Category: Interviews

Optimiza

OPTIMIZA: TIP OF THE ICEBERG

Optimiza CEO Majed Sifri believes the best is yet to come for his company, the technology market, and Jordan. Optimiza is a Jordanian company that hardly needs an introduction. It’s a leading digital transformation solutions provider that supports hundredsof regional…

ORANGE Jordan: Connecting the Community

Venture caught Orange Jordan’s CEO Thierry Marigny for this interview where he talked about Orange’s latest product offerings, its fiber optic network, its business challenges and long-term plans for Jordan. Tell us about your personal journey in the telecom world….

Facebook

Business Networking through Facebook

Thousands of women from Jordan and across the region have signed up to a business networking page on Facebook. By Dina Al Wakeel  Although networking Facebook page Women in Business was only created in March last year, it’s so far…

Parachute16

Parachute16 Works to Develop Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

After a series of ventures he founded failed to gain traction, Ghassan Halawa finally found success with an innovative consulting firm that offers help and advice to budding entrepreneurs, Parachute16. By Nada Atieh Photography by Ala’a Al Sukhny Ghassan Halawa’s…

cloud

Solutions in the Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS), the arm of the tech giant that provides on-demand cloud computing, is finally eyeing the Middle East market and plans to expand its services through more offices and partners. By Dina Al Wakeel AWS  held its…

investor interest

Capturing Investor Interest

The man responsible for boosting investor interest in Jordan is confident more FDI is on the way. According to the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ), foreign direct investment in the Kingdom increased by 7.2 percent in 2017, reaching JD1,182 billion,…

HRH Prince Feisal Bin Al Hussein

HRH Prince Feisal Bin Al Hussein

HRH Prince Feisal Bin Al Hussein on the importance of SOFEX. Jordan hosted the toughest and most highly trained special forces from around the world for SOFEX again in May. In this exclusive interview, the chairman of the SOFEX board, HRH…

fair tax

Transforming Taxation

Jacob Rabie, an Ernst & Young partner, discusses why a sound and fair tax policy is needed to boost investment in Jordan and Iraq. Jacob Rabie joined EY Jordan in 2010, bringing a complementary skill set to the Jordan/Iraq tax…

A Sit-down with Hamdi Tabbaa

Our guest today, Hamdi Tabbaa, held many positions. He was the former Minister of Industry, Trade and supply, a member of the Senate several times and today, heads the Federation of Arab Businessmen and The Jordanian Businessmen Association. Your Excellency, I…

The Founding of Al-Hudhud

Our guest in Women in Business, Shaima’ Al-Bishtawi, believes that respect is exchanged through language. That’s why she created Al-Hudhud, a creative content company to teach children Arabic. Al-Hudhud was founded in 2011 by Shaima’ Al-Bishtawi and her business partner, Engineer…