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FATIMA ZAHRA WINS THE BEST
PRIZE OF WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR
AT THE COP22
Fatima Zahra Beraich, an Engineer and Doctor of State in Industrial Processes and
Environment of the Hassan First University of Settat, has founded “BIODOME DU
MAROC.SARL”, specialized in the construction of biogas and composting facilities.
Fatima Zahra was the beneficiary of the financial grant for the solar cluster pro-
gram Switch Med in 2015. She succeeded to be the finalist winner at the Inter-
national Francophone Forum organized by The International Organization of La
Francophonie (OIF).
Fatima Zahra was awarded the best prize of Woman entrepreneur at the COP22,
during the Global Clean Technology Innovation Program (GCIP) Maroc 2016 . In
2018, the prime minister of morocco in the annual competition “Tamayuz” entitled
her the best woman entrepreneur of the year, and she managed to win several
other nominations in the international events that she has participated.
Fatima Zahra Beraich has developed an optimized biogas production system us-
ing agricultural wastes. The target customers are farmers having a small “cheptel”
(5 minimum). To achieve this, she optimized the technology of fermentation to im-
prove its efficiency and reliability. This optimization is implemented according to
3 main directions: selection of a bacterial mix dedicated to fermentation, develop-
ment of an electronic controller, and improvement of the gas production process.
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