CIMMYT-Ethiopia is glad to introduce Njeri Okonowho joined CIMMYT as Communications Manager for Africa, effective January, 2015. Njeri was working from CIMMYT HQ in the first few months, and relocated to Addis Ababa this week. She holds a Masters in Communication Studies and a Postgraduate Diploma in Mass Communication, both from the School of Journalism, University of Nairobi. Njeri previously worked for the CGIAR Generation Challenge Programme (GCP) as Communications Manager from 2007 until December 2014 when the Programme closed. Prior to GCP, she was a Science Writer/Editor with Green Ink Ltd and a Communications Officer at ICRAF.

Currently, she is sitting in office # 47 (1st floor of Res. Bldg. 2 – FOGERA ); and you can reach her on ILRI’s Ext. # 2308 and CIMMYT’s direct tel. nos. 011-646 2324/26/27.

Please join us in welcoming Okono to CIMMYT’s team & the ILRI campus!

Kind regards,

Aklil
Email: AK.BEKELE@CGIAR.ORG