Engineering / ILRI / Kenya / Official

ILRI Kenya: Engineering staff monthly meeting – Thursday, April 30, 2015

Please be informed that Engineering staff shall be having their monthly meeting on Thursday, April 30, 2015 from 10.30am to 12.30pm. We shall therefore not be available to handle maintenance jobs during that time. Send any critical maintenance requirements for our attention by 9.00am tomorrow. We regret any inconveniences that may be caused. Kind regards. Nancy. … Continue reading

Ethiopia / ILRI / Official / Staff

CIMMYT-Ethiopia new staff – Stuart Irvine-Brown

CIMMYT-Ethiopia is glad to introduce Stuart Irvine-Brown who joined International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) as a Post-Doctoral Researcher within the SIMLESA Project under CIMMYT-Global Conservation Agriculture Program (GCAP), effective March 4th, 2015. Stuart has multiple qualifications such as Bachelor of Applied Science majoring in Environmental and Production Horticulture (UQ), Graduate Certificate in International … Continue reading

Ethiopia / Knowledge and Information / Official / Staff

CIMMYT-Ethiopia new staff – Njeri Okono

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, … Continue reading

Engineering / Ethiopia / ILRI / Official

ILRI Ethiopia: Power interruption

Please be aware that there will be power cut tomorrow morning (17 April 2015) starting from 8:30 am until 12:00 pm for areas around Genebank laboratory office, Arsi building formerly ‘IFAD building’, Bonga building formerly ‘ICRISAT building’ and Gumuz building formerly ‘Mottor Pool’ in order to connect the new electric line relocated due to upcoming new … Continue reading

Corporate Services / East Africa / ILRI / Official / Staff

Meet the OCS (technical) project management team

The One Corporate System (OCS) project is an initiative of nine CGIAR Centres and the Consortium Office to implement a common business information system for managing: human resources and payroll, finance and logistics (travel authorization and expenditure reporting, procurement and inventory, fixed assets management), research and project management, planner (budgeting) and project costing and billing.  … Continue reading

Ethiopia / ILRI / Official / Operations / Staff

ILRI Ethiopia: Introducing our new chief security officer

As you may be aware, Commander Kebede Alemu is retiring from ILRI. As a result we have recruited a new chief of security who will be joining us next Wednesday on 15 April. Commander Kebede will graciously continue assisting us until June through the transition. Ato Admassu Mekonnen is joining us from Sheraton Addis where … Continue reading