Following the appointment of Dr. Azizou CHABI IMOROU as Director of Information Technology to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Benin; Dr. Cyriaque EDON now becomes the new Afrobarometer Network Manager for the Francophone African Countries.  He will manage and schedule Afrobarometer’s activities taking place within those countries. Senior Researcher and Director of Academic Affairs of IERPE, he earned a doctorate in Economic Science from the Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2). Mr. Richard Houessou, a research associate at the IERPE,  will be his assistant especially for questions regarding Benin.