The icipe Director General (DG), Dr Segenet Kelemu, was  one of the scientists, policymakers, and business leaders across the globe participating in the Women’s Forum Mauritius (21 – 22 June 2016).

The event was organised with the support and collaboration of Her Excellency Dr Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President of the Republic of Mauritius, with a focus on the need for rapid innovation to protect the world’s biodiversity and to advance climate action.

Media coverage was obtained as follows:

icipe is implementing a project aimed at providing alternative livelihoods for food and income security among communities targeted by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) country programmes.

The initiative is being implemented in four Indian Ocean island nations (Mauritius, Seychelles, Comoros and Madagascar), and in Zanzibar (United Republic of Tanzania).

Over the past several months, the Centre has been conducting training for communities targetedMedia coverage for these sessions has been obtained as follows: 

The Adaptation for Ecosystem Resilience in Africa (AFERIA) project, an initiative funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland, to disseminate the findings of the Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystem Services and Food Security in Eastern Africa (CHIESA), which was implemented between 2010 - 2015, has started.

Coverage for AFERIA has been obtained in the following media:

Coffee farmers to benefit from probe on pests and diseases

The Standard, 25 May 2016

The Muliru Farmers Conservation Group, a community initiative supported by icipe and partners, and its pioneering activities on the domestication and commercialisation of medicinal herbs grown on the periphery of Kakamega forest, Kenya, has recently received the following media coverage: 

http://www.coastweek.com/3920-West-Kenya-farmers-seek-value-addition-on-medicinal-herbs.htm

icipe is one of 14 universities (7 in Africa and 7 from the UK universities) that will participate in a PhD scholarship programme recently launched by the President of the Republic of Mauritius, Professor Ameena Gurib-Fakim, in her capacity as Vice President of Planet Earth Institute Foundation. Media coverage has been obtained as follows: 

http://www.lemauricien.com/article/pei-et-gates-foundation-rs-28-m-phd-scholarship-programme

The icipe Director General, Dr Segenet Kelemu, has been invited to serve in the United Nations University (UNU) Council by the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon and Director General of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova. The UNU is an autonomous UN organisation, which carries out research, postgraduate training and the dissemination of knowledge.

Research by icipe and partners towards using high resolution melting (HRM) analysis approaches developed by the Centre, to  accelerate forensic sequence evidence pipelines required for the prosecution of wildlife/bushmeat traders and facilitate large-scale surveillance of potential wildlife products, has received coverage as follows:

http://www.nation.co.ke/business/enterprise/Kenya-set-to-adopt-animal-D…
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In March 2016, icipe signed an agreement with SolarCentury Ltd for the construction of solar plants at the Centre's Duduville and Mbita Point campuses. Coverage for the event has been received as follows:

 http://cleantechnica.com/2016/03/21/largest-solar-battery-east-africa-installed/

http://www.pvnews.cn/qiyedongtai/2016-03-21/141261.html

In March 2016, icipe and The MasterCard Foundation launched the Young Entrepreneurs in Silk and Honey, at a ceremony officiated by His Excellency Hailemariam Desalegn,Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Coverage for the event has been received as follows: 

http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/05/bees-and-silkworms-spin-gold-for-ethiopi…

In October 2015, icipe published findings from its research on the possible impact of Parthenium hysterophorus on malaria epidemic in East Africa, which were covered in the following media outlets: