El Mahdi Aboulmanadel, a young Moroccan entrepreneur, won first place at GITEX Africa 2025 for his company DeepLeaf. He created an artificial intelligence solution to help farmers protect their crops.
El Mahdi Aboulmanadel is the founder of DeepLeaf, a Moroccan startup that helps farmers detect plant diseases using artificial intelligence. At GITEX Africa 2025, he won first prize for innovation. This victory will help his company grow and improve its technology to help even more farmers.
DeepLeaf helps farmers use fewer pesticides, saving money and boosting harvests. El Mahdi is proud of his hardworking team who developed this solution.
With this prize, DeepLeaf will be able to reach more farmers around the world and make farming more eco-friendly and efficient.
