L'enseignement des mathématiques dans les pays francophones d'afrique et de l'ocean indien

We examine Mathematics teaching in the francophone countries in Africa and the Indian Ocean, starting from the consequences of the Colonial Period. At that time, education was mainly aimed at preparing the civil servants., and there were no organized structure for teaching. When they became independent, these countries started with the French system and methods, but they progressively realized that it was not totally adapted to the aims and specificities of such countries. So progressively new systems and curricula were designed. In this paper, we describe some examples, and give some trends in the development of Mathematics education in Africa and Indian Ocean, and perspectives for the future.