Ms. Julsaint Kidane is an Economic Affairs Officer at UNCTAD’s, ICT Policy Section, Division on Technology and Logistics. Until recently she was working joined as Economic Affairs Officer in the UNCTAD’s Trade Negotiations and Commercial Diplomacy Branch (TNCDB), Division on International Trade in Goods and Services, and Commodities. In this Division she was working on trade in services and development issues, with a specific focus on trade policy formulation, trade negotiations and regional integration in Africa. Prior to joining UNCTAD Ms. Julsaint Kidane worked at the South Centre as Project Officer in the organization’s Trade and Development Programme. Ms. Julsaint Kidane has a Master degree in International Relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva and a Master of International Law and Economics from the World Trade Institute in Bern.