{"id":12310,"date":"2026-06-09T18:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/staff\/geoffrey-guemey-nsofon\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T13:13:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:13:27","slug":"geoffrey-guemey-nsofon","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/staff\/geoffrey-guemey-nsofon\/","title":{"rendered":"Nsofon, Geoffrey Guemey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Geoffrey Nsofon,\u00a0<\/b>a Cameroonian<b>,\u00a0<\/b>is the\u00a0<span lang=\"en-GB\">TAAT Private Sector Engagement Officer of the TAAT Clearinghouse (CH) based in Cotonou, Benin Republic.\u00a0<\/span>He holds a B.Sc. in Economics &amp; an M.Sc. in Agribusiness Economics from the Faculty of Economics and Management, and an \u201c<i>Ing\u00e9nieur Agronome<\/i>\u201d Diploma from the Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences from the University of Dschang, Cameroon. 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