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Fatou Kiné THIAM

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Fatou Kiné Thiam is a mechatronics engineer, technology enthusiast and entrepreneur whose journey has been driven by a lifelong curiosity for how things work and how they can be built differently. From discovering programming and robotics as a teenager in Senegal to studying engineering across Tunisia and France, she has developed expertise and interests spanning robotics, artificial intelligence, industrial automation and biomedical technologies. Today, she works at the intersection of industry, technology and education while contributing to initiatives in entrepreneurship and women’s participation in technology. Through her different engagements, she is increasingly focused on a larger question: how can we build the skills, technologies and ecosystems needed to shape the future rather than simply adapt to it?

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From a Childhood Passion for Robotics to Shaping the Future of Industry

From discovering programming and robotics as a teenager in Senegal to becoming a mechatronics engineer working at the intersection of industry, technology and education, Kiné’s journey has been driven by the same questions: How do things work? How can I build them? How can I make them better?

Her path has taken her from science and robotics programs in Senegal and the United States to demanding preparatory studies in Tunisia, engineering and robotics projects, leadership roles, and advanced studies in robotics, artificial perception and mechatronics in France. Along the way, she developed a particular interest in AI, biomedical technologies and the convergence between intelligent systems and the physical world.

Today, her curiosity has expanded from individual machines to entire ecosystems. Through her work in industrial education, her involvement in Women in Tech Senegal, entrepreneurship with KR EXPERTS, and Future by Kiné, she explores how technology, skills and industrial capabilities can help shape the future — particularly how Africa can move from adopting technologies to increasingly building, adapting and creating them.

The questions never really changed. The scale simply did.

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