Mira Slavova is an associated researcher at the Gordon Institute of Business Science and has conducted research in the area of Digital Disruption with a specific focus on fintech, smart grids, and IoT. She has extensive experience in technology innovation within the African context (Liberia, Ghana, South Africa). She holds a PhD from Cambridge, UK and has completed postdoctoral research at International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, DC; and more recently at the SAP Africa Innovation Centre in Pretoria. Mira has worked closely with policy makers and donor agencies such as UNEP, UNDP, World Bank, ITC. She is originally from Bulgaria.