News and Events
icipe Turns 50 – 7 April 2020
7 April 2020: On this date in 1970, the International Centre of Insect Physiology (icipe), Africa’s only institution dedicated to the study of insects and other arthropods, was officially registered by the government of Kenya, its host country.
Insect of the Month (April): Malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto
The year 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe).
icipe COMMUNIQUE – COVID-19
Date: 20 March 2020
Communique issued by the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, in the context of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
Postponement of anniversary ceremony
In light of the situation relating to COVID-19 (Coronavirus), the commemoration of icipe’s 50th anniversary ceremony has been postponed from 3rd April 2020 to 20th November 2020, still being held at our Duduville Campus, Nairobi, Kenya.
Insect of the Month (March): Desert Locust, Schistocerca gregaria
The year 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe).
icipe was established in 1970 by the late internationally renowned Kenyan scientist, Prof. Thomas Risley Odhiambo, at a time when the very notion that insect science – or indeed, the then woefully small indigenous scientific communities – could contribute to a prosperous future for Africa must have seemed audacious to say the least.