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Iman Malek

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

  1. 2013–2014

    AQUASAFE founded in Algeria

  2. 2014

    Selected through the Tstart entrepreneurship initiative

  3. 2015

    Reached the Intel Challenge-Me MENA finals

  4. 2016

    Featured by Wamda and NTIC Magazine

  5. 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.

10External references