Daniel Annerose is the CEO and founder of Manobi, a Senegalese business, which gathers data on current prices for locally sold commodities in and around
Dakar
Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from :wo:daqaar, daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar ...
, and then provides pricing information to farmers and other producers in
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤠(Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤠...
via cell phone.
Background
Annerose was born in Dakar. He earned a PhD in Biology from the
University of Paris XI
Paris-Sud University (French: ''Université Paris-Sud''), also known as University of Paris — XI (or as Université d'Orsay before 1971), was a French research university distributed among several campuses in the southern suburbs of Paris, in ...
, and is a member of the
l'Académie des Sciences et Techniques du Sénégal (Senegalese Academy of Sciences and Technology). Annerose trained and worked as a plant scientist for 18 years, specifically on agricultural yields in arid and semi-arid areas and on mathematical models for predicting yields and anticipating food crises.
References
Senegalese scientists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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