ILRI Nairobi’s Friday morning coffee (FMC) announcements and updates on 29 August 2014. Listen in! Continue reading
Category Archives: POD
OCS update from Martin van Weerdenburg
Many of you will have heard of the forthcoming OCS – One Corporate System, an online system that will be gradually rolled out to cover processes that are currently paper/manual including – research management, finance, POD, procurement. In the first instance the system will be quite basic, but will help ILRI move towards greater efficiency. … Continue reading
Ergonomics training gives ILRI staff tips on how to avoid injuries at work
On 16 July 2014, the Environment, Occupational Health, and Safety (EOHS) Unit of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) carried out an ergonomics awareness training for ILRI Nairobi campus staff. Continue reading
ILRI NRS Addis and hosted institutes appointments: May-June 2014
Bruck Tassew has been appointed as ICT Business Systems Specialist in Information & Communication Technology effective 1 May 2014. Bruck holds BSc and Diploma in Computer Science from HiLCoE School of Computer Science & Technology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Before joining ILRI, he was working as Head of IT in Save the Children International, Ethiopia program. Abdella … Continue reading
ILRI IRS staff appointments: May – June 2014
Patricia Chale joined ILRI as Director, People and Organization Development on 14 May 2014. Patricia has over 25 years’ experience in human resources management and organizational development acquired in the private, not for profit and public sectors (including working with central government and government bodies) across Africa, Europe, North America and the Middle East. She … Continue reading
ILRI NRS Nairobi staff appointments: May-June 2014
Dalmas Odhiambo Ngere joined ILRI-on 2 May 2014 as a General Laboratory Assistant BecA-Hub. He previously worked for Chemserve Cleaning Services Company. He is a trained community health worker with a lot of experience gained from Care-International Kenya and the Kenya Medical Research Institute. Patrick Muinde joined ILRI on 2 May 2014 as a Research … Continue reading
ILRI IRS staff appointments: March-April 2014
Endalkachew Wolde-Meskel joined ILRI as Country Coordinator for N2Africa Project, Ethiopia on 1 March 2014. Endalkachew has worked for over two decades in research and academia. He has been a visiting scientist and researcher at various universities in Europe and N. America and supervised more than 46 MSc and PhD students. He previously worked at … Continue reading
ILRI NRS Nairobi staff appointments: March-April 2014
Jason Rogena joined ILRI on 1 March 2014 as a Systems Developer in the Animal Biosciences Program. He holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Nairobi. He has two years’ experience, mainly from working in a research project at Nokia Research Centre. Ruth Nyaga joined ILRI on 1 March 2014 as Human … Continue reading
ILRI NRS Addis and hosted institutes appointments: March- April 2014
Solomon Gizaw has been appointed as Livestock Expert in Livestock and Irrigation Value-Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) Project effective 1 March 2014. Solomon holds PhD in Animal Breeding and Genetics from Wageningen University, the Netherlands, MSc in Animal Genetics and Breeding from National Dairy Research Institute, Deemed University, Karnal, India and BSc in Agriculture (Animal Science) … Continue reading
ILRI IRS staff appointments: January – February 2014
Aziz Karimov joined ILRI on 1 January, 2014 as a Scientist – Production Value Chain Economist and Impact Assessment based in Hanoi. Aziz is an applied Economist with special interests in agricultural, forest, resource and environmental economics. He is also keen conducting interdisciplinary research in the areas of rural development, poverty and food policy. He … Continue reading