Dr. Sidi Mohamed Dhaker
Special Advisor to the Governor
Central Bank of Mauritania, Mauritania

Dr. Sidi-Mohamed Dhaker is the Special Advisor to the Governor of the Central Bank of Mauritania where he served during the last ten years as Director General of the Institute for Economic Studies, 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 in West Africa and a Consultant for several international organisations in Europe and Africa.
Frequent speaker at international conferences, he is an Associate Professor of economics and management and Executive Director at the Africa Fintech Forum (AFF). Sidi-Mohamed is a recipient of the “Transformer’s Award”, Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, French-Africa Young Leader, and is part, since 2019, of the prestigious ranking “Choiseul 100 Africa” for emerging economic leaders under 40 in 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).