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The Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund (ISSF), the largest investment fund of its kind in Jordan, has extended financial support worth USD 250,000 to Oasis500 – a pre-seed and seed fund manager and accelerator within the MENA region – to promote an innovative entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Kingdom and enable its active players. In doing so, the ISSF is supporting new and existing incubators and accelerators through its Incubation and Acceleration Development Program (IADP), advancing the capabilities of entrepreneurs and management teams to build, grow and sustain startups and early-stage companies, while providing them with the assistance required to achieve their goals.

Through this financial support, Oasis500 will accelerate 16 startups in four cohorts over 28 months via IADP, starting February 2021. Oasis500 will offer services comprising extensive oversight, workshops, training courses and learning groups, among others – as well as introduce startups to a broad investor network that can accelerate their businesses and boost their growth. The ISSF also targets young female and male entrepreneurs to develop their innovative companies and generate direct and indirect job opportunities for Jordanian men and women, thereby giving rise to the Jordanian entrepreneurial ecosystem, which is a major regional hub for innovation and creativity.

“We are delighted with our partnership with Oasis500, which has been contributing to an innovative and sustainable national economy by lending young entrepreneurs the support, training, capacity building and institutional development they need to enhance their skills and potentials. This, in turn, has resulted in technology and creativity-based companies that can expand their business scopes and attract investors in the future,” commented ISSF CEO, Laith Al Qasem. “The ISSF works closely with active national players within the entrepreneurial arena, presenting them with the funding necessary to extend vital services to Jordanian entrepreneurs, ultimately reflecting positively on the local economy and its ability to compete and prosper.”

On her part, Oasis500 CEO, Luma Fawaz, emphasized the importance of offering continuous support to improve the standards of startups, stating, “We are excited to join forces with the ISSF, which will enable us to empower more entrepreneurs and startups and equip them with crucial management and financial skills.”

The ISSF is registered as a Jordanian private shareholding company. The objective of the ISSF is to support and elevate Jordan’s entrepreneurial and innovation landscape by facilitating the establishment of new investment funds that serve the ecosystem; making direct investments in innovative, export-oriented, and scalable local startups; as well as implementing initiatives that improve the capabilities of Jordanian entrepreneurs and startup teams through training, capacity building and targeted incubation and acceleration programs.

the leading provider of digital transformation, information systems, and integrated Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) solutions in Jordan and the region; has been named the Levant partner of the Year 2021 by Dell Technologies, at the virtual MERAT Partner Summit & Award Ceremony that took place on the 5^th of April.

This title obtained by STS, is considered as an unprecedented achievement, as it was announced after a comprehensive evaluation for the outstanding results achieved by the company in the levant region, on its provision of a wide range of innovative solutions to its clients with the highest standards and professionalism levels in designing and implementing these solutions, and achieving optimum client satisfaction and trust.

“At STS we continue to build on our long-term partnership with Dell Technologies as their first and longest standing partner, and we are extremely proud to achieve such a distinctive recognition that attests our commitment to always link our offerings to global leaders, paving the way for businesses to technically grow and be enabled to digitally transform with our strong offerings portfolio.” said Zeid Mazahreh, Sales Director, STS.

The Dell Technologies Partner program is intended to support and distinguish partners for their ability to reflect an outstanding performance regarding the solutions offered, and according to their team’s commitment and ongoing achievements.  STS commits to providing innovative solutions and easing this fast-paced transformation while accumulating business knowledge and technical up-to- date experience

Luminus Technical University College (LTUC) announces the launch of scholarships offering intensive courses in software development for 1,000 Jordanian youth and 150 Syrian refugees, according to a pre-set criteria. The intensive courses will be offered by Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair School of Advanced Computing (ASAC) at LTUC, in accreditation from Code Fellows Academy in Seattle – the US.

These courses are designed to equip students with practical and technical knowledge as well as self-directed learning skills to ensure their readiness to join the dynamic and agile professional landscape. The courses will also work on the students’ soft skills through a career-coaching programme which includes communication and teamwork, before linking them with job opportunities upon graduation.

The scholarships cover an intensive short course programme in one of the two steams, Full-Stack JavaScript or Python provided by ASAC in collaboration with Code Fellows Academy in Seattle – the US. The school offers an internationally accredited certificate that qualifies graduates to work in Jordan and anywhere in the world. This initiative aims to provide job opportunities for the youth across the Kingdom, where the outreach efforts are focused on the governorates of Amman, Zarqa, Irbid, Madaba and Mafraq to help in building the youth’s capacities and skills and link them to available job opportunities.

The scholarships are co-funded through a collaboration between Luminus for Social Development, the Ministry of Labour, the Technical and Vocational Skills Development Commission, and the Qudra 2 programme, co-financed by the European Union, through the EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian crisis, the EU Madad Fund, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), and in partnership with Tafila Technical University, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Al Albayt University and the Vocational Training Corporation.

Notably, ASAC, one of the 10 schools of excellence under LTUC, was established in 2019 to build students’ capabilities and skills in software development through an ever-updating international curriculum based on professional educators in various fields, and an educational environment that simulates international technology companies and builds students’ skills to qualify them for employment opportunities in the technology sector. The college’s programmes and curricula are constantly updated based on studies with a group of companies operating in the sector that showed the growth of technical vacancies and the need for qualified graduates to receive these vacancies.

The Ministry of Energy and Minerals Resources adopts EB Intranet Solution to manage its intranet portal due to its advanced and flexible features.

EB Intranet system is designed and developed following the latest standards and technologies to ensure a modern and easy work environment through effective features:

• System dashboard that provides simple and easy to track insights.
• Advanced file management and high control of info and list pages.
• Forms
• Various additional modules such as calendar, news, photo gallery, Poll, Ticker, and Video Gallery.
• Content workflow and versioning.

Services such as vacations, leaves and salary slip requests.

CEO of Orange Jordan, Thierry Marigny, affirmed on the importance of the e-gaming industry in the Kingdom, with e-games developers determination to develop their products continuously and in a speedy manner on a global level, during a roundtable held by the company to support the leadership of this important sector with the presence of media representatives ,social media influencers and professional local gamers.

Marigny added that the company realized the importance of e-games, as its one of the vital digital fields, noting that Orange Jordan took many steps to enhance its position in this field, whereas 35% of Jordanians play e-games.

Marigny discussed Orange Jordan’s efforts as a responsible digital leader to develop the e-gaming industry, by supporting talented youth by establishing Orange Gaming Hub, a series of activations in partnership with FATE E-sports, and the recent partnership with Subspace that aims to offer the best connectivity for the gamers on the Middle East server to enhance their experience, noting that Orange’s strong infrastructure supports e-gaming in Jordan.

Orange Jordan is keen to include e-gaming within its comprehensive solutions, especially with YO platform, making its as integral part of the mobile offers, such as the partnership with Playwing to offer games without ads Or purchase transactions inside the games, in addition to added benefits, high speed internet to avoid any lag while playing.

Orange Jordan offers all mobile networks subscribers an opportunity to buy e-vouchers to enrich the gaming experience, through Orange Money e-wallet, in addition to offering everything new to Jordanian professional and armature players, to remain the leader in international developments and users’ requirements.