Cookies on African Food Network
We use essential cookies to make the site work. We would also like to set analytics cookies and advertising cookies, but only if you agree. You can choose each one separately. Read our cookie policy
Number 80 on the 2024 list
Abdou Tenkouano is a director general from Burkina Faso, named to the AFN 100 in 2024 for becoming Director General of icipe, the insect science research centre in Nairobi.
On 1 January 2024 Abdou Tenkouano, a national of Burkina Faso, became Director General of icipe, the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology in Nairobi, succeeding Segenet Kelemu. He came from CORAF, the West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development in Dakar, where he was executive director, and took over one of Africa's leading research centres for insect science.