Delali Jean-Daniel Dessouassi is a Programme Associate under the Freedom of Expression programme at the Media Foundation for West Africa. Delali, who is from Benin, also supports some of the activities of the Media and Good Governance programme of the MFWA. He is a graduate of the School of Translators of the Ghana Institute of Languages.

Before joining the MFWA, Delali worked as an English-French-Portuguese freelance translator for a number of non-governmental organisations.