Ismaïla Diène
Managing Director, Solutions at Dimagi
Dakar, Dakar Region, Senegal
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Top SchoolIsmaïla Diène is a technology leader with 10+ years of experience driving digital solutions for development as Managing Director, Solutions at Dimagi, where he leads a 100-person team delivering scalable programs across Africa, Asia, and South America. He has risen through progressive product and delivery roles at Dimagi—from technical project analyst to VP and now MD—combining technical project management with strategic partnerships across governments, NGOs, and donors. His work focuses on data-driven, sustainable interventions in health, education, and agriculture, translating grassroots needs into national-scale digital systems. Based in Dakar, he brings a rare blend of engineering training (ENSIIE) and field-facing program leadership that balances operational rigor with community impact. Outside core responsibilities he advises Africa Health Ventures, underscoring a consistent commitment to ecosystem-building beyond his day job. Colleagues describe him as outcome-oriented and pragmatic, with a knack for turning complex stakeholder landscapes into measurable social change.
10 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Master's Degree at ENSIIE - École Nationale Supérieure d'Informatique pour l'Industrie et l'EntrepriseDEUG (licence 2) Sciences de l'Ingénieur, DEUG (licence 2) Sciences de l'Ingénieur at Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III)
English, French, Wolof
Github Skills (8)
deploying10
backend10
web-application10
mhealth10
react9
mobile-first9
nodejs9
commcare7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
idiene/commcare-hq
Apr 2016 - Jul 2017
Contributions:2 pushes in 1 year 3 months
django-rest-frameworkdjangohealthworkersserver-side
dimagi/commcare-hq
Apr 2016 - Jul 2017
CommCareHQ is the server backend for CommCare, the world's largest platform for designing, managing, and deploying robust, offline-first, mobile applications to frontline workers worldwide
Contributions:2 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 3 months
deployingreactworldwidefrontlineweb-application
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