Top Startups @ Arab Innovation Academy 2018
The innovation skills of young entrepreneurs have been recently showcased at the first Arab Innovation Academy (AIA) — the unique 10-day startup boot-camp organised by Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) and European Innovation Academy (EIA).
We are proud to present the whole list of the top teams from the 10day Academy program 2018. See the list below the article.
The programme provided more than 100 talented students and young entrepreneurs from across the Arab world with an opportunity to work under the guidance of leading Silicon Valley mentors and establish a start-up.
“The young tech entrepreneurs who have participated in the first Arab Innovation Academy care about our region. They are passionate about, and committed to, helping solve the challenges it faces, and they are now global ambassadors both for Qatar and for the Arab world — building bridges among communities and cultures, through innovation,” said Dr Maher Hakim, Executive Director of QSTP.
“What we have achieved through AIA is to help young people build their confidence, not only in their ability to do things other people cannot do, but to demonstrate that they can make a positive contribution to our world,” he added.
******************************************************************* FIRST PLACE — AG Automation Hatim Rachdi — Northwestern University in Qatar, Qatar Hefzi Malhis — Qatar University, Qatar Rim Harriss — Ecole Polytechnique(France) & MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Fuse Program Sinan A Sabeeh Al-Obaidi — Texas A&M University- College Station-TX/ Qatar Foundation, Qatar
Chief mentor: Dagmar Eisenbach Marketing mentor: Florend D’Souza Software mentor: Vadzim Zapolski-Dovnar Design mentor: Fred Moritz
******************************************************************* SECOND PLACE — GoGather Dr Ahmed Nabeel — Stars of Science/ QF/ Ministry of Health Kuwait Amer Braik — Najah National University Omar Najdi — Birzeit University Safa Hamdoon Hamed Al-Hashmi — Sultan Qaboos University Suleiman Shaloudi — Birzeit University
Chief mentor: Dagmar Eisenbach Marketing mentor: Florent D’Souza Software mentor: Vadzim Zapolski-Dovnar Design mentor: Fred Moritz
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THIRD PLACE — Xpress Food Supply Ammar Alhabash — MOE Haneen Abu Nada — Qatar University Maryam AlNaemi — Carnegie Mellon, Qatar Nour Elhouda Tabet — Hamad bin Khalifa University Yassine Tasfaout — Abou Bekr Belkaid University
Chief mentor: Mohammad Zebian Marketing mentor: Joana Carvalho Afonso Software mentor: Emil Sundberg Design mentor: Fred Moritz
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SPECIAL PRIZES
AG Automation Hatim Rachdi — Northwestern University in Qatar, Qatar Hefzi Malhis — Qatar University, Qatar Rim Harriss — Ecole Polytechnique(France) & MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Fuse Program Sinan A Sabeeh Al-Obaidi — Texas A&M University- College Station-TX/ Qatar Foundation, Qatar
Chief mentor: Dagmar Eisenbach Marketing mentor: Florend D’Souza Software mentor: Vadzim Zapolski-Dovnar Design mentor: Fred Moritz
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Swiftr Al Anoud Al Musleh — Qatar University Bashar Bakri — Palestine Ahliya University Deena Hajjar — Lebanese University Inaara Gangji — Northwestern University in Qatar Johnny Toumieh — American University of Beirut
Chief mentor: Federico Mammano Marketing mentor: Omneya Kilany Software mentor: Tõnis Ostrat Design mentor: Ditte Hammarström
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Xpress Food Supply Ammar Alhabash — University of Greenwich Haneen Abu Nada — Qatar University Maryam AlNaemi- Carnegie Mellon, Qatar Nour Elhouda Tabet — Hamad bin Khalifa University Yassine Tasfaout — Abou Bekr Belkaid University
Chief mentor: Mohammad Zebian Marketing mentor: Joana Carvalho Afonso Software mentor: Emil Sundberg Design mentor: Fred Moritz
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Sukkari Hanna Farooq Moazam — Carnegie Mellon University Qatar Mariam Rafehi — Virginia Commonwealth University Mohamed El Idrysy — StepOut Mohammad Wadi Kabajah- Bahcesehir Unviersity Rabab Abdulla — Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar
Chief mentor: Mohammad Zebian Marketing mentor: Joana Carvalho Afonso Software mentor: Emil Sundberg Design mentor: Fred Moritz
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PenCam Basem Hamad — Jordan university of science and technology Rania Al Mazari — Jordan University of Science and Technology Rashid Al-Heidous — University at Qatar Rime Cherai — Toulouse Business School and Royal College of Art (RCA) Yaman Abou Jieb — Damascus University
Chief mentor: Dagmar Eisenbach Marketing mentor: Florent D’Souza Software mentor: Vadzim Zapolski-Dovnar Design mentor: Fred Moritz
