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The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology is an international scientific research institute, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya that works towards improving lives and livelihoods of people in Africa.
Verify users from icipe
icipe is a member of Kenyan Identity Federation, one of the national research and education federations that share academic identity providers through eduGAIN. That means you can verify a user's affiliation with icipe by having them sign in with their icipe account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- Kenya
- Federation
- Kenyan Identity Federation
Institution details
- Organization
- International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology(icipe)
- Description
- The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology is an international scientific research institute, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya that works towards improving lives and livelihoods of people in Africa.
- Country
- Kenya
- SAML Entity ID
https://idp.icipe.org/simplesaml/saml2/idp/metadata.php- Federation
- Kenyan Identity Federation
SAML capabilities
Capabilities are read from the institution's SAML metadata. An advertised format is what the IdP declares it supports — not a guarantee of what every login returns.
- support
- technical
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with icipe?
Yes. icipe participates in Kenyan Identity Federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their icipe account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does icipe support persistent identifiers?
No. icipe only advertises transient (per-login) identifiers, so authIdentifier will typically be null. You can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is icipe in?
icipe is located in Kenya.
How do I verify students from icipe?
Create a verification session via POST /v2/auth/verification, redirect the user to the returned link, and poll GET /v2/auth/verification/{id} after they authenticate at icipe. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from icipe?
Start the demo and authenticate with icipe, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.