Founder and CEO of Amini
The founder and CEO of Amini, an AI company building data infrastructure for Africa and the Global South, and a former NVIDIA emerging-markets leader.
Kate Kallot is the founder and CEO of Amini, a Nairobi-based company founded in 2022 that builds AI-ready, locally controlled digital and data infrastructure so countries can own and monetize their data. Amini uses satellite imaging and AI to gather and analyze environmental data on the ground, serving smallholder farmers and companies investing in Africa. She was born in France and spent her childhood visiting family in several African countries.
Earlier in her career she ran the emerging-markets business at NVIDIA, leading global developer relations, was a pivotal figure in the TinyML movement at Arm, and at Intel led development of the first AI development kit in USB form, the Neural Compute Stick. She is vice chair of the ICC Global Environmental and Energy Commission and a member of EY's Global AI Advisory Council. TIME named her to its 2023 list of the 100 most influential people in AI and gave her a TIME100 Impact Award in 2025, and she is a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer. She argues that missing data has slowed Africa's development.
Founded Amini in Nairobi in 2022 to build AI-ready data infrastructure for Africa and the Global South, using satellite imagery and AI for environmental data.
Before founding Amini, ran the emerging-markets business at NVIDIA, leading global developer relations and expansion.
Named to TIME's list of the 100 most influential people in AI in 2023, and received a TIME100 Impact Award in 2025.