Dr. Sidi Mohamed Dhaker

Dr. Sidi Mohamed Dhaker is the Director General of the Institute for Economic Studies of the Central Bank of Mauritania where he served previously as Chief of Staff to the Governor, Director of communications, and Director of Strategy. Prior to this, he was Director of Monitoring & Evaluation at World Vision International and a Consultant for several international organisations.

Frequent speaker in international conferences, he is an Associate Professor of economics and management and Executive Director at Africa Fintech Forum. Sidi-Mohamed is a recipient of the “Transformer’s Award”, Mandela Washington Fellowship, French-Africa Young Leader, and part of the prestigious ranking “Choiseul 100 Africa”.

Dr. Dhaker holds a PhD in Strategy and management (University of Versailles), an MSc in Strategic management (HEC Paris), an MA in Development Economics (University of Paris), a Postgraduate Diploma in international management (Georgetown University), and an Executive Certificate in Fintech and innovation (University of Cambridge)