Blockchain Digital Port & Marine Platform project wins Qatar Innovation Award

The Qatar Research Development and Innovation Council’s innovation program has selected Milaha’s Blockchain Digital Port and Marine Services platform, developed in collaboration with Vendia, as one of its seven winning solutions. The platform offers next-generation blockchain technology that provides a single source of truth for real-time data sharing across partners, geographies, clouds and applications. As a leading maritime and logistics provider in the Middle East, Milaha focuses on delivering integrated transport and supply chain solutions. In addition, Qatar Open Innovation (QOI) announced seven winning innovation partnership programs from KAHRAMAA, Ooredoo, Milaha and Sidra Medicine.

Commenting on the awards, Haya Al-Ghanim, RDI Program Director at the QRDI Council, expressed her pride in recognizing the proposed solutions of the seven selected projects for this round of the Qatar Open Innovation Programme. She emphasized that these projects embody the spirit of innovation, which is essential to meet the goals set by the Qatar National Vision 2030. With forward-looking ideas and creative solutions, the Council believes that Qatar’s economy can be strengthened, its global competitiveness strengthened, and a bright future enabled.

The Qatar Open Innovation Program is a ground-breaking initiative to foster innovation partnerships for government entities and large local enterprises in Qatar, thereby strengthening the country’s innovation ecosystem. This program has been integral in promoting innovation in the country and creating an enabling environment for innovators and entrepreneurs to find solutions to complex challenges via open innovation.

Furthermore, the innovation program has been a primary platform for startups and innovators to demonstrate their products and solutions that address pressing issues in Qatar. Through this opportunity, innovators have collaborated with leading organizations, industry specialists and mentors to develop and expand their concepts. Ultimately, the program has made it easier for entrepreneurs and innovators to bring their ideas to life.

Since its inception, the Qatar Open Innovation program has received over 350 contributions from innovators worldwide. These challenges varied across different sectors: health, energy, environment, transport, education and smart cities. Recently, the program announced 116 proposals from 34 countries for the innovation call for Hassad Food. Among these were two who were awarded the winning collaborations.

In addition, the program has launched various challenges, for example “Future of Food”, “Energy Efficiency”, “Smart Transport” and “Smart City Challenge”. These calls seek to address specific problems and invite innovators to submit their solutions.