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Entrepreneur Kate Kallot wants to deploy the first private nanosatellite constellation for Africa with her start-up Amini, which means “to believe” in Swahili. It could change the lives of farmers across Africa, from Senegal to Kenya to the Ivory Coast. But also to predict climate change thanks to the collection of accurate environmental data on the continent. She explains her ambitions from Kenya, where she has placed part of her team.
Its technology is already being used in Ivory Coast, Senegal, Uganda and Kenya. Born in France, with part of her family from the Central African Republic, Kate Kallot worked in Japan and then the United States. It aims to deploy the first private nanosatellite constellation for Africa in the first half of 2025.
The result is climate and environmental data that is more accurate and updated more frequently than NASA currently allows. An interesting project like the ones the next Africa App Challenge promises to reveal. Launched jointly by RFI and France 24, this competition for start-ups in Francophone Africa focuses on green energy with a digital component, now in its eighth year. Applications can be submitted until January 9, 2024.
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