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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...

Rebootkamp Jordan refugees

Jordan

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...

Oasis500 Jordan Payfort

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AMWAJ 2016

What is good for the environment is good for society and can be good for business. Are you interested in advancing this triple bottom line...

Jordan Sustainability Environment

Jordan

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...

ZINC Networking female entrepreneurs

Jordan

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...

Jordan Design Amman 2016

Jordan

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...

Jordan Environment Green entrepreneurs

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Tamatem: Gaming for 18 million users

As global gaming publishers overlook the Arab region’s hunger for localized mobile games, regional publishers are...

tamatem Gaming localization

Jordan

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...

eco friendly green tech Jordan

Jordan

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...

regulation Opinion Policy

Jordan

#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...

Mix N' Mentor 2016 mix n mentor Amman Jordan

Jordan

Student demo day at University of Jordan Innovation Center

University of Jordan Innovation Center (UJIC) is holding its first demo day for IT students tomorrow on May 10. The event will display...

UJIC University of Jordan amman

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...

mix n mentor Amman Mix n Mentor Jordan

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

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...

lms skoolizer edaura

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

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

Regional

Yahoo! closes but Maktoob’s legacy continues

This article is a crosspost with The Black Iris. A few days ago, Yahoo!, which bought Jordanian internet startup Maktoob in 2009,...

takeover Maktoob Jordan

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

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

Jordan

Foodlve recalculates the food equation

All your ingredients neatly packaged and in one place. (Images via Foodlve) Cooking is becoming less appealing as technology combined...

The Cherry Share Recipes Foodlve

Jordan

Join Dave McClure & 500 Startups for a "COME ONE, PITCH ALL!" event

Join Dave McClure & 500 Startups on December 10 for a "COME ONE, PITCH ALL!" community pitch event hosted by 500 Startups, Microsoft an...

Dave McClure 500 startups Pitching

Jordan

German Jordanian University (GJU) Health Hackathon

As part of the Global Entrepreneurship Week, the German Jordanian University (GJU), throught its Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team (...

Health hackathon German Jordanian University competition

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