Amina Diallo

A Senegalese robotics engineer creating AI solutions for desertification monitoring

Amina Diallo, based in Dakar, Senegal, leads the Green Algorithms Initiative which deploys AI-powered drones to map desertification patterns. Her system, implemented across the Sahel region since 2022, predicts land degradation 18 months in advance with 92% accuracy. This enables preemptive tree planting and grazing management strategies that have halted desert expansion in 15 communities. Amina's team developed the Terre Vivante app, used by 40,000 farmers to access real-time soil data. She was featured in National Geographic's 2024 Earth Solutions documentary and received the Global Green Hero Award in 2023. Her work intersects climate science with traditional knowledge systems, creating hybrid solutions validated by UNESCO.