• Awa Alyne Daffe founded STEAMtastic in 2020 to make science and technology education more accessible for French-speaking African youth.
• The platform delivers interactive STEAM courses through videos, quizzes, games and practical projects targeting children aged 5 to 18.
• Daffe also holds leadership roles in entrepreneurship, marketing and investment networks across West Africa.

Awa Alyne Daffe is a Senegalese engineer and entrepreneur. She founded and leads STEAMtastic, an interactive educational platform designed for children, teenagers and teachers across French-speaking Africa.

Founded in 2020, STEAMtastic aims to make learning in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) more accessible, engaging and practical. The platform uses a hands-on and game-based approach to help young users learn while developing creativity, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

The platform offers dozens of educational modules tailored to different learning levels. The courses cover multiple disciplines and target both beginners and advanced learners. The company also provides part of its content free of charge and without registration requirements in order to allow users to test the platform’s teaching model before committing further.

Meanwhile, STEAMtastic primarily targets young people aged 5 to 18. The platform adapts content to each age group in order to make learning more engaging and accessible. Lessons take the form of interactive videos, quizzes, practical projects and educational pathways designed as games. Learners can also earn badges and certificates as they progress, strengthening user engagement and motivation.

Beyond STEAMtastic, Awa Alyne Daffe co-founded Siza Company, a commercial promotion and consulting firm established in 2019. The company provides marketing, advertising and strategic advisory services.

She also serves as Senegal’s lead representative for Pangea Global Ventures, a company that connects West African entrepreneurs with global impact investors.

Awa Alyne Daffe graduated in computer science from the University of Maryland. She started her professional career in 2013 as a freelance graphic designer.

In 2019, she became regional manager for Francophone Africa at STEMCafe, a learning center where children and young people aged 5 to 18 discover STEM subjects through play-based learning.

That same year, she joined iDEV Technologies, a digital services company, as business development manager. From 2024 to 2025, she served as partnerships and development manager at the YALI Regional Leadership Center Dakar.

This article was initially published in French by Melchior Koba

Adapted in English by Ange J.A de Berry Quenum