Senegalese computer engineer Adji Anta Dabo (pictured) develops a solution to facilitate birth registration in her country. With a degree in computer science, management and entrepreneurship, the young woman founded the startup Digital Nisa with partners. In 2021, one of her solutions, namely Sama Keyittu Juddu, won the third prize of the 2021 Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East (OSVP).

In Wolof, Sama Keyittu Juddu means "my birth certificate". The digital solution is a platform on which parents can register the birth of their child. The platform is associated with a bracelet attached to the wrist of the babies. On the seventh or eighth day, the bracelet will flash to remind parents who have not yet registered their newborn's birth to do so. The Sama Keyittu Juddu platform can be installed in maternity hospitals.

“The absence of identity documents […] violates the right to nationality, the right to claim civil protection etc.,” said Adji Anta Dabo who believes that her solution is an answer to this problem.

The entrepreneur has won several awards. In 2020, she won the 7th edition of the JIGGEN CITIC competition organized by the Ministry of Digital Economy with an amount of CFA1.5 million (nearly $ 2,500). She also won CFA3 million with the 2021 OSVP.

Adoni Conrad Quenum