Rasha Manna, the managing director of the entrepreneur support group Endeavor Jordan, lays out the challenges facing the Kingdom’s startups, and what it takes to overcome them. The one major difficulty Endeavor faces in Jordan is pipeline—finding companies that meet…
The World Economic Forum rolls into town this month with the aim of recognizing the region’s most promising startups. American research and advisory firm Gartner has called it the “Nexus of Forces,” which is when social, mobile, cloud and information…
Batelco, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s leading digital solutions provider and Brinc, an ultra-hands-on Internet of Things (IOT) hardware accelerator, teamed up to launch its new operation in the Middle East, the Brinc-Batelco IOT Hub. Brinc MENA’s Middle East operation will…
The MENA edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF) returns to Jordan this month with a theme of enabling generational transformation. By Dominika Bzduchova Hundreds of top decision-makers from around the world will meet at the Dead Sea on May…
Although it has been in the market for less than a year, Arabot stands out as a powerful, pioneering platform that provides intelligent Arabic chat-bots built with a state-of-the-art Arabic NLP engine that accurately and efficiently understands and analyzes Arabic content…
Despite all the initiatives and grand plans of recent years, the number of women in tech is falling. The global percentage of women working in technology-related professions is actually lower today than it was two years ago. It’s quite disappointing…
Al Hudhud’s Cofounder: Shaima Al-Bishtawi Being a passionate mother who is always on the look out for a different Arabic creative content to provide for her children, Shaima Al-Bishtawi decided to take the lead, and start producing her own stories….
Endeavor Jordan held its fourth annual DealMakers event in Amman last month, once again providing some of the region’s top entrepreneurs and investors with the opportunity to meet face-to-face. The event was attended by 62 entrepreneurs, representing some of the…
Bowties & Gents launched on September 28th 2016 by co-founders Mais Awad and Reem Mufti, introduced its online store of luxury custom-designed bow ties and pocket squares made from premium silk fabric. …
The newly installed CEO of Oasis500 aims to provide greater post-acceleration support for startups. By Rebecca Irvine Since its establishment in 2010, Oasis500 has graduated several well known Jordanian companies, including ArabiaWeather, e-payment platform MadfooatCom, and book seller Jamalon. Oasis500’s…