AQUASAFE — connected water-quality monitoring
How a hydraulic-engineering question became a connected-technology venture — and a first education in building a technology company.
- Client / project
- AQUASAFE (own venture)
- Industry
- Environmental technology / IoT
- Year
- 2013–2018
- My role
- Founder & CEO
01Challenge
Can technology give organizations better visibility into the quality of their water?
02Context
AQUASAFE emerged in Algeria from a hydraulic-engineering background, within the country’s growing IoT and entrepreneurship ecosystem.
03Approach
Combine hardware and software so that water-quality parameters could be measured and the information made available remotely.
04Solution
A connected monitoring solution combining sensors, electronics, communications and software to track water-quality parameters and make the information available remotely.
05Technology & methods
- Sensors
- Electronics
- Connectivity
- Software
- Remote monitoring
06Timeline
2013–2014
AQUASAFE founded in Algeria
2014
Selected through the Tstart entrepreneurship initiative
2015
Reached the Intel Challenge-Me MENA finals
2016
Featured by Wamda and NTIC Magazine
2018
European Youth Event, Strasbourg, as Founder & CEO
07Outcome
AQUASAFE was selected through Tstart, reached the Intel Challenge-Me MENA finals, was featured by Wamda and NTIC Magazine, and led to participation in the European Youth Event 2018 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
08Lessons
- AQUASAFE became a first real experience of entrepreneurship — product development, competitions, incubation, financing, partnerships, commercialization, media exposure and international opportunities.
09Media

