MENA ICT Forum 2016: digitizing the economy

The MENA ICT Forum brings some of the region’s most significant ICT experts, decision makers, and industry players together in...

Wamda • 23 September, 2016

Jordan ict conference

Amman Design Week breathes life into the city and its people

Amman is a city of concrete. There is barely a body of water or extensive greenery. It is arid, hilly with very little vibrant color. So...

Tala El Issa • 12 September, 2016

Amman Design Week Jordan makerspaces

Rebootkamp's first wave of refugee coders in Jordan

After fleeing from war torn Taiz, Yemen six months ago, Rwaida Almehanni found herself feeling aimless in Jordan. The 27-year-old wanted to...

Samuel Wendel • 08 September, 2016

Rebootkamp Jordan refugees

Oasis500, on a fintech hunt

Jordan, with its progressive startups and small population, could be a good regional test market for fintech products looking to head to...

Lucy Knight • 31 August, 2016

Oasis500 Jordan Payfort

No labels, please: hybrid indie design spaces are trending in Amman

Across the vibrant colored stairs extending from the renowned King Hussein street that curls its way down to the center of Amman, stands a...

Tala El Issa • 22 August, 2016

Amman Design Week Design Art

F03 Female Founders Meetup #2

F03 Fellow Female Founders series aims to build and activate a vibrant community around female startup founders in Amman. The event is set...

Wamda • 16 August, 2016

ZINC Networking female entrepreneurs

Decorating Jordan’s homes with its trash

It all started in one of the oldest bookstands in downtown Amman when unemployed Alaa Ziadeh decided to build things... using his...

Tala El Issa • 10 August, 2016

Jordan Environment Green entrepreneurs

Seedstars Amman

SEEDSTARS WORLD IS COMING TO AMMAN TO FIND THE BEST STARTUP IN JORDAN On August 7th, Jordan’s best startups will compete to...

Wamda • 06 August, 2016

Amman Design Week 2016

A group of Jordanian designers and creatives with a passion for art, design and culture has brought us together to create a new and...

Wamda • 04 August, 2016

Jordan Design Amman 2016

Zain Jordan wants you to ditch your console and grab your phone

There isn’t a better example than Pokémon Go to highlight the crucial role of mobile in the gaming industry. Several of the...

Tala El Issa • 03 August, 2016

tamatem Gaming Telcos

Jordanian university breathes life into eco-friendly graduation projects

The two most common options for people after they graduate from university are to either join the general workforce or pursue an academic...

Tala El Issa • 26 July, 2016

eco friendly green tech Jordan

Putting the creative in coworking, Amman

Coworking spaces are popular features in startup hubs across MENA, giving businesses, entrepreneurs, and freelancers access to a stable,...

Samuel Wendel • 10 July, 2016

hayyez Coworking Spaces ZINC

For tech’s sake, get out of our way [Opinion]

Last October we found out the royal court wanted some major changes to reawaken Jordan’s technology sector. This was no surprise...

Laith Zraikat • 30 June, 2016

regulation Opinion Policy

#MixNMentor Amman provokes heated debates

During the morning opening talk. (Images via Wamda) Jordan entrepreneurs never disappoint, even when they could take the day off for a...

Maya Rahal • 07 June, 2016

Mix N' Mentor 2016 mix n mentor Amman Jordan

How Jeeran monetized its digital content by going offline

The Jeeran team at their Egypt launch in 2015. (Image via Wamda) As internet penetration in MENA skyrockets, demand for local digital...

Samuel Wendel • 18 May, 2016

The Gamefiers Yelp Uturn

Data science: how is it good for government?

All those zeros and ones - how can you make the most of them? (Image via Digitalgov.gov) “Understanding and innovating with data...

Tala El Issa • 15 May, 2016

Kai Chan INSEAD data science

Meet the 16-year olds who brought the NASA Space Apps hackathon to Jordan

The pilots of NASA Space Apps Amman: Rasha Khateeb (left) and Maram Abu Hussein (right). (Images via Sam Wendel) The countdown to Jordan’s ...

Samuel Wendel • 11 May, 2016

NASA Space Apps Challenge Zain Group MEMakersGE

A Startup Week first for the Arab World

Salwa Qattan, left, from Careem, Fouad Jeryes from CashBasha, and Rahmeh Abu Shweimeh of She Cab. (Image via Tala El Issa) For its...

Tala El Issa • 10 May, 2016

Mlabbas She Cab Startup Week

10 new Jordanian startups for Enpact

After welcoming eight Jordanian fellows into its network in 2015, Enpact has returned to provide assistance to 10 others this April. A...

Tala El Issa • 04 May, 2016

Startup Haus Enpact Oasis500

Altibbi opens Pandora’s box on MENA’s healthcare questions

From a doctor's office, to your PC to your phone - the changing face of medicine. (Image via Jacqueline Sofia) A young mother in Saudi...

Jacqueline Sofia • 01 May, 2016

digital health MEMakersGE Diabetes Healthcare

Green solution for Amman's problem building site

A green solution could be the answer to the Jordan Gate Towers construction catastrophe in Amman. The solution, proposed by architect Hanna...

Kamel Al-Asmar • 24 April, 2016

green buildings Architecture amman

Hikma Pharmaceuticals launches $30M digital health venture fund in Amman

Hikma Pharmaceuticals has launched a $30 million strategic venture capital fund focused on digital health, therapeutics, and diagnostics...

Samuel Wendel • 24 April, 2016

Hikma Ventures Hikma Pharmaceutical MEMakersGE

Foodlancing app wins AngelHack Amman 2016

The hackathon winners, Afraan. (Images via QRCE) In just 24 hours, seven teams of Jordanian programmers took on the challenge to build,...

Samuel Wendel • 20 April, 2016

Global hackathon series Angelhack Amman ChefXchange

Mix N' Mentor Amman 2016: Marketplace Edition

Mix N' Mentor Amman, Wamda’s second for this year, will take place on June 2 at the Zain Innovation Center (ZINC), located in King H...

Wamda • 19 April, 2016

2016 mix n mentor Amman survey