Mafini Dosso

Mafini Dosso, PhD, is an Economist of Innovation and certified Project Management Professional PMP®. Mafini has more than 14 years of professional experience, including nine (09) years as an economist and then project leader at the European Commission JRC in Seville, Spain. Her main research areas include innovation policies, mapping of research and innovation systems, technological and industrial dynamics, start-ups, Industry 4.0, value chains and innovation networks. She has several academic, technical and policy publications on these topics covering sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. She is fluent in French, English and Spanish and holds a Doctorate in innovation economics and a master’s degree in industrial economics from the University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne (France). She is also involved in several non-profit organizations dedicated to innovators and entrepreneurs in Côte d'Ivoire and Africa. She co-founded the OIITID, a non-profit organization dedicated to research on innovation and technology diffusion in sub-Saharan Africa. Mafini is one of the 14 leaders selected in Spain as part of the Africa 2.0 España & Ashoka First African Diaspora Leadership Program. Mafini's Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=bTkFs7QAAAAJ&hl=fr&oi=ao