Dr. Moustapha Sene

Dr. Moustapha Sene is Founder and CEO of SenEngineering International SA (https://sen-engineering.com) in Dakar, Senegal. A senior expert in water and sanitation, Dr. Moustapha Sene has a brilliant educational background. He received a PhD degree in the field of environmental engineering (2010-2013) at the prestigious University of Hokkaido (Japan), specifically at the School of Engineering. Prior to that, he was awarded a Bachelor’s (2007) and Master’s degrees (2009), both in water and sanitation at the International Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE, Burkina Faso). Dr. Moustapha’s interests and achievements on sustainability were also acknowledged by the award of many certificates including those in Environmental Leadership (2012) and a Master’s in Sustainability (2013). As Founder and CEO of SenEngineering International SA since 2015, Dr. Sene possesses more than 12 years of extensive professional experiences in the WASH Sector. He has been successfully leading and managing various WASH projects in field and design studies of innovative toilet technologies, seawater desalination, and developing business models to allow poor communities access to toilets. He assessed laboratories in Senegal to determine their capability to test using ISO 30500 and ISO 31800 and performed a market analysis for starting new laboratories in the country. His studies of urban sanitation reforms and intensive R&D of the Reinvented Toilet technologies and Fecal Sludge treatment with the Omni-Processor provide a foundation for his international work with governments, NGOs, international institutions, and private sector universities.

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In support of building a sustainable and low carbon society in Africa, we are strongly engaged in supporting EcoThrive Initiatives in their objective to assist small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs) in the water and sanitation field to get access to funding to boost their service; and therefore, contributing to meet SDG target 6.2.by 2030.