Watercycle Technologies CTO, Dr Ahmed Abdelkarim meets with the Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, Ministry of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities

(22 August 2022, Manchester UK) - Press released by Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, Ministry of Housing Utilities and Urban Communities (Translated from the original Press release in the Egyptian journals نائب وزير الإسكان يلتقي مسئول إحدى الشركات المتخصصة في تكنول | مصراوى (masrawy.com) and https://www.elwatannews.com/news/details/6233203).

"Dr. Sayed Ismail, Deputy Minister of Housing for Infrastructure, met Dr. Ahmed Abdelkarim, Co-founder and CTO of Watercycle Technologies. Dr Abdelkarim leads Watercycle’s research and development at Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre at the University of Manchester, England. 

During the meeting, Dr. Ahmed Abdelkarim presented how Watercycle Technologies could introduce its technology in Egypt to sustain and develop high-productivity and low-cost mineral extraction systems using patented lithium brine treatment technologies. The technology is using renewable energy, including geothermal, wind and solar energy in an eco-friendly and low-cost manner, to meet the growing demands of the battery industry and in order to move towards the circular economy. 

At the end of the meeting, Dr. Sayed Ismail stated, that the Egyptian government is currently working on fostering the talent of Egyptians by investing in human resources and following up with the Egyptians abroad. In light of that, Dr Sayed Ismail has confirmed that Watercycle’s technology will be presented to the scientific committee in Egypt to study and understand, how to apply and benefit from it in the development of the Egyptian economy.