AMESSINOU Kossi (Profile)

AMESSINOU Kossi was born on December 20, 1980 in Ahua - Dimbokro in Ivory Coast. He is married and has three children. He is a Doctor in Information and Communication Sciences from the University of Bordeaux Montaigne in France. He holds a Professional Master in Design and Management of Digital Territorial Projects (2006-2007) and an International Master in Development Studies (2009-2010). He has mainly held the following positions: (i) executive at the Directorate-General for Development Policies (2004-2008), (ii) executive at the IT Department (2008-2009), Chief of the IT Department at the Ministry (2009-2015) , resource person of IGF, AfIGF and WAIGF in Benin (since 2011), International Relations Officer of the Office of the Forum on Governance of Internet in Benin (2013-2017), Coordinator of the Pre-Archiving Project (January 2015 to March 2017), Director of Informatics and Pre-Archiving (October 2015-December 2017), Executive Director of IT and of Pré-archivage (January-April 2018), framework of the information management service on development aid in Benin (from April to August 2018), Vice-President of the Bureau of the Internet Governance Forum in Benin (from 2017 to 2019), a member of the Banking and International Organizations Department (since August 2018) and Regional Director for West Africa of the African ICT Foundation (since April 2019). This allowed him to acquire and refine his skills in project management, computer master plan, computer application design,