Professor Mammo Muchie did his undergraduate degree in Columbia University and his MPhil(with great distinction with triple first) and DPhil from the University of Sussex, UK. He is currently a DST/NRF Research Professor of Innovation Studies at the Institute of Economics Research on Innovation (IERI), at Tshwane University of Technology. He is also a NRF rated Research Professor. He is a fellow of the South African Academy of Sciences, the African Academy of Sciences and the African Scientific Institute. He is currently adjunct professor at the Adama Science, Technology University, Addis Ababa University, University of Gondar and Arsi University, Ethiopia. He has been senior research associate at the SLPMTD programme and now has become also Senior Research Associate at the TMCD Centre of Oxford University collaborating with researchers on creativity and innovation in low income economies.