Dr. Daouda Cissé is a researcher specialized in China studies and Africa-China relations. He was a senior researcher at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Germany and an associate at Megatrends Afrika from April 2022 to March 2023. He was a visiting scholar at National Chengchi University, Taiwan (2021). Before that, he worked at the China Institute, University of Alberta, Canada and at the Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. He was awarded a PhD degree in Economics from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan, China. He has published several papers on Africa-China trade and investments, Chinese multinational companies, Chinese investment policies in Africa.