Education
Odhiambo was educated at Maseno School in Kenya, Makerere University in Uganda and Queens" College, Cambridge in United Kingdom.
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He founded the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) and helped to establish three institutions of learning: the Third World Academy of Sciences, the Kenyan National Academy of Sciences and the African Academy of Sciences. He inspired different Kenyan scholars and leaders, notably, academician Odhiambo Siangla and politician Kalonzo Musyoka. He encouraged the younger generation of thinkers to venture into the fine arts, investigate its relation to history of life sciences and to go out and create global academies and research institutions using technology.
His inspiring effect led to the re–emergence of accumulated indigenous knowledge and technology systems in the modern African world.
He led visions on agricultural development in Africa by initiating effective scientific projects leading to advancement in growing indigenous crops and disseminating methods of insect control. 1987 Africa Prize for Leadership jointly with President Abdou Diouf of Senegal.
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