The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, a pan-African network of Centres of Excellence for mathematical science postgraduate training, research and public engagement is also contributing towards building the pipeline for the next generation of African scientists on the continent through diverse outreach activities which involves pupils, students, teachers, lecturers, researchers, industry, policy makers and the general public. Its collaboration with IMAGINARY and the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach is therefore one of the novel mechanisms to achieve this. The AIMS-IMAGINARY platform is aimed at stimulating interest in the mathematical sciences among diverse groups of people through the use of interactive visual and hands-on mathematical science concepts.