Water scarcity induced by the climate change is listed in 2022 by the World Economic Forum as one of the largest global risks in terms of potential impact over the next decade. By 2025, an estimated 1.8 billion people will live in areas plagued by water scarcity, with two-thirds of the world's population living in water-stressed regions where rainfed agriculture is at highest risk.
Nevertheless, let us remain optimistic because after more than 40 years of Earth observation, NASA has proven that all of the underground potable water resources together are one hundred times greater than the combination of all surface water in lakes and rivers, but where are located these deep resources?
Struck by the magnitude of the Darfur Humanitarian crisis in 2004, I decided to convert my experience in the Oil & Gas Exploration sector to explore new underground freshwater resources, developing the WATEX™ technology, enabling the improvement of human life on Earth.
Growing consequences of climate change are putting today Humankind at threat, obliging us to deliver game-changing solutions providing quick and sustainable solutions for development programs to improve water and food security through irrigated agriculture based on environmental justice.
For the past 20 years, this technology has been applied worldwide and has already saved several million people in crisis areas, from Afghanistan, Iraq, Angola, Chad, Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia, Niger to Chile and Costa Rica. Our WATEX™ deployments have successfully contributed to post-war reconstruction and created economic prosperity through development programs in water supply and agriculture.
I was named Chevalier de l'Ordre du Mérite Congolais in 1996 and these past achievements lead to the award of the French Légion d’Honneur in 2015 and to be inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame® of the Space Foundation in 2016.