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Env.ai in the national press
Computer vision that identifies plastic type and routes each item to the right bin.
The Oman News Agency ran the story on 5 October 2025, and the national dailies in both languages picked it up the same day. The story covered the system itself, the London science forum, and Env.ai's 2nd place at the South Al-Sharqiyah hackathon. Earlier, in May 2025, the agency named the project, then called Anfay, as one of five chosen from 430 to represent Oman in London.
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Jan 2025Regional hackathon
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May 2025Picked for London
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Oct 2025National wire
South Al-Sharqiyah hackathon crowns winning teams, Env.ai 2nd
Oman Daily · Jan 2025
Winning teams honoured at the South Al-Sharqiyah hackathon
Al Watan · Jan 2025
Five projects qualify for the London International Youth Science Forum 2025
Oman News Agency · Official · May 2025
Five projects qualify for London International Youth Science Forum 2025
Times of Oman · May 2025
Five student projects selected for LIYSF 2025
Al Sahwa · May 2025
Omani smart innovation enhances waste management
Oman News Agency · Official · Oct 2025
Omani smart innovation enhances waste management
Times of Oman · Oct 2025
UTAS students develop AI-powered system to sort plastic waste
Muscat Daily · Oct 2025
Smart Omani innovation strengthens waste management
Oman Daily · Oct 2025
Young Omanis build a smart, global answer to waste management
Al Roya · Oct 2025
Env.ai, an Omani innovation for waste management
Al Sahwa · Oct 2025
A smart Omani innovation shifts how waste is managed
Al Waha Magazine · Oct 2025
Smart Omani innovation strengthens waste management
Hala FM · Oct 2025
Smart Omani innovation strengthens waste management
Al Mahriah Net · Oct 2025
International
London International Youth Science Forum 2025, 400+ students from 90+ countries.
The British Omani Society funded the trip. Their feature covers presenting Env.ai at the Science Bazaar in London and meeting Oman's ambassador to the UK. It is the one piece that connects the engineering to the reason I built it.
Raf in the press
AI-assisted e-stores for small Omani businesses. Top 40 of 300+ at Injaz Oman 2025.
The Oman News Agency wire went out in June 2025, naming me as CEO and covering our 12-person team. Times of Oman ran its own piece, and Gulf Daily News reprinted the wire in Bahrain. Oman TV covered Raf the same day.
'Raf' student platform enables creation of smart e-stores
Oman Observer · Jun 2025
Omani student company Raf unveils AI-powered e-commerce platform
Times of Oman · Jun 2025
'Raf' student platform enables easy creation of smart e-stores
Gulf Daily News, Bahrain · Jun 2025
TV and radio
One take, plain language, no judges in the room.
I used the Oman TV segment to explain why opening an online store in Oman is harder than it should be, and where AI actually helps a small business owner. The Ayn radio interview came a year after London and covered what representing Oman there led to.
From Oman: segment on Raf and youth-led e-commerce
Oman TV · Jun 2025
Voice of Youth: interview with Saif Al Hashar
Ayn Radio · May 2026
Campus
University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Muscat.
UTAS featured me in its Success Story series, from the place where most of the grinding happened.
Founder spotlights
Profiles written by other people.
Oman Global Leaders tied the projects together, with the cybersecurity degree running alongside. Icons Oman focused on e-commerce and AI-assisted work.
Founder feature: Saif Al Hashar
Oman Global Leaders · 2026
Founder spotlight: AI, e-commerce, and cybersecurity
Icons Oman · 2026
What I take from it
Press tells you how clearly you explained the thing. It isn't the thing.
