Venture capital funding, with its investment in innovative, high-growth companies, has been a growing asset class within regional investors’ portfolios. According to Dubai-based MAGNiTT, the Middle East’s largest online startup community, 2018 saw a record number of such deals, totaling…
More than 100 artisanal food producers showed off their finest culinary creations at Jordan Food Week. The Jordan Food Week event, which was organized by the USAID Jordan Local Enterprise Support Project and held at the Ras Al Ain Hangar, is a continuation…
New regulations designed to make it easier for thousands of Jordanians to obtain licenses to run home-based enterprises were introduced by the government last month with support from USAID. The new regulations will help minimize startup costs and bureaucracy for…
When Amer Nasereddin returned to Jordan in 1996 upon completing his studies at the University of Washington in Seattle, he quickly spotted a chance to put his business administration degree to good use. “I realized there were particular gaps in…
Microsoft opened a major new support center in Jordan last month to serve clients across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The global Customer Service and Support Hub is staffed by a team of more than 70 Jordanians fluent in…
A five-year, $275 million project to rehabilitate Zarqa governorate’s water and wastewater network has been completed. The project was carried out by the Millennium Challenge Account-Jordan (MCA), a government-owned company set up in 2010 and funded by the Millennium Challenge…
Registering a company can be fraught with difficulties. But a new USAID-funded guide is here to help. By Rebecca Irvine The Startup Guide is a free, comprehensive guide on how to approach registering a business within the Kingdom. It was…
Jordan is about to get its first set of Fab Labs, community makerspaces which offer everyone the chance to use hi-tech manufacturing tools to create pretty much anything. By Laith Abou-Ragheb What if anyone with a great idea for a…
Crowne Plaza Amman has proudly announced winning the first place in the King Abdullah II Award for Excellence 2014/2015 in the category of large service companies or their sub-units. A big awards ceremony was held for all winners, whereby His…
Having set about transforming the way Jordanians pay their bills via its e-Fawateer platform, online payment company MadfooatCom now has its sights set on regional expansion. By Rebecca Irvine When Nasser Saleh returned to Jordan after several years of working…