I am Programme Officer for Regional Agricultural Information and Learning Systems (RAILS). My main task include supporting the creation of an African platform for exchange of best practices and success stories, providing assistance in coordinating stakeholder meetings to explore ways to use existing agricultural information within African National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS), and implementing open and distance learning. My responsibilities include building information and communication management communities and networks of information specialists. Before joining FARA in 2007, I worked for 10 years with the (West and Central Africa Council for Agricultural Research for Development (CORAF/WECARD) as Information and Communication Manager and led the establishment of a network of agricultural information specialists in the 21 CORAF/WECARD member countries. I hold a Master of Advanced Studies in Information and Communication Sciences and a Professional Degree in Information and Library Sciences from the University Jean Moulin in Lyon, France. From 2006 to 2012, I have been the Vice-President of the African Chapter of the International Association of the Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD-Africa). My country of origin is the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville).