Mariama Mamane - Wikiwand

Nigerien environmental activist

Born

OrganizationJacigreen

KnownforAgricultural and ecological engineering

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.

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 2 3 Moyouzame, Aisha (7 March 2020). "Au Niger, Mariama Mamane transforme les plantes nuisibles en électricité et en biogaz". aniamey.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
1 2 3 4 "Persistence pays: powering a green economy". UNEP. 2019-07-23. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
↑ "Jacigreen : la dépollueuse du fleuve Niger". BBC News Afrique (in French). 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
1 2 3 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.
↑ "UN Environment Young Champion of the Earth for Africa: Mariama Mamane". UNICEF Global Development Commons. Archived from the original on 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
1 2 "Produire de l'énergie à partir de la jacinthe, le projet "Jacigreen" de Mariama Mamane". Commodafrica. 2017-12-11. Archived from the original on 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
↑ "Mariama Mamane | CoalitionWILD". Coalition Wild. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
↑ "When invasive plants produce some great ideas!". Living Circular. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
↑ "Magugu maji ni kula yangu, ni mtaji wangu - Mariama Mamane". Habari za UN (in Swahili). 2019-07-30. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
↑ "Meet UN's 'Young Champions Of The Earth'". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
↑ "Environnement : La nigérienne Mariama Mamane, championne de la terre pour l'Afrique - leFaso.net". lefaso.net. Archived from the original on 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2022-02-20.

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