JEDDAH: Malaysian inventor Susan Yousif has won the Mawhiba Prize, awarded in Geneva, Switzerland, by the King Abdul Aziz and His Companions Foundation for the Gifted (Mawhiba). Yousif's contribution came in the use of palm tree products for biological energy. The prize was announced at the 39th International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva and at which Saudi Arabia is represented by Mawhiba. Mawhiba wished to offer an award at the event in its own name and chose to grant a prize for the best invention at the exhibition in the category of energy, given the Kingdom's close interest in the field. The chief supervisor of Mawhiba's Creativity Center, Fuad Al-Awwad, said the Geneva exhibition was one of the most competitive of its kind in the world with some of the largest technology firms, research centers and universities in the world taking part. “The involvement of inventors in the Geneva exhibition has achieved its goals, notably to affirm the status of the Kingdom on the global innovation map through the prizes collected by the Saudi inventors, both male and female,” Al-Awwad said. “It has also given them the opportunity to display and market their inventions, get more involved in the world of inventions and make contacts with other international institutions involved in creativity and inventions.” Some 750 inventors from 45 countries are displaying over 1000 inventions at the Geneva exhibition.
