Thierno Hamidou Barry

Thierno Hamidou Barry has six years of experience in Africa and Australia in business improvement, including project management. He is a certified Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma, and currently works for Rio Tinto Simandou in Guinea. His main responsibilities are to deeply implement Lean methodology, thus reducing cost, eliminating waste, and implementing continuous improvement through strong business transformation. This experience will help in the achievement of his entrepreneurial goals. Thierno Hamidou Barry also plays a key role in his local community, where he is committed to quality education, socio-economic development, afforestation, crime reduction, and the discouragement of narcotics use in his sub-prefecture of Daralabe. Hamidou holds an Industrial Engineering diploma from Morocco. Upon completion of the Fellowship, he plans to continue improving the living conditions of his local community and beyond, and to build a food-processing industry, thus contributing to food self-sufficiency and reducing unemployment in his country.