TBI Celebrates Three Successful KCSE 2021 Candidates at Ileret Town
We recently feted three candidates from TBI’s Ileret scholarship program that sponsored students from the Daasanach community. They are Rahma Ahmed Said, Joseph [...]
Dr. Dino J. Martins appointed as Chief Executive Officer of TBI (Kenya)
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Dino J. Martins has accepted an offer from the Board of TBI (Kenya) Ltd. to serve [...]
Annual Scholarship meeting at TBI Ileret
Wednesday 20th April was yet another memorable occasion for the Ileret community and the community outreach program as TBI hosted the annual scholarship meeting. [...]
Turkana Basin Institute Collaborates to Recognize All Nurses of Turkana County
TBI has been honored to host Dr. Deborah Lindell of Case Western Reserve University for the last 8 months during her Fulbright Fellowship in [...]
World Water Day – March 22 2022
March 22nd is World Water Day and this year the international focus is on groundwater. This is a precious resource whose importance is [...]
Isaiah Nengo, Associate Director of Turkana Basin Institute, Passes on
Paleontologist and National Geographic Explorer Isaiah Nengo, associate Director of the Turkana Basin Institute and Director for Research and Science at the Turkana [...]
Infrastructural Advancements for Environmental Sustainability at TBI Camps in 2021
2021 was an exciting year for sustainability at TBI. We made great strides towards improving our environmental sustainability by increasing investments in clean [...]
James Alkerech’s Prosthetic Leg Gave Him a New Lease of Life
James Alkerech was a herder who spent most of his time taking care of his father’s livestock. Life in Fora, located in the [...]
Richard Leakey, Chair of Turkana Basin Institute, Passes on at 77
World-renowned paleoanthropologist and conservationist Richard E. Leakey, chair of the Turkana Basin Institute (TBI) and a professor in the Stony Brook University Department [...]
Statement from the Leakey family
On Sunday 2nd January, we lost a true warrior, an individual so large in presence that he left a void that can never [...]
TBI’s Participation At The Tobong’u Lore Festival 2021
Martin Kirinya and Emmanuel Aipa showcase fossils in the TBI booth at the Tobong'u Lore Festival 2021 The Tobong’u Lore cultural [...]
Alex Chege’s Journey To The Baldwin Fellowship
The excitement that Alex Chege had upon securing the Baldwin Fellowship has its roots in his journey. Connecting the dots from when he [...]
How Winfred Wambui Mbogo Became A Baldwin Fellow
Winfred Wambui Mbogo is a Kenyan lady who is very passionate about human evolution. Her journey began in 2010 when she enrolled at [...]
The Kaikol Borehole’s Progress After Rotary Cupertino’s Visit To Napudet
TBI Community Development Manager, Joanne Velo (L) With Local ECD assistant Esther (C) and Rotary Muthaiga's Lead Projects Manager, Kanyana Muriuki At The [...]
Fossil elephant cranium reveals key adaptations that enabled its species to thrive
Preparators from the National Museums of Kenya at the Ileret research facility of the Turkana Basin Institute, starting manual preparation and supplementing the [...]
Training in Hydroponic Farming in Ileret
The students together with their facilitators from Ileret's hydroponics training As part of the Water Energy for Food Programme Funded Project [...]
New Luminescence Laboratory at Stony Brook will Illuminate the Past
This summer, the Turkana Basin Institute in association with Stony Brook University’s Department of Geosciences inaugurated the new Luminescence Dating Research Laboratory. Currently the [...]
TBI joins CONFMAP to improve public prehistory education in Kenya
The Turkana Basin Institute has joined the project Consolidating the Future through Mastering the Deep Past (CONFMAP), led by archaeologist Sonia Harmand of Stony Brook University and TBI. The project is funded by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, and aims to improve access to paleosciences for marginalized populations while raising awareness in Kenyan of the value of the prehistoric archaeological heritage of Turkana County in northern Kenya.
Local knowledge informs conservation efforts in Sibiloi National Park
A new study highlights the dramatic biodiversity loss of carnivores in the Turkana Basin's Sibiloi National Park by examining both ecological sampling methods and [...]
Local youth outreach through football
TBI has been organizing a number of football tournaments in Ileret to keep the youth engaged and active during this long school hiatus [...]