Thierry Zomahoun

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rdf:langString Thierry Zomahoun, born in Benin, West Africa, is a Benin-Canadian national. He is a political economist, an industry leader, a grand strategist and a global thought leader for innovative education initiatives. A former Board Director of the Canadian Council for International Corporation (CCIC), Zomahoun is currently the Chairman and CEO of The Niagara Forum (http://niagaraforum.ca), Canada’s global premier forum on geopolitics, science and innovation. The Niagara Forum is an international platform established to host highly strategic initiatives including a global gathering called global agora, a world leaders forum and a youth leadership lab. (http://niagaraforum.ca). As Chairman and CEO, he oversees a consortium of strategic initiatives including a think tank on geopolotics and five research chair programs (geomatics, biodiversity, finance, technology and entrepreneurship). Zomahoun is the Chairman and CEO of SPG Inc., an international high tech firm headquartered in Toronto (Canada). In 2013, He founded the Next Einstein Forum (NEF). The NEF is a global premier and pioneer forum on science and innovation in Africa. The first NEF edition (2016) took place in Senegal under the auspices of HE President Macky Sall. He successfully led the organization of the NEF second edition (2018) in Rwanda under the leadership of HE President Paul Kagame. In 2019, he founded The Kifra Prize to reward research excellence and breakthrough discoveries. In 2019, Zomahoun was named by The NewAfrican Magazine as one of the top 100 Most Influential Africans. In 2011, he joined the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) as the first President and CEO. He successfully led the institution from 2011 through to early 2020. He designed and spearheaded the growth of AIMS into a pan-African and an internationally acclaimed knowledge and math and science ecosystem of centres of excellence across multiple countries.