Mr. Pierre Dandjinou
Programme Officer for Africa
Sustainable Development Networking Programme

A Programme Officer for Africa of the Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP) at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Pierre Dandjinou also provides a technical assistance   to the Internet Initiative for Africa, another IT Programme of the Africa Bureau of UNDP. In parallele to his professional occupations, Mr Dandjinou is involved in many Internet professional Initiatives on both regional and national levels.

He was appointed a Coordinator for the Africa Internet Group (AIG) in 1998, and in this regard, organized the first Africa Regional Conference on the Internet Governance in Cotonou, Benin in December 1998. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Afrinic, the African Internet regional Registry in formation, and is President for the ISOC Chapter of the Republic of Benin. Pierre was recently appointed Chair of the Special Task Force on Africa of the At Large Membership Council of ICANN.

Pierre Dandjinou graduated in Computer and Information Systems from the University of Sorbonne and the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France.