Peggy Oti-BOATENG, Director of the Division of Science Policy and Capacity Building in the Natural Sciences Sector at UNESCO. Dr. Oti-BOATENG previously served as the Senior Programme Specialist for Science and Technology, responsible for projects and programmes relating to science policy and basic sciences at the multisectoral regional office of UNESCO in Harare (Zimbabwe).

She has also served as focal point for the African Ministerial Conference on Science and Technology and was the Head of the Sciences Sector for the Southern African Development Community. Dr Oti-BOATENG holds a PhD in Food Science and Technology obtained from Adelaide University in Australia and an MSc, with a specialization in Biochemistry, obtained from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi (Ghana).