Sonia Piotie joined the Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV) Department at the African Development Bank (AfDB) in November 2019 as a Consultant where she primarily works to support the APNODE Secretariat. She began working at the Bank as a Junior Consultant for the Organizations and Methods division (SNDI.1). Prior to that, she worked as a public relations assistant at DNV GL, a German maritime certification company. She also worked for several years as a freelance journalist for various news outlets in Germany, Cameroon and South Africa. She has extensive experience in online, radio broadcasting, magazines and newspapers outlets as well as social media.
Ms. Piotie holds a Bachelor Degree from Monash University in South Africa and a joint Master degree from Arhus University and Hamburg University.