Mr. Ababacar Dieng holds a doctorate in social sciences. He is a lecturer at the Cheikh Hamidou Kane digital university and guest lecturer at the SCALL doctoral school at the Université Félix Houphouet Boigny until 2023. A researcher, he is also co-author with Prof. Volker Bank of Chemnitz University (Germany) of a study on vocational training. Mr. Dieng is also the author of several papers and contributions in sociology. Since April 2024, he has been Technical Advisor for Research, Innovation, Digital and Distance Education to Senegal's Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (MESRI).