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🔊 Announcing a newly launched ✳️ roadmap to conserve Africa's stingless bees ✴️! Between 30 June to 2 July 2026, stakeholders from across Africa and beyond, congregated in Nairobi, Kenya, to launch the Conserving African Stingless Bees: Strengthening Ecology, Indigenous Knowledge, Biodiversity and Sustainable Utilization (CASBA) Consortium. Read the full story: l1nk.dev/rlwjjhk @CORAFNews @ccardesa_sadc @BiovIntCIAT_eng @TheLandAlliance @kalromkulima @narouganda @museumsofkenya INERA Burkina Faso @InstituteEiar @JimmaUniv @Muni_University University of Antananarivo @univMaroua @ULBruxelles @UCAD_Senegal Amazon Research Internacional; Universidade José Eduardo dos Santos (UJES); MAXMEL Project; Beegreen Limited; Nexlinks Limted; MU-ILESHI Community Forest Association (CFA) @salvationarmy

'Sukuma wiki', the humble kale, a leafy vegetable that helps many households in East Africa to "push through the week", takes centre stage in the June edition of the icipe Monthly Digest. Download your copy, rb.gy/pekh7t, to discover why, and to explore our latest achievements, high-level visits, new initiatives and partnerships, project milestones, and much more. @WorldFoodPrize @WorldBankGroup @IWMI_ @CORAFNews @ccardesa_sadc @BiovIntCIAT_eng @kalromkulima @narouganda @ULBruxelles @museumsofkenya @JRSBiodiversity @GAC_Corporate @CGIARAfrica @ICARDA @adafsa_gov @unepwcmc @theGEF @brsmeas @minamataMEA @unito @Cirad @BiovisionAfrica @uonbi @MakCAES @SokoineU @TanzaniaTari @narouganda @IITA_CGIAR @WorldAgForum @wellcometrust

🌱 Efforts to advance agroecology in the East African Community (EAC) gained momentum during the 2nd Session of the Executive Committee of the Regional Multi-Actor Research Network on Agroecology in East Africa (RMRN-EA). Convened by EASTECO and icipe, the session brought together policymakers, researchers, universities, civil society organisations, private sector actors and development partners to strengthen collaboration and accelerate the adoption of agroecological solutions that support food security, climate resilience, biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihoods across the region.🔗Read more: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur… @chidazzz @JuliusEcuru @tchagomoka @beritamutune @beatokihuria @sibhatu13185 @Cirad @easteco1 @BiovisionAfrica @uonbi @Makerere @SokoineU @kalromkulima @narouganda @IITA_CGIAR @BiovIntCIAT_eng

🤝icipe is honoured to be a partner in this initiative, and to co-lead the component on “Monitoring of POPs and mercury under the Stockholm and Minamata Conventions in the Africa Region”, for the next five years (May 2026 – September 2031). This role in line with icipe’s designation as a regional centre under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). 🔗unep.org/news-and-stori… @theGEF @brsmeas @minamataMEA

We were pleased to welcome of 25 scientists and researchers from #Sudan, on a learning visit to @icipe 's Duduville Campus. The visit formed part of a training workshop on aflatoxin mitigation and sustainable #agriculture practices, organised by @IITA_CGIAR and supported by @AFD_France 🔗 Read the full story: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur… @NemAfrica

✳️ Born to Think Outside the Box✴️On 30 June 2026, icipe Director General, Dr Abdou Tenkouano, will be speaking in this very aptly titled session at #dialoguenextinafrica , being held in Nairobi. We are looking forward to providing insights on #insect-based, #nature-positive solutions, and our partnerships with farmers, young agripreneurs, researchers, institutions, regional and international partners, thus contributing to the vision of the future of Africa as a continent that feeds itself. Read more lnkd.in/e9-_ccbJ @WorldFoodPrize @wrenmedia_uk

#water& #insects 🫧 + 🕷️ ➡️The International Water Management Institute (@IWMI_ ), and the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (@icipe ), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), establishing a framework for collaboration across water, environmental and insect sciences. Read more: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur… @JuliusEcuru @Inga_JM

Last week, icipe joined the global community in Turin, Italy, for vibrant deliberations on advancing the insects sector at #IFW2026. We were honoured to participate prominently in the conference, with @Shaphan_Chia speaking on our breakthrough in using black soldier fly fat as a healthier alternative in guinea pig feed and Dennis @beesigamukama presenting our advances in the production and application of insect frass fertilisers. Read more: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur… @RockefellerFdn @HorizonEU @NRFKENYA1883572 @NWONieuws @WorldBankKenya @Postkodelotteri @francediplo_EN @UKRI_News @Sida @SwissDevCoop @noradno @ACIARAustralia @BMZ_Bund @giz_gmbh @EduMinKenya

May was the month of bees, and icipe was buzzing! 🔻Download a copy of the ✳️ icipe Monthly Digest ➡ mailchi.mp/4b4a1bf07a66/j… ✴️️ to see who stopped by to visit us, where we went, what we did, the milestones we achieved, the partnerships we strengthened, and our impact on communities and policy. @wellcometrust @INRAE_Intl @Cirad @ENAMeknes @ird_fr @aatfafrica @inaturalist @FAO @BiovisionAfrica @MoA_Ethiopia @CordaidKenya @Profshaukat @ACIARAustralia @EDCTP3 @MastercardFdn @ICRAF @UNEP_Africa @UMich @NorwayMFA @SwissDevCoop @BMZ_Bund @giz_gmbh @EduMinKenya @IMPACTING_H2020

Partnerships are key to advancing Earth observation across #Africa. #DigitalEarthAfrica Interim Board Advisory members visited the @icipe Duduville campus to learn more about its research and explore how #EarthObservation tools support scientific innovation and decision-making.

Just out 📣icipe Annual Report 2025. 🔻Download a copy: icipe.org/sites/default/… 👉Flipbook version: heyzine.com/flip-book/8fdf… @Sida @SwissDevCoop @noradno @ACIARAustralia @BMZ_Bund @giz_gmbh @EduMinKenya @Biovision_FCP @CanadaFP @ird_fr @Cirad @DAAD_Germany @TheENDFund @RockefellerFdn @CGIAR @IITA_CGIAR @gatesfoundation @CIFFchild @Cordaid @denmarkinkenya @esa @EU_Commission @FAO @dfg_public @VFGFoundation @NorwayMFA @GrandChallenges @IKEAFoundation @IDRC_CRDI @MastercardFdn @LacunaFund @novonordiskfond @FiBLorg @Vetenskapsradet @snsf_ch @ARSO_1977 @PostcodeLottery @royalsociety @UNESCO @UNEP @USDA @NIH @wellcometrust @wto