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Dr Anna Masłoń-Oracz is an advisor on strategic management and international expansion of companies. Plenipotentiary of the Rector of the Warsaw School of Economics for Africa, assistant professor at the Warsaw School of Economics, author of lectures and training courses in strategic management, which she conducts on three continents (Europe, Africa, Asia). She specializes in the economic policy and development economics of Sub-Saharan African countries, and her research interests include regional integration and Africa’s Smart Specialization. She has had numerous study trips to Rwanda, Zambia, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya. She is the manager, main contractor and coordinator of the project “Jean Monnet Module on the European Union and the Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa – an Interdisciplinary Approach – Smart Specialization – EU Africa / AFROEU”. For many years she has been associated with the EU aid fund market and has implemented projects. She was also Vice-President of the Management Board of a PKN ORLEN group company – Płocki Park Przemysłowo-Technologiczny, and a member of the Supervisory Board of the PKN Orlen Group Education Center. Vice-president of the Board of the Polish European Community Studies Associaton. Indexed in the nationwide ZnaneEkspertki.pl database. She has 10 years of studies and 17 years of professional experience, including in non-European environments. Over 100 speeches and lectures at both Polish and international conferences, as well as publications in recognized magazines and book chapters.