{"id":12934,"date":"2026-10-19T12:27:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T08:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conference.iramot.ir\/?page_id=12934"},"modified":"2026-11-05T01:40:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T22:10:46","slug":"mammo-muchie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conference.iramot.ir\/en\/mammo-muchie\/","title":{"rendered":"Mammo Muchie"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12934\" class=\"elementor elementor-12934\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b77b46 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4b77b46\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a97db70 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a97db70\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea1127e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ea1127e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c764c7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c764c7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/conference.iramot.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Mammo-Muchie.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-12949\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conference.iramot.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Mammo-Muchie.png 320w, https:\/\/conference.iramot.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Mammo-Muchie-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d614ae7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"d614ae7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"display: flex; gap: 12px; align-items: center; margin-top: 8px;\">\r\n  <!-- Google Scholar -->\r\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=yM6Ub9gAAAAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Google Scholar\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/c7\/Google_Scholar_logo.svg\" alt=\"Google Scholar\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" style=\"display: block;\">\r\n  <\/a>\r\n  <!-- ResearchGate -->\r\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Mammo-Muchie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"ResearchGate\">\r\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/5\/5e\/ResearchGate_icon_SVG.svg\" alt=\"ResearchGate\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" style=\"display: block;\">\r\n  <\/a>\r\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-085d774 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"085d774\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a19bf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a19bf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mammo Muchie<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8ee5c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8ee5c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"auto\">Full Professor and DST\/NRF SARChI Research Chair in Innovation Studies at Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa. Expert in Science, Technology and Innovation for Development (STI4D), with a strong focus on African systems of innovation, innovation and development economics, and technology transfer. He has played a leading role in building research capacity and networks in Africa, including founding the African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development (AJSTID) and contributing to the establishment of AfricaLics and the African Globelics Doctoral Academy. He holds a DPhil in Science, Technology, and Innovation for Development from the University of Sussex (SPRU), UK, and has published extensively on innovation systems and African development.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb65386 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb65386\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Specialization<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1a1b74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1a1b74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"auto\">Science, Technology and Innovation for Development (STI4D), with a focus on African innovation 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcfaa72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Global crises: COVID-19, climate change, poverty, inequality, and cybercrime<\/li><li>Critique of the colonial mindset and the neglect of indigenous knowledge in African innovation<\/li><li>Need to combine indigenous and scientific knowledge<\/li><li>Proposal for a post-COVID African Social Innovation System<\/li><li>Use of traditional knowledge and herbal medicine alongside modern medicine<\/li><li>Ubuntu philosophy: \u201cI am because you are\u201d and diversity as an asset<\/li><li>Universalization and humanization of shared human values<\/li><li>Redefining innovation beyond purely economic criteria<\/li><li>Emphasis on social innovation and social entrepreneurship<\/li><li>Combining tradition and modernity, and linking formal and informal 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