew over 70 attendees, a panel on the state on women in mathematics in Africa was held.

One of the primary objectives of the conference was to form an association for African women in mathematics.

On July 19, 2013 at the conference, the African Women in Mathematics Association was officially formed.

The topic of the conference was Women in Mathematics for Social Change and Sustainable Livelihoods.

[3] The first of these seminars was hosted by Aissa Wade on complex contact structures and Jacobi manifolds.