Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah visited the Jordanian offices of the regional startup accelerator Flat6Labs on April 26, where Her Majesty interacted with a group of young entrepreneurs as they spoke to her about the challenges and opportunities faced by their emerging businesses.
Upon her arrival at Flat6Labs Jordan's ...
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The government says it will embark on implementing mega ventures and partnership projects with the private sector under the economic modernization executive program at the volume of more than JD10 billion.
The development scheme envisages plans to enhance investment and meet the goals of the 2033 vision of growth and ...
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The winners of the Huawei ICT Competition Middle East 2022, Huawei’s flagship longstanding competition, have now been announced at a closing ceremony that took place on December 22 in Muscat, Oman. This year’s competition saw 15 teams of the brightest young tech talents compete together, shortlisted originally from 19,300 ...
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Bell Textron Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced the signed agreement for the sale of 10 Bell 505 helicopters to the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) at The Special Operations Forces Exhibition & Conference (SOFEX) in Aqaba, Jordan.
The contract includes the delivery of the aircraft with a ...
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The Information and Communications Technology Association of Jordan (int@j) in partnership with the Ministry of Digital Economy & Entrepreneurship (MODEE), has officially started the preparation of establishing a dedicated area within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) ICT Forum 2022, under the name 'Startup Village'.
Under the Royal Patronage ...
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FitchRatings has affirmed Jordan’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BB-‘ with a Stable Outlook.
Jordan has won the direct election to become a member of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to End Plastic Pollution, which is expected to produce an agreement by 2024, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
Secretary-General of the Ministry of Environment Mohammad Khashashneh was also chosen as the representative of the Asia-Pacific ...
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The Royal Hashemite Court has announced the engagement of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II to Ms Rajwa Khaled bin Musaed bin Saif bin Abdulaziz Al Saif, on Wednesday, 17 August 2022, in the presence of Their Majesties King Abdullah II and Queen Rania Al ...
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Konya Real Estate Development and Management has announced the completion of its first ever “Top Real Estate Agent” program. The five-day event took place at the Intercontinental Hotel, Amman, with the participation of 50 employees and trainees.
The program is designed to equip participants with all the necessary skills to ...
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Global peacefulness has declined for the eleventh time in the last 14 years. This is according to the 2022 edition of the Global Peace Index released by The Institute for Economics and Peace.
It ranks peace levels using 23 qualitative and quantitative indicators across 163 independent states and territories, ...
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PIF would become a strategic investor with 23.97% stake in Capital Bank Group upon completion of the deal
The Public Investment Fund (“PIF” or the “Fund”) and Capital Bank Group (the “Group”), one of the largest banking groups in Jordan, Iraq and the MENA region, announced on 5 June, 2022 ...
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Deputising for His Majesty King Abdullah, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II on Tuesday inaugurated The Ritz-Carlton hotel in Amman, a project with an investment value of JD300 million.
Crown Prince Al Hussein toured the 20-storey hotel, which includes 228 guest rooms, built according to the ...
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The United Arab Emirates, the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan have announced an Industrial Partnership for Sustainable Economic Growth in Abu Dhabi to unlock new industrial opportunities and enhance sustainable economic growth in the three countries, across 5 sectors.
The partnership is designed to ...
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Jordan's gross domestic product (GDP) at current prices grew by 3.5 percent, in 2021, compared to a drop in 2020 by 1.8%, according to report released on Saturday by Amman Chamber of Commerce (ACC).
Based on the recovery of most economic sectors, the Kingdom's GDP last year stood at JD32.123bln, ...
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Social Security Investment Fund (SSIF) CEO Kholoud Saqqaf announced that SSIF’s assets grew to reach JD12.7 billion at the end of the first quarter of 2022 compared to JD12.2 billion at the end of 2021.
These assets are distributed over money market instruments that constitute 12.5% of SSIF’s total portfolio, ...
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The World Bank expected a rise in the consumer price index (inflation) in Jordan to 3.3 percent for the current year, compared to 1.3 percent for the last year, with the inflation rate in Jordan returning to decline next year to 2.5 percent.
The Bank expected that the economies of ...
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His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday underwent a successful surgery to treat a thoracic herniated disc. At the professional advice of physicians, the surgery, which took place at a specialised hospital in Frankfurt, will be followed by a period of rest before King Abdullah returns to Jordan.
The Royal Hashemite ...
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Real estate sales in Jordan between the January-March period totalled 40,539 sales. The real estate trade volume in the capital during the first quarter of the year accounted for JD1.049 billion, some 74 per cent out of the Kingdom’s total of JD1.414 billion, the Department of Land and Survey ...
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The government's general revenues rose to about JD 7.325 billion in 2021, according to figures released in late March by the Ministry of Finance (MoF). The actual collection rate rose by 100.4 percent, recording an increase of about JD 1.087 billion, compared to 2020.
The ministry attributed this rise ...
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According to an article posted on Statista on gender parity in leadership positions, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is one of the highest-ranked countries in the world.
If you are working in Togo, Nigeria, Jordan or a number of countries included in the below list, it is actually more ...
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Amazon Payment Services, a payment service provider in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, is collaborating with Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) in Jordan to nurture and invest in cybersecurity talent.
Aiming to develop forward-thinking security innovation and information security leadership in the region, the collaboration ...
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