Ndèye Fatou Mboup appointed as an expert in Artificial Intelligence at the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI)

Ms Ndèye Fatou Mboup, an expert in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a research assistant at IPAR, has been selected by the Ministry of Communications, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy to represent Senegal and Africa at the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI – Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence) alongside two other Senegalese experts.

Ms Mboup has joined the GPAI expert group responsible for innovation and commercialisation. She is not only the youngest expert in this global partnership but also the only African woman.

The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) is an international, multi-stakeholder initiative aimed at guiding the responsible development and use of AI, in a spirit of respect for human rights, inclusion, diversity, innovation and economic growth.

To recap, Ndèye Fatou Mboup is a serial entrepreneur specialising in the creation of digital solutions to tackle global challenges (based on the SDGs). She is a big data engineer, certified in solar and satellite systems.

A bronze medallist at the global Challenge Innovation Forum competition in Qatar, Ndeye Fatou is also:

– the first “Miss Geek Senegal (Mademoiselle Génie Senegal)” in Senegal’s history; ; 

– the runner-up in the African ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) Championships 

– the first Senegalese participant in the Africa Innovation Fellowship.

– The winner of the Impact’Elles Award in the «Rising Star» category, which recognises women leaders for their commitment, innovation, expertise and impact within their communities. These Impact’Elles Awards were organised by the Senegalese magazine ‘Réussir Business Group’.

In short, she has received more than 17 national and international awards for new technologies and leadership. She also won the national competition for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), organised by the Ministry of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy – and was a finalist in the global WSIS competition organised by the IUT (WSIS Prizes).

In 2018, she became the first Miss Geek in Senegal’s history.
A graduate in Big Data from ISM’s Digital Campus, Ndeye Fatou Mboup, representing Senegal, was initially ranked in the top five in the Smart Agriculture category, before ultimately winning the bronze medal – third prize in the competition – behind Malaysia and Sweden.