Mariama Mamane

Mariama Mamane
Born	Niger River
Alma mater	University of Niamey
Organization	Jacigreen
Known for	Agricultural and ecological engineering

Mariama Mamane is an environmentalist and engineer from Niger.^[1][2][3]

Mamane founded Jacigreen company and won several innovation prizes for her work to improve the ecology of rivers.

Early life and education

Mamane was born to a mother who holds a master's degree in life and earth sciences.^[4]

Mamane grew up by the Niger River in her home city of Niamey, and as of 2020 was living in Burkina Faso.^[5][4] She holds a degree in biodiversity and environmental management from University of Niamey.^[4]

Career

In 2016, Mamane won the Entrepreneurial Journey prize from International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (also known as 2iE)^[6] and founded the company Jacigreen^[2][7] and registered it in Ouagadougou.^[8][9] Jacigreen works to turn invasive hyacinth into agricultural fertiliser and compost and biogas.^[1][2] The biogas is used in generators to create electricity.^[2]

In 2016, Mamane also won the jury's favourite prize at the African Rethink Awards.^[4]

In 2017, Mamane was awarded the United Nations Environment Programme Young Champions of the Earth Prize.^[1][6] The prize was worth $15,000.^[10][11]

References

1. Moyouzame, Aisha (7 March 2020). "Au Niger, Mariama Mamane transforme les plantes nuisibles en électricité et en biogaz". aniamey.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
2. "Persistence pays: powering a green economy". UNEP. 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
3. "Jacigreen : la dépollueuse du fleuve Niger". BBC News Afrique (in French). 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
4. "A Ouagadougou, une élève ingénieure veut produire de l'électricité avec la jacinthe d'eau". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
5. "UN Environment Young Champion of the Earth for Africa: Mariama Mamane". UNICEF Global Development Commons. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
6. "Produire de l'énergie à partir de la jacinthe, le projet "Jacigreen" de Mariama Mamane". Commodafrica. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
7. "Mariama Mamane | CoalitionWILD". Coalition Wild. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
8. "When invasive plants produce some great ideas!". Living Circular. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
9. "Magugu maji ni kula yangu, ni mtaji wangu - Mariama Mamane". Habari za UN (in Swahili). 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
10. "Meet UN's 'Young Champions Of The Earth'". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
11. "Environnement : La nigérienne Mariama Mamane, championne de la terre pour l'Afrique - leFaso.net". lefaso.net. Retrieved 2022-02-20.