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Do employers still care about your college degree?

Just how important is a university degree? It depends on the field of study and who you ask. Wamda posed this question to employers,...

degrees Akhtaboot Cares Initiative Job fair

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The 4 challenges facing Jordan’s IT students

Students attending the Zinc workshop. (Images via Tala El Issa) Breaking into the world of IT can be tough for anyone, but in a region...

Superiors robotics MEMakers

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Jordan's windy solution [Infographic]

When it comes to natural resources, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is poor. According to the World Bank they import over 90 percent...

Taqetna Green Watts Wind Farms

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Med-tech vying for attention in Jordan

A slip of the finger, or a movement too quick, and a healthcare professional can find themselves with a needlestick injury. That is what...

iPark Jordan medical hardware innovation digital health care

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Oasis500 teaches Jordan's entrepreneurs to hustle for cash

Launching a successful tech startup takes more than just a good idea and dedication. This is what Nidal Qanadilo, a coaching...

tech startup Pitch Hardware

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Jordan’s Mawdoo3 gets $1.5M in Series A funding

The Mawdoo3 team in Amman, soon to grow. (Image via Mawdoo3) Mawdoo3, the Jordanian startup modelling itself on Wikipedia for Arabic...

EquiTrust Mawdoo3 lifestyle

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Akhtaboot 6th Job Fair 2015

Akhtaboot is holding its 6th job fair on the 9th and 10th of September, 2015 at Amman Grand Hall, Al Hussein Sports City. Participating ...

Job fair akhtaboot amman

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Amman dance studio is building a space for collaboration and social change

"Everyone is a dancer by nature," claims Anas Nahleh, 23. Anas and his brother, Abdul Hadi Nahleh, 25, shared a passion for dancing for...

Jabal Al-Weibdeh Studio 8 amman

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Oasis500 tech and hardware business workshop

Accelerator Oasis500, one of the largest in the MENA region, is holding its first Tech and Hardware business workshop on 16-19 August...

Oasis500 Investment Hardware

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Arabic e-book startup Yaqut wins SeedStars Amman competition, advances to world finals

Yaqut's Ammar Mardawi (center) accepts the award for winner of Seedstars Amman. (Images via Samuel Wendel) Twelve Jordanian startups...

Ammar Mardawi Yaqut SeedStars International

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Jordanian 3D MENA initiative brings most advanced technology to the most deprived

“We use disruptive technology to improve human rights fulfilment in conflict zones and host communities,” that is how Loay Malhameh, cof...

Refugee Camps 3d printing 3dmena

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Arabic book lovers get new platform out of Jordan

Since 2006, female entrepreneurs from around the world have competed annually for the prestigious Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards, in s...

Cartier Women's Initiative Awards Abjjad Jordan

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Oasis500 takes to the skies with aviation tie-up

MENA accelerator Oasis500 is stepping into the formidably tough aviation sector, signing a partnership with Royal Jordanian yesterday...

aviation royal jordanian industrial internet

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Open Hands Initiative’s Fellowship for Young Women Entrepreneurs

The Open Hands Initiative is launching the Fellowship for Young Women Entrepreneurs. This fellowship will bring together 10 american and...

Fellowship for Young Women Entrepreneurs Open Hands Initiative women entrepreneurs

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Jordan training center links vocational development and community services

Dr. Ibrahim al Weydan, doctor and lecturer at Princess Mona College, and Dr. Yassin al Qudah, professor at Irbid National University,...

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MENA corporates show a large appetite for startups at Mix N' Mentor Amman

Mentors and startups share challenges and potential solutions at Mix N' Mentor Amman. If the number of smiling faces and...

mix n mentor Amman Marketplace Edition ZINC

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Inside Kharabeesh's path to scale [WRL Report]

Kharabeesh's geographic reach (Images via Wamda Research Lab) The MENA region is facing an acute unemployment crisis that is...

Kharabeesh Digital Arabic Content growth

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Solar PiezoClean and the dust problem in MENA

A rendering of nanocomposite piezoelectric material. (Image via Greenoptimistic.com) The word piezo (pee-ay-zo), derived from the...

Solar PiezoClean deserts industrial internet

Jordan

Startupbootcamp FastTrack in Amman

Startupbootcamp Istanbul is organizing a Startupbootcamp FastTrack in Amman on June 11, 2015. FastTracks are one day events where startups...

startupbootcamp amman

Jordan

Jordanian students work with NASA to discover if there is life on Jupiter’s moon

The students: Sanad Haddad, Zaid Kawar, Chad (their mentor at NASA), Mohammad Alzorgan, Firas Mistarihi. (Images via Kawar) In Jordan...

Space research Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau

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ZINC and DSOA partnership creates new opportunities for Jordanian startups

Exploring new marketing opportunities has always been an objective for many Jordanian entrepreneurs. In an attempt to help those wanting to...

zinc incubator DSOA Zain Jordan

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ZINC Entrepreneurship Festival in full swing

The ZINC Entrepreneurship Festival is in full swing and still has some very interesting events before it’s closure on June 12, in Amman, J...

ZINC Entrepreneurship Festival Zain Telecom Zain Jordan

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Achievement unlocked: Tamatem announces new games, new investment and 10 million downloads

Screenshot of Tamatem's Share'h El Mawt game. (Images via Tamatem) We’ve had many discussions on Wamda on what makes a...

Arzan VC tamatem games games

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Renewable energy and gender equality tackled in Amman conference

Special guest Lina Khalifeh, founder of Shefighter, stands with CWEEL-Jordan's Suhair Al Mhairat during the 1st Anniversary Meeting....

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