Rabat - SmartiLab, a Moroccan research, development, and innovation laboratory, has won the International Grand Prize for Innovation and a gold medal at the 20th annual Moscow International Inventions and Innovative Technology Salon, nicknamed ''Archimedes''.

Rabat – SmartiLab, a Moroccan research, development, and innovation laboratory, has won the International Grand Prize for Innovation and a gold medal at the 20th annual Moscow International Inventions and Innovative Technology Salon, nicknamed ”Archimedes”.

The lab, part of the the Moroccan School for Engineering Science (EMSI) in Rabat, represented Morocco at Archimedes and managed to win international awards including, medals, international certificates and decorations.

SmartiLab, part of the Moroccan School of Engineerign Schience (EMSI) in Rabat won the grand prize for its “Senstenna”.

SmartiLab’s second invention ‘Efma’ won the gold medal in the category of health, safety and security. This invention had already received a gold medal at the International Conference on Design, Research and Innovation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

SmartiLab was the only African participant in the 20th edition of Archimedes, alongside many exhibitors from European and Asian countries.

Archimedes was held under the support of World Intellectual Property Organization, the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, International Federation of Inventors Associations, Moscow City Government in cordination with Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and All-Russia Society of Inventors and Innovators.