Beatrice Ali Phiri

Beatrice Ali Phiri is a third-year agricultural engineering student at Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, passionate about transforming how the world grows food. Her innovation, Solar Soil, is a biodegradable mat with hydrogel, nanoclay, solar-driven microchannels, and carbon-capturing microbes, enabling crops to grow with 80% less water, without soil or electricity, bringing portable, climate-smart farming to vulnerable communities.