Over the past eight years, the Mastercard Foundation, the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), and private and public sector stakeholders, have implemented two major initiatives that have provided an indisputable, highly successful model to use integrated beekeeping to generate dignified and fulfilling jobs for masses of young people in Ethiopia, and an entry point for a One Health approach to socio-economic transformation.

The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), has signed an agreement with the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), to provide the institution with annual core funding.

Dr Abdou Tenkouano, a national of Burkina Faso, has been appointed the new Director General of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), starting from 01 January 2024.

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), will strengthen doctoral training and postdoctoral research in applied science, engineering and technology in Africa (DOCTAS), through the Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (Rsif) programme, with support from Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY).

We are most pleased to present this bountiful issue of the icipe newsletter, which summarizes our activities from January – June 2023. Click here to view: Volume 13, Issue No. 1, 2023 (pdf)