Picture (from left to right): Leonard Wanchekon, Said Gbadamassi, Ulrich Sossou, Senam Beheton and Messan Agbaglah

Thursday August 25 was a busy day at the African School of Economics as we received the visit of a group of ICT experts and a researcher from University of Montreal. As the school is preparing for the start of the 2016-17 academic year, most of the new intake of students and second year candidates are already in Cotonou preparing for the kick off of the new year, that will formally open in August 26.

Messan Agbaglah (researcher at University of Montreal) and software engineers Senam Beheton, Ulrich Sossou, and Said Gbadamassi had a chance to talk to several members of the ASE community. Among other topics discussed, they shared some professional experiences and stressed the benefits of digital technologies, including the use of applications in research projects.

ASE President and Founder, Prof. Leonard Wantchekon, also participated in the meeting and presented the upcoming courses offered by ASE on software and digital technologies to the students, faculty and staff present at the event. After his introduction, Messan Agbaglah delivered a conference entitled “Stability in informal insurance: An approach by the networks and coalitions that overlap.”