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Biodiversity is critical to all sectors of the economy be it energy, tourism, Agriculture and health. It is also essential for supporting national efforts towards developing a green economy and attracting direct investment. It is for this reason that the Africa Biodiversity challenge (ABC) was instituted in 2018 by the South Africa Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) to encourage African countries to mobilize biodiversity data and produce information products that will inform government decision making process and Read more…

Delegates from the National Commission for Science and Technology (NCST), various institutions across Africa and the United Kingdom (UK), are in Malawi for a week long Recirculate Knowledge Exchange (KE) and Engagement capacity building training workshop at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe from Monday 25th March to Friday 29th March, 2019. The highly interactive and collaborative workshop is centred on working together and sharing solution driven innovative ideas which can be used to address the Read more…

Call for Expressions of Interest OR Tambo Africa Research Chairs Initiative   The National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa in partnership with the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo Foundation, and supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada, are pleased to announce the OR Tambo Africa Research Chairs Call for Expressions of Interest by African public research-intensive universities. Background The OR Tambo Africa Research Chairs combine political, development and higher education objectives. They aim to Read more…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation launched its first ever diaspora portal at the Bingu International Convention Center (BICC) on 18th February, 2019.  The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr Emmanuel Fabiano, MP presided over the function on behalf of His Excellency the President, Prof Arthur Peter Mutharika.  During the event, two policy documents, the Malawi foreign policy and the Malawi Diaspora engagement policy were also launched. The Malawi Diaspora portal Read more…

Icipe is offering a PhD project working on the micro-lepidopteran moth of South American origin, the tomato leafminer, Tuta absoluta, that represents the dominant and most serious pest of tomato. Further information: http://cbid.icipe.org/apps/tomato-leafminer-2019/index.php Deadline for applications: 22nd February 2019 Kindly share with your networks. Vivian Atieno Capacity Building Officer Capacity Building & Institutional Development (CB&ID) Programme International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology P.O. Box 30772-00100 Nairobi, Kenya Phone: +254 (20) 863 2272 Email: vatieno@icipe.org Url: www.icipe.org Support icipe: http://www.icipe.org/support-icipe