Wamda

Jordan

Preparing for a world of electronic and mobile payments

Panelists discuss the future of electronic and mobile payments in MENA. (Image via Sam Wendel) For many finance industry thought leaders,...

Umniah Madfoo3atcom Electronic and Mobile Payments in the Arab World Conference

Jordan

Fintech startup Liwwa raises $2.3M

Amman-based fintech startup Liwwa has closed a $2.3 million round led by Silicon Badia’s Badia Impact Fund. DASH Ventures and...

Sameh Toukan beehive VentureFin

Jordan

Mix N’ Mentor is back to Amman with a tailored format

Bean bag heaven at Mix N' Mentor Cairo in March 2016. (Image via Wamda) Wamda Reserach Lab (WRL) findings showed that 40 percent of...

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Jordan

The internet: is it good or bad for music?

Music is one of the many industries that the internet has massively transformed. In 2014, the global recording industry, according to...

Disrupt! Music! Music streaming piracy

Jordan

Jordan gets a new startup accelerator with BIG by Orange

Jordan’s startup factory just powered-up another assembly line. In December 2015, Orange Jordan, which is part of the multinational...

Support Incubator Accelerators

Jordan

Has foreign investment helped Jordanian SMEs and entrepreneurs?

Jordanian NGO Leaders of Tomorrow (LoT) was recently doing some research on the history of local economic reform. It brought them to the...

Diwanieh Foreign Direct Investment Leaders of Tomorrow

Jordan

Launching Arab Women In Technology (Jordan Chapter)

Arab Women in Computing (ArabWIC) have joined forces with Oasis500 to launch their Jordan chapter. An introductory event will be held at...

launching ArabWIC Jordan

Jordan

Bridging a video gap from Jordan

The Metaphorio team (L to R) Waleed Qadi, Nadia Husseini and Khaled Husseini, want people to work together. (Images via...

Isra7 DropBox digital media content

Jordan

How entrepreneurs transformed this Amman neighborhood

Culturally conscious entrepreneurs, like those who founded Rumi Café, shown here, have turned Jabal Al-Weibdeh into one of Amman's ...

rumi cafe jo bedu gentrification

Jordan

Tech literacy: a step forward from e-learning

A young audience soaking up the tech world. (Images via Tala el Issa) While many companies have been focused on integrating...

MEMakersGE robotics Coding Circle

Jordan

Solutions to Jordan’s climate change challenges?

Jordan can be pretty dry. (Image via Letstravelsomewhere.com) As an arid, resource poor nation, Jordan has historically relied on foreign...

IndyACT Jordan IEEE Jordan Young Professionals Energy Master Plan

Jordan

AngelHack Amman 2016

Welcome to AngelHack’s 9th Global Hackathon Series, where anyone can code. AngelHack organizes innovation events and hackathons around the ...

Code4Impact Amman 2016 hackathons

Jordan

Dissecting Jordan’s diverse fintech scene

Madfoo3atCom, EMP, and CBJ celebrate the launch of eFawaterCom. (Image via MadfooatCom) In May 2015, the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ)...

eFawateerCom central bank of jordan fin-tech

Jordan

Jordan ed-tech startup secures deal with UNRWA

The EDaura team. Founder and CEO Nidal Khalifeh at far left, cofounder Muneer Saifi third from left, standing. (Image via Samuel...

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Jordan

Disrupt!/Music!/ for music innovators at ZINC

Disrupt!/Music!/ is coming to Amman to shake up the local music industry. In a three-day workshop and competition powered by Mideast...

music disrupt Music festival ZINC

Jordan

Theeb: how to build a movie

The guys behind Oscar-nominated ‘Theeb’ have found themselves in Hollywood, building a napkin pitch into a...

bedouin ing Abdullah II Fund for Development Bayt Al Shawareb

Jordan

1776 Challenge Cup Local: Amman (Application deadline)

Are you a startup with big ambitions to solve a meaningful problem for our world? From teachers to transportation or food to finance, 1776...

application deadline local 1776 challenge cup

Jordan

Space: the next tech frontier for MENA?

An art installation in Amman that could soon have a real-life counterpart. (Image via Sam Wendel) Watch out Elon Musk, a new force is...

Oasis Space Ventures Jordan Space Ventures SpaceX

Jordan

Will e-sports be the next industry to level up in MENA?

The next generation of star athletes from the Middle East and North Africa recently gave spectators a glimpse of the future of...

AFKG Viva Algeria esports

Jordan

University of Jordan launches entrepreneurship innovation center

A look the University of Jordan's Innovation Center. (Image via UJ News Press Release) The University of Jordan recently announced that it...

Injaz UJIC University of Jordan

Jordan

First Jordan Connect matches startups with big business

Big business meets the smallest: Jordan Connect brought together large corporations with startups. (Images via VentureScout) Discovering a...

Jordan Connect SWIPT The Tank

Jordan

Jordan entrepreneurs have high hopes for ZINC 2016

Keynote Speaker Steve Johnson signing his book "Where good ideas come from: the natural history of innovation". (Images via...

I3zif.com Zain incubator Coding Circle

Jordan

2nd Electronic and Mobile Payments in the Arab World Conference

In light of the success of the 1st Electronic and Mobile Payments in the Arab World Conference which took place in April 2015, Arab...

Speakers Electronic and Mobile Payment in the Arab World amman

Jordan

Zain Innovation Campus (ZINC) Anniversary Conference

Zain Jordan is inviting you to attend its Zain Innovation Campus (ZINC) Anniversary Conference that will be held on 17th of December 2015 a...

King Hussein Business Park anniversary ZINC

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