After his mechatronics and robotics studies in the UK, he went back to Mali, his home country, to vulgarize the then-little-known mechatronics industry. The company he built for that purpose has been growing by the day since then.
Abdoulaye Diakité (photo) is a Malian mechatronics, robotics, and automation engineer who graduated from Kingston University in the UK in 2014. He is also the founder and CEO of Diakité Robotics Ltd, a robotics company founded in 2014.
Through that company, he offers robotics, mechatronics, electromechanical, smart security, and physical security solutions engineering services. He also develops solutions for home automation, metrology and rapid prototyping, and bust sculpting.
"Diakité Robotics is a mechatronics company created in 2014 to vulgarize mechatronics -which is the synergistic and systemic combination of mechanics, electronics, automation, and real-time computing- in Mali, but also in the entire sub-region," said Abdoulaye Diakité in an interview with maliweb.net in 2020.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, his company developed Sania Blon, an individual disinfection tunnel that emits a bactericidal and virucidal decontamination product. The solution helps disinfect passers-by without harming their health, their clothes, and their personal belongings. It was intended for use by the most-frequented companies and institutions like banks, hospitals, industries, and government institutions.
The CEO also plans to create the prototype of a submarine that can support the marine brigades operating across the Niger River. He is also designing an autonomous electric scooter and 3D-printed bionic hand and shin prostheses.
Before launching Diakité Robotics Ltd, from 2008 to late 2012, he worked for Malian firm Voice Communication SA, as a technical support engineer. In March 2022, he won the Best Young Entrepreneur Brand Award at the first Mali Brand Week. In 2014, he wrote the engineering paper “CAN Bus Based Systems Teaching Using Electronic Rapid Prototyping,” which was presented at the World Conference on Technological and Engineering Education (WCTEE) in Greece.
Melchior Koba
