ICGEB was a strong presence at the 2023 Bio Africa Convention in the first week of September 2023. This years theme was Re-imagining Biotechnology Innovation for Africa’s Development and Security.
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South-South Cooperation
World Science Day for Peace and Development
10 November 2022, ICGEB joins UNESCO in celebrating the World Science Day for Peace and Development, as part of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development.
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ICGEB at the 2022 BIO Africa Convention
ICGEB: a strong presence at the 2022 Bio Africa Convention from the 27th – 31st of August 2022, with the theme Africa Resilient: Life Sciences Innovation for Achieving Health and Food Security.
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Italy provides additional support for Science in Africa
Through two new joint projects, BIOTECHNET and WE-STAR, the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), together with the ICGEB, are providing resources for candidates from the Horn of Africa and for African women scientists.
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ICGEB celebrates EMPOWER Fellowships Programme Awardees on International Day of Women and Girls in Science, 11 February 2022
United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) and ICGEB award EMPOWER Fellowships: a South-South and Triangular Cooperation programme for women scientists from developing countries.
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WE-STAR Fellowship Programme
The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and ICGEB partner to offer mobility fellowships to early-career women scientists from Africa.
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Ethiopia becomes 66th Member State of the ICGEB
On 21 June 2019, the Government of Ethiopia acceded to the ICGEB Statutes to become the 66th Full Member State of the Organisation.
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