Mafoya Dossoumon was born and raised in Benin via France. He moved to Ghana in his teens. He worked as an Information Communication Technology Specialist at IFDC Ghana. He was the Web Editor for MISTOWA - a USAID funded agribusiness project to increase agricultural trade and food security in West Africa. He has a BA from the University of Sunderland and an MPA from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He lives in the United States.