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Jadeed, a startup company, has won the Industrial Innovation Award in the emerging engineering companies sector, in a competition organized by the Ministry of Trade and Industry in cooperation with the German Development Agency and the US Agency for International Development. The award aims to promote industrial development and encourage technology and innovation in the industrial sector.
The team at Jadeed for Climate Technology invented a device that generates hydrogen and supplies it to the internal combustion chamber of engines running on fossil fuels (diesel, gasoline, or natural gas). The hydrogen boosts engine efficiency and reduces fuel consumption.
As part of the award, the company’s founders received a conditional offer from El Sewedy valued at EGP 15 million in exchange for a 20% stake in the company, on the condition that it contracts with three car manufacturers in addition to the Public Transport Authority.
According to Mohamed Amr, Co-Founder and Marketing Director at Jadeed, the device they invented has been tested on 1,100 engines this year, achieving an average savings of 400 liters of fuel per vehicle. This translates to a direct monthly savings of about EGP 400 for each vehicle, plus an indirect monthly savings of EGP 300 per vehicle.
Amr explained that the trial reduced Egypt’s carbon footprint by more than one million kilograms of carbon. He added that the design of the application to control and track the performance of “Green Turbo” has been completed. Jadeed’s innovation was selected for the Pre-Incubation Program at the Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center (TIEC) in the Smart Village, and it also joined the business accelerator at Nile University for Science and Technology. In addition, the company secured a grant from FasterCapital, an accelerator in Dubai, UAE, and began testing with companies that own vehicle fleets, significantly increasing Jadeed’s size and valuation.
Jadeed for Climate Technology takes an unconventional, innovative approach to building high-profit, high-efficiency, and effective green solutions for its clients. The aim is to spread awareness and foster a culture of relying on green solutions, ensuring a fair transition to clean energy. Jadeed participated in the COP28 Climate Conference in Dubai after winning in the National Initiative for Smart Green Projects competition. The company also took first place in the InnoAward for Industrial Innovation for emerging engineering projects in Egypt.
Amr stressed that Jadeed provides alternative green energy solutions that reduce fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. These include a range of innovative, effective, and low-cost solutions, such as advanced hydrogen cells that convert water into hydrogen, and the “Green Turbo” hydrogen cell designed to produce hydrogen gas. This innovative design cuts 70% of the components of conventional hydrogen cells and reduces manufacturing costs by 50–70%.
Amr noted that the Green Turbo test results, based on technical tests and a database of actual customers, show fuel savings of up to 50%, depending on the engine’s condition. They also reduce maintenance and spare parts costs by 30–60%, increase torque, and lower engine noise and temperature. Additionally, they prolong the lifespan of the engine and catalytic converter (the vehicle’s emission control system) by 100–300%.
Furthermore, the device is integrated with an Internet of Things (IoT) application for control, performance monitoring, and alerts. This enables users to track all data and statistics related to their device’s performance, distance traveled, fuel savings, maintenance schedules, oil changes, spare parts, and reduced CO₂ emissions. This leads to enhanced efficiency, increased safety, improved user experience, remote control, sustainability, and lower costs, in addition to vehicle tracking and control.
Amr added that, in addition to saving fuel, the device reduces carbon emissions by 5–50%, boosts engine efficiency, and extends the life of both the engine and spare parts. This, in turn, helps reduce Egypt’s import gap for fuel and spare parts, cuts carbon emissions, and achieves the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals related to social and economic development issues such as poverty, hunger, health, education, climate change, gender equality, water, energy, environment, and social justice.
The Industrial Innovation Award, launched by the Ministry of Trade and Industry in collaboration with the German Development Agency and the US Agency for International Development, is built around three proposed initiatives in the industrial innovation strategy: innovation awareness, innovation management, and the Industrial Innovation Award itself.
Through this three-year program (2023–2025), the ministry aims to enhance innovation in industry and related sectors in line with Egypt’s Vision 2030 for sustainable development. The program helps boost Egyptian manufacturers’ innovation capabilities, improving the competitiveness of participating companies and developing appropriate solutions to local challenges. It also shines a light on outstanding industrial innovations in the Egyptian market, showcasing them as inspirational models for other companies.
The Industrial Innovation Program is conducted in partnership with the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, the Federation of Egyptian Industries, the Industrial Modernization Center, technology centers, industrial chambers, export councils, and several leading Egyptian universities to develop the work plan.