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Mariama Mamane
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 educationMamane 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] CareerIn 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
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