Omani startup wins World Economic Forum innovation award – Times of Oman

  • Date: 10-Jun-2020
  • Source: Times of Oman
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Oman
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Omani startup wins World Economic Forum innovation award – Times of Oman

Muscat: Cubex Global, an Omani startup, funded by Oman Technology Fund (OTF), has won the UpLink Ocean Solutions Sprint (Marathon of Innovative Oceans' Solutions award), in a competition launched by the World Economic Forum which aims to come up with the best innovative technology-based ideas to save the oceans.. Fifty participants from 15 countries took part in the competition which was won by the three-member Omani team which included Hood Al Hawqani, Hamza Al Kharousi and Sheikh Ihsan Tariq.. Cubex is an innovative opportunity for world's shipping sector, which uses a real-time blockchain-enabled online marketplace to optimise empty cargo space on any container heading to any destination.. Subscribe to our newsletter and be the first to know all the latest news.