Ambassador Mahmood Akhtar Mahmood held a meeting with Mr. PENE Bi Guime Crepin on 11 September 2025. Mr. PENE Bi Guime Crepin is the Research Director at Private Expert (Poly Tech Agro Expertise) and a lecturer at the STEM school of the International University of Grand-Bassam (IUGB) and at UFR/Geosciences (STRM) at the University Félix Houphouët-Boigny (FHB) in Abidjan. He is also a permanent member of the Ivorian Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Cultures of Africa and African Diasporas (ASCAD). The discussion focused on enhancing bilateral cooperation in the education sector between Pakistan and Cote d'Ivoire.