Events

EU-Sub-Saharan Africa challenges and opportunities: Engine for Growth and Job Creation? When: 25.06.2021 on-line platform Registration form Jean Monnet Module on the European Union and the Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa – an Interdisciplinary Approach - Smart Specialisation-EUAfrica/AFROEU The huge scale of demographic challenge, coupled with the impact of climatic changes on fragile populations, is a fundamental threat for European and African stability alike, even though rapid African economic growth bears at the same time the promise of fantastic opportunities. Indeed, 5 percent yearly

Mafini Sarratou Dosso, PhD, currently serves as the Economist and Policy Analyst and Leader of the project ‘Smart Specialisation Strategies with Africa’ at the European Commission Joint Research Centre (EU JRC) in Seville, Spain. She has extensive experience in producing scientific evidence for innovation policy and in supporting Sub-Saharan African countries to develop and strengthen their innovation policies and systems for sustainable development. She has over 14 years professional experience on research and innovation policies and analyzing innovation systems and technological and