A passionate computer scientist, he uses technology to address the problems facing vulnerable populations in Africa. He has developed several innovative solutions and has received numerous awards.

Djibril Sagna (photo) is a Senegalese computer scientist and entrepreneur. He is also the CEO of Impact Solution, a startup founded in 2018 that offers innovative technological solutions in various fields such as healthcare, transportation, commerce, education, and management.

Under Djibril Sagna's leadership, Impact Solution has developed several groundbreaking solutions. One of the most notable is Kereya, an electronic medical records platform designed to improve healthcare access and patient outcomes, particularly in rural areas of Africa. The said platform aims to enhance care coordination, reduce medical errors, and strengthen the capacities of healthcare personnel while eliminating the inefficiencies associated with manual paper record management.

Another brainchild is iTRANS-Voyagel, a platform that modernizes urban transportation by allowing users to plan and pay for their public transport journeys. In May 2024, the company won the Innovation Award from the Executive Council for Sustainable Urban Transport in Senegal, sponsored by Orange Business Senegal.

Additionally, Impact Solution established the Impact Digital Center, an information and support hub for students and digital project initiators. The center offers innovative and intensive programs, where a team of experts collaborates with beneficiaries to identify and solve their problems.

Besides his roles at Impact Solution, Djibril Sagna has been the IT manager for the Network for Health, AIDS, and Population (RESSIP) of the European NGO platform in Senegal (CONGAD) since 2016, where he manages the health NGOs' database. He is also a web developer for Senegalese NGO Connexion Sans Frontière.

Djibril Sagna graduated from the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar with a master's degree in law in 2015. He also holds an engineering degree in software engineering obtained in 2017 from IAM Tech, the technology school of the African Institute of Management (IAM). Between 2018 and 2020, he worked as IT director for AFRICKONCEPT, an international company specializing in ICT development in Africa.

In 2022, at the Africa Entrepreneur Summit in Paris, he received the Impact Award for Kereya. He also won the Health Disrupt Senegal Contest Award presented by Free Senegal.

Melchior Koba