Mafini Dosso, PhD, is Economist of Innovation & certified project manager professional (PMP). She has 15 years of experience, including nine years as an economist and project leader at the European Commission JRC in Spain. She has co-founded ‘OIITID’ a research non-profit in Côte d’Ivoire to support local knowledge development on topics such as innovation, industrial change, technology diffusion in Africa. She speaks French, English, Spanish and holds a Doctorate from Paris I Sorbonne, France.