Jordan Partnerships between Jordan’s Central Bank and the private sector are integral to financial inclusion The Central Bank of Jordan has made financial inclusion a priority and is working with the Jordanian private sector to expand financial... Priya Vithani • 20 November, 2017 Jordan central bank of jordan Private sector
Jordan Humanizing e-learning as a response to crises in the MENA The need for humanitarian aid in the MENA region has been on the rise since the breakout of the Arab revolts and more specifically the... Tala El Issa • 29 October, 2017 Kaya MOOC content
Jordan Jordanian addressing startup raises $100K from GMS Ventures & Investments NavCode is a Jordanian smart addressing app that contains user information such as name, phone number, building number and others. It... Staff writer • 16 October, 2017 NavCode Addressing VC
Jordan Reasons behind the mushrooming of electric cars on Jordan’s roads [Q&A] In 2016, electric car sales hit a new record with over 750,000 sales worldwide. The same year also witnessed the highest number of electric... Tala El Issa • 15 October, 2017 Jordan uae Electric vehicles
Jordan Geeks focuses on automation to scale business operations Time flies when you're having fun! Dubai-based startup Geeks, launched in December 2014 by the Jordanian partners Mousa Yassin and... Elias Jabbe • 04 October, 2017 Geeks it b2b
Jordan Jordan’s POSRocket raises $650K from Jabbar Internet Group, Arzan VC, and Propeller Inc. POSRocket, the Amman-based startup that sells cloud-based point-of-sale solutions to SMEs raised $650,000 as seed investment from Jabbar... Staff writer • 20 September, 2017 posrocket Point of sale Cloud Computing
Jordan When refugee kids’ drawings inspire a new social enterprise in Jordan Similar to many millennials, Jordanian Zaid Souqi gets bored very quickly; within several years he changed jobs around four times, but it... Tala El Issa • 17 September, 2017 Jordan Social Entrepreneurship The Orenda Tribe
Jordan Refugee Learning Accelerator [Call for applications] The Refugee Learning Accelerator supports engineers and computer scientists from the Middle East to create technologies for refugee... Wamda • 29 August, 2017 accelerator Refugee MIT
Jordan Are Arabs tuning in to podcasts? [Q&A] In 2006, only 22 percent of the adult population in the United States were aware of the term ‘podcast’, but this figure rose to... Tala El Issa • 21 August, 2017 podcast Sowt
Global How to face the fear of missing out in the workplace [Podcast] Whether we like it or not, we are constantly being affected by the ‘fear of missing out’ or ‘FoMO’, a term coined... Tala El Issa • 20 August, 2017 Patrick McGinnis entreprenership workplace
Jordan This is how Jamalon brought print-on-demand to the MENA Ala Alsallal was still a university student when he perceived a need for high-quality published content in the Arab world. While he was... Tala Salem • 16 August, 2017 Jordan Jamalon e-books
Jordan Ashyaat: The perks of ‘social selling’ in Jordan and beyond We’ve all seen TV ads promoting gadgets that make you look better or make your life easier. Think of that enthusiastic man sitting... Tala El Issa • 23 July, 2017 Jordan Ashyaat ecommerce
Jordan Innovation in the humanitarian aid sector helps Jordan’s Syrian refugees Humanitarian organizations are increasingly focusing on innovation, including venture arms, innovation labs, and accelerators, as a means... Tala El Issa • 18 July, 2017 Jordan Humanitarian Aid Innovation
Jordan Lost in translation: How this Jordanian startup is helping the deaf The translation of speech to text in real-time naturally enhances communication between people with hearing impairment and those without... Tala El Issa • 17 July, 2017 Mahmood Darawsheh Jordan Mind Rockets
Jordan How this chatbot is facilitating food ordering At some point in 2014, Mark Zuckerberg was disliked by many. Forcing all Facebook app users to migrate to a separate chatting app... Tala El Issa • 16 July, 2017 Eila Mindhub Cafe chatbot
Jordan cewas Startup Program 2017 cewas Middle East will be launching their startup program in sustainable water, sanitation and resource management for Jordanian... Wamda • 27 June, 2017 entrepreneurs startup Jordan
Jordan Jordan Tech Startup Lookbook The Jordan Tech Startup Lookbook is looking for the best tech startups in Jordan, as part of the Innovative Jordan campaign, the selected... Wamda • 12 June, 2017 Jordan Oasis500 startups
Jordan In Jordan, technology is serving refugees Rana Kelani is an Iraqi refugee who arrived in Jordan four years ago. In the last year, she has learned how to code, found work and started... Aline Mayard • 12 June, 2017 refugees app WATER
Global Hikma Ventures co-leads $11M Series A round in US startup Hikma Ventures has participated in a $11 million round of financing for Lemonaid Health. The Series A funding round was led by Novartis... Staff writer • 25 May, 2017 Hikma Ventures Hikma Pharmaceutical Healthcare
Jordan Jordan’s WEF accentuates SMEs as key economic drivers in the Middle East Entrepreneurship is no longer only discussed in private meetings and coworking spaces, it is increasingly becoming relevant on a macro... Tala El Issa • 22 May, 2017 wef Oasis 500
Jordan Scaling in the right direction #MixNMentor Amman The Jordanian ecosystem came together at Zain Innovation Campus ZINC in King Hussein Business Park on the 18th... Berthe El Aya • 21 May, 2017 mix n mentor Amman Scaling fundraising
Jordan Digitizing financial transactions in the region: go startups! The rise of the fintech industry in the region throughout the years, proves that this sector has a big impact on emerging markets despite... Maisa Khudair • 16 May, 2017 Fintech online payment Oasis 500
Jordan Startup with Purpose Startup With Purpose has recently announced that it will be hosting its first week-long entrepreneurship bootcamp at King’s Academy... Wamda • 04 May, 2017 Jordan entrepreneurship startup
Jordan #MixNMentor coming to Amman: focus on scalability It’s that time of the year again! Mix N’ Mentor is back to Amman. While the WRL team has found that the cost structure and... Wamda • 03 May, 2017 Mix 'n Mentor mix n mentor Amman