ILRI is collaborating with DAAD by offering up to eight in-region PhD scholarships in 2016 through a co-funding arrangement. A call for applications will be placed here soon. Continue reading
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ILRI Addis Engineering monthly staff meeting
Please be informed that the Engineering staff will hold its monthly meeting tomorrow Thursday, January 28, 2016 from 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. We therefore will not be available to handle any maintenance requests during this time. Kindly send any critical maintenance requests by 9.00 a.m tomorrow. For more information: To report any maintenance request, … Continue reading
Corporate Services / ILRI / OCS / Official
OCS update
Let me start with wishing you all a happy 2016: The year that we will have to make some more significant steps in OCS implementation and can start picking the fruits from it. We went fully live with the last part of phase 1 in October and it seems we were reasonably successful; for example … Continue reading
East Africa / ILRI / Official
Public holiday (NRM day) Uganda
Please note that tomorrow Tuesday, 26 January 2016 is designated as an official Public holiday in Uganda. The ILRI Uganda office will therefore remain closed. We will reopen on Wednesday 27th January 2016 as usual. Ben Lukuyu Continue reading
ILRI / Kenya / Unofficial
Paul Mukoma lost his dad
Dear all, It is with sadness that we inform you of the death of Mzee Johnstone Mutunga Mbiti after a short illness. The late Johnstone is the father of Paul Mukoma of ILRI Kenya Transport Department. Family and friends are meeting at Abbey Hotel (along Luthuli Avenue opposite Malindi Dishes), from 5.30 p.m. on 18th … Continue reading
ICT shared service desk
For three months since the ICRAF/ILRI ICT services unit has been using a new software platform to manage ICT incidents and service requests. To further improve efficiency and quality of ICT support services, I’m delighted to announce that, with effect from Wednesday, January 20, 2016, we will put a new ICT ServiceDesk into operation. The … Continue reading
Update on 2014 and 2015 performance reviews and 2016 key result area plans
We would like to thank all staff who have engaged and used Peformax- the new ILRI online staff performance management system to complete their performance reviews and plans. As we start off 2016, we would like to advise all staff on the way forward regarding 2014 & 2015 performance reviews as well as Key Result … Continue reading
Engineering / Ethiopia / ILRI / Official
ILRI Addis power outrage
ILRI Addis E & FU team has planned to conduct the following activities on Saturday, January 16th from 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m: Semi-annual planned preventive maintenance on backup generator sets, In the meantime we’ll be conducting emergency drill training for the maintenance crew to better equip and coordinate the crew in case of emergency. We’ll … Continue reading
Engineering / Ethiopia / ILRI / Official
Addis Campus Power Interruption – 9 January 2016
ILRI Addis E & FU team has planned a power outage on Saturday, January 9th, 2016 from 9:30a.m. – 11:30 p.m in order to do preventive maintenance work for the generator, emergency team drill and to execute power cable connections in some area. Apologies for any inconvenience this might cause to you. ILRI Addis Engineering team Continue reading
Wegagen Bank moved out of ILRI campus
We would like to inform you that starting January 4, 2016 Wegagen bank has moved to its new branch office. This is located at Ebenezer building 1st floor. The name of the branch is “Gurd Shola”. We have confirmed that the branch will provide all the banking services to ILRI staff as usual. For additional … Continue reading
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