KENYA - S. AFRICA JOINT APPLICATIONS - SELECTED PROJECT (2013-2014)

KENYA - SOUTH AFRICA JOINT PROGRAMME - FINAL SELECTION OF PROJECTS FOR 2014
No.	Kenyan Principal Investigator	Kenyan Institution	Joint Project title	S. African Principal Investigator	S. African Institution
Agricultural Sciences
1	Prof. Samuel Gudu	Moi University	Development of maize hybrids torelant to maize streak virus and and soil acidity for Kenya and South Africa	Prof. John Derera	University of Kwa Nzulu Natal
2	Ms. Abigael Atieno Ouko	University of Nairobi	Identification and management of mycotoxin-producing Fusarium and Aspergillus species in maize	Prof. Altus Viljoen	Stellenbosch University
3	Dr. George Ooko Abong’	University of Nairobi	Assessment of maize fermentation as a household technology for improved food and nutrition security in rural African communities	Prof. Bennie Viljoen	University of the Free State
Biological Sciences
1	Dr. Daniel Masiga	ICIPE	Identification of miRNAs in blood feeding insects	Prof. Alan Christoffels	University of Western Cape
Health Sciences
1	Dr. Idle O. Farah	National Museums of Kenya	The role of macrophages in Schistosoma infection & chemotherapy in a nonhuman primate model	Frank Brombacher	University of Cape Town
2	Prof. Jackson N. Ombui	University of Nairobi	Prevalence, virulence characterization, antimicrobial resistance and molecular epidemiology profiling of Campylobacter spp. isolates from commercial and small- scale poultry farms and humans in Kenya and in South Africa	Dr. Musafiri Karama	University of Pretoria
Environmental Sciences/Climate change

1	Mr. Okuku Eric	Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Mombasa, Kenya	The Occurrence and Distribution of HABs in East and Southern Africa	Prof. Titus A. M. Msagati	University of Johannesburg
2	Prof. Mugatsia Harrison Tsingalia	Moi University	Assessing climate change vulnerability in South Africa and Kenya	Prof. Vincent Kakembo	Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
3	Dr. Christine Akinyi Odinga	Moi University	Constructed wetland ecosystem for sustainable remediation of municipal domestic wastewater	Prof. Ademola Olaniran
Physical Sciences
1	Dr. Peter Ndangili	Kenyatta University-Kitui Campus	Quantum dot-electrochemical genosensors for analysis of genetically modified maize and soy beans	Dr. Fanelwa Ajayi	University of the Western Cape
2	Prof. Oyaro Nathan	Maasai Mara University	Synthesis and characterization of cheap and effective nanocomposites for the removal of water pollutants.	Dr. Vongani Portial Chauke	Council for Scientific and Industrial
3	Dr. Evans Changamu Ogwagwa	Kenyatta University	Synthesis, Characterization, DFT and Antitubercular studies on Organometallic complexes of Pyrazine-2-carboxamide and Isonicotinohydrazide	Dr. Martin Opiyo Onani	University of the Western Cape