April 2026- present: Founder & Director: ‘African Systems Leaders Residency”: A high trust platform for strategic problem solving, reflection and creative inquiry:

  • Strategic direction & Program Design

  • Research & Strategic Framing

  • Convening & Systems Leadership

  • Strategic Translation & Partnership

September 2025-March 2026: Deputy/Director Technopolis Africa, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire:

  • Office Strategy and Business Planning

  • Innovation Development

  • Tender quality assurance & oversight

  • Partnerships & network development

March 2023- January 2025: Key Science, Technology and Innovation STI expert: Knowledge Hub Digital under the EU’s GLOBAL GATEWAY:

  • Development of ToRs for STI assignments

  • Supervision of teams of non-key experts

  • Quality control of technical outputs

  • Provision of briefings and technical notes for EU representatives

September 2022- March 2023: Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) consultant for the African Development Bank, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire: ' Assisting the African Development Bank in preparation for the Fourth Africa Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation' : 

  • Development of the agenda of the STI Forum

  • Peer-revision of technical reports

  • Preparation of high-level briefing notes

  • Stakeholder engagement for STI Forum (AfDB partners and co-sponsors)

  • Contribution to STI Forum Declaration

January 2021 - September 2022: Product Owner & Country Representative, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

  • management and coordination of product development process

  • supervision of research team in Cote d’Ivoire

  • liaison with in-country partners and key stakeholders

July 2019 - December 2021: Partnership Consultant for the African Development Bank, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire

  • contribution to the annual work programme of the Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development Department

  • partnership lead for the Education and Skills Development Division - including the African Education Fund

  • strategy engagement lead for policy dialogues in STI (Science, Technology and Innovation), TVET and Education Finance

October 2015 - to date: Innovation expert & Senior researcher :'Female Entrepreneurship in Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire and Saudi Arabia'. Collaborative project with ICESI University, Cali, Colombia and International University of Grand Bassam, Cote d’Ivoire.

Investigation of:

  • relationship between culture and innovation

  • incremental versus radical innovation

  • accidental diversification?

September 2017 - February 2018: Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) consultant for the African Development Bank, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire: ' Assisting the African Development Bank in preparation for the Third Africa Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation' : 

  • Development of the agenda of the STI Forum

  • Peer-revision of technical reports

  • Preparation of high-level briefing notes

  • Stakeholder engagement for STI Forum (AfDB partners and co-sponsors)

  • Contribution to STI Forum Declaration

September 2016 - December 2016: Senior Researcher for UNESCO : 'Developing a thematic set of Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals' 

  • Gathering of a thematic list of Science, Technology and Innovation indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals

  • Development of technical guidelines on data gathering, analysis and implementation

January 2015 - July 2018: Innovation consultant with CERISS/ European Commission

  • Promotion of Science, Technology and Innovation policy dialogue between EU countries, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine.

  • Capacity building and networking activities for intermediary organizations and research centers in Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine.

June 2014 – December 2014: Innovation consultant with Technopolis, Brighton, UK

  • Development of inventory of Science, Technology and Innovation policies

  • STI scoreboards

  • Policy observatories

June 2014 – June 2015 Innovation expert in PACEIM (Programme d'Accompagnement de Création d'Entreprises Innovantes en Méditerranée); funded by European Investment Bank

  • Identification of agencies and actors of entrepreneurship in EU countries

  • Tracking North African Diaspora in Europe

October 2013- December 2014: Innovation expert & Senior Researcher, ‘Research Granting Councils and Funds in the Middle East and North Africa’, funded by IDRC 

  • Higher Education: Analysis of research and funding landscape in Qatar

  • Capacity building