Boris Olou has been working on fungi since 2016. He is the founder and CEO of Fungi For Nature, the first NGO in Africa dedicated to all aspects of fungi. A naturalist and agronomist by training, Boris Olou is very passionate about fungi and carried out his doctoral work in Munich and Kassel from 2017 to 2020 with funding from DAAD. Convinced of the vital role of fungi, Boris Olou has always found a place for fungi in all his activities. Boris Olou is the author of more than 15 scientific publications on African fungi and has collected fungi in several countries around the world, including Benin, Niger, Burkina-Faso, Burundi, Togo, Guinea, France, Poland and Germany. He also described more than ten new species of fungi. Convinced that mushrooms are the solution to the various problems holding back sustainable development, Boris Olou has received funding from the Rufford Foundation, Mohamed bin Zayed conservation funds, Idea Wild, CEBioS and others. This funding has been used to document the diversity of mushrooms in tropical Africa, empower women and young people through mushroom cultivation, develop the value chain around edible mushrooms, reintroduce endangered or extinct mushrooms by planting seedlings, and promote environmental education. Boris Olou is a member of several associations, including the IUCN, the Association of European Mycologists and the African Mycological Association. Find more about Boris Olou by viewing his CV.