Mona Laroussi is Director of the Institut de la Francophonie pour l'éducation et la formation (IFEF) in Dakar (Senegal), a structure belonging to the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) whose mission is to help improve the quality of education in the member countries and governments of the Francophonie.  She is an academic with a doctorate and a post-graduate qualification in computer science, specialising in educational technology.  Mona Laroussi's research focuses on Computer Environments for Human Learning. She is the co-author of several chapters and publications in international journals and conferences.