Real-time waste intelligence for high-throughput venues.
Airports, exhibition centres, stadiums and events — where waste arrives fast, mixes on contact, and is reported by the contractor you’re paying. Bilqis measures it at the source, flags what’s costing you money, and proves the result.
Picture a stadium at full capacity. Over roughly two hours, every fan leaves behind close to a kilogram of waste — together, several tonnes, generated almost all at once. At the scale of a major tournament, that climbs into the thousands of tonnes.
Most industries make waste slowly, with time to sort and react. An event doesn't. The moment the final whistle blows, that waste is already mixed, bagged, and hauled away — unsorted, unmeasured, impossible to prove.
The same happens in an airport terminal at peak, an exhibition hall at breakdown, a catering facility at service. The venue pledged to keep 75% out of landfill. But without seeing what happened, as it happened, there's no way to know — or show — whether they did.
This is the gap we exist to close. Not from a lack of care, but a lack of sight. You can't protect what you can't see, and you can't prove what you never measured.
Today, even the world's biggest events sort their waste by hand — slow, costly, and nearly impossible to verify. There's a better way.
Four steps, from the moment waste is created to audit-ready proof.
Capture
Waste is recorded at the point of disposal — by smart device or the Bilqis app.
Classify
Our AI engine identifies the material at the source.
Act
Failures are flagged live and routed to whoever owns them — not at month-end.
Prove
Audit-ready reporting with the evidence behind every claim (GRI, ISO, CSRD).
Measured, not estimated. Acted on now, not at month-end.
Reduce cost, protect the guest experience, enforce vendor performance, prove results.
Cut avoidable cost
Unnecessary collections, contamination charges, recoverable material going to landfill, and gaps between what the contractor invoices and what was actually generated. Exposure is estimated, the fix is assigned, and the saving is re-measured — not assumed.
Hold vendors to their contract
Every record ties back to venue → event → zone → vendor → time → evidence. Compare caterers and contractors, challenge an inaccurate report, and support a deduction or contract review with proof rather than an opinion.
Protect the guest experience
Overflowing bins, missed collections and repeatedly dirty zones are a service problem before they are a sustainability one. They surface while the event is still running, not in the post-event review.
Act while it still matters
Most venues receive waste data weeks later, when nothing can be corrected. Failures are flagged live and routed to whoever owns them, so the shift that caused the problem is the shift that fixes it.
Prove it independently
Controlled evidence of what happened, where, who was responsible, what was done and whether performance improved — for ESG and regulatory reporting, sponsor claims, contractor disputes and internal audit.
Plan the next one better
Benchmarks build by event type, attendance, zone, vendor and time of day — informing bin placement, staffing, catering quantities, procurement and the terms of the next contract.
Sustainability is the outcome. Operational control and verified value are why venues pay.
Impact that reaches further than the bin.
Environmental
Every tonne diverted is carbon avoided and landfill spared — turning sustainability targets from hope into evidence.
Health & Dignity
Behind every waste stream are the people who handle it. Visibility and sorting at the source mean safer, cleaner, more dignified conditions for waste workers — a value we were founded on.
Social
We make sustainability accountable — giving venues, cities, and communities proof they can trust, and a model for responsible events the region can be proud of.
Our mission: to make waste management and resource systems safer, smarter, and more human.
Bilqis GreenTech is a women-led, UAE-based climate-tech startup founded by twin sisters Safiatou and Sarah Fomba. Raised across 11 countries and shaped by 20+ years of their family's construction work, they saw early how badly the world manages waste — and who pays the price for it.
The name honors Queen Bilqis, the Queen of Sheba — a symbol of wisdom, leadership, and justice.
Where we've been, and where we're going.
What we've achieved (Since 2024)
- Founded by twin sisters on lived experience
- Completed the E1H Incubator (Cohort 2), powered by Ethara and One to Watch — market validation, venue relationships, and engagement with real sustainability teams at leading UAE venues.
- Participated in the MIT DesignX DXB accelerator program
- Proprietary AI waste-classification model
- MVP platform built
What we're doing now (2026)
- Accepted into QSTP Incubation — product development, technical build, and first pilot testing pathway.
- Full operational platform live (real-time visibility, classification, circularity & audit-ready ESG)
- Pilot discussions with leading UAE venues
- Our smart monitoring system prototype in development
What we're building next
- Our smart monitoring system for venues — scaling across stadiums, festivals, hospitality, smart cities & municipalities
- Scarabée — our autonomous AI waste robot — the long-term vision
Built & supported in the UAE innovation ecosystem.
Latest from Bilqis.
Accepted into QSTP Incubation
Bilqis GreenTech joins Qatar Science & Technology Park's Incubation program to focus on product development, technical build, and our first testing pathway.
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Bilqis GreenTech Joins the E1H Incubator — Powered by Ethara and One to Watch
Selected for E1H Incubator Cohort 2, powered by Ethara and One to Watch — refining our solution for live venues and engaging the wider venue ecosystem.
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The Bilqis Platform MVP Is Live — Now Open for Pilot Partners
The Bilqis platform MVP is live — real-time waste, CO₂, and diversion tracking with automated ESG and circularity reporting. Now open for pilot partners.
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Bilqis GreenTech Participates in the MIT DesignX DXB 2025 Accelerator
Selected for the MIT designX DXB 2025 Accelerator (Cohort 2), with DTEC, Global Growth Hub, and MIT MISTI — concluding with a Demo Day on 30 January 2025.
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Bilqis GreenTech Secures Top 10 Spot in ClimateTech World Cup Qualifiers
Selected as a Top 10 startup to pitch at the ClimateTech World Cup Qualifiers, organized by TRESCON Global and DIFC at the DIFC FinTech Hive.
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Bilqis GreenTech Hits Top 10 at She Loves Tech Middle East & West Asia Regional Final 2024
Selected as a Top 10 Finalist for the She Loves Tech Middle East & West Asia Regional Final 2024 — our first pitch on a global stage, and entry into the SLT Founder Community.
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