News and Events
Malaria transmission blocking
icipe makes new discovery
The possibility of controlling malaria using a newly discovered microbe that blocks transmission of the disease from mosquitoes to people has moved closer to reality with advanced findings by the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe).
Devastating weed that favours mosquitoes
Parthenium and its potential to increase malaria in East Africa
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) has generated new evidence of the immense threat posed by a highly destructive invasive plant, known scientifically as Parthenium hysterophorus, towards probable escalation of malaria incidents in East Africa.
DECOLONISING KNOWLEDGE: icipe takes a stand
Over the recent past, a movement around the concept of Decolonising Knowledge has gained force across academic and international networks. The decolonial ideology is not new and in Africa, the philosophy was most prominent in the 1960s –1980s among postcolonial theorists, radical pan-Africanists and literary giants agitating for Decolonising the Mind, meaning liberation through endogenous, Africa-centred knowledge production.
Recently graduated icipe scholars
Between January – June 2021, 13 icipe postgraduate scholars from Cameroon Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda and Zimbabwe have graduated over the past six months. Their theses contributed knowledge on the management of Tuta absoluta using an imported parasitic wasp, Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris; changes in grain legumes during hermetic storage in triple layer bags; a software to optimise application of biopesticides; and phosphorus fluxes and vegetable growth as influenced by phosphate rock management under acid soils.
Personal Narratives: Ruth Kihika and Fairo Dzekashu
Two icipe PhD scholars narrate their journeys in science and their research at icipe, its contribution to the sustainable development goals and COVID-19 pandemic recovery journey.