During the MENA ICT Forum 2022 held at the Dead Sea on November 16th and 17th, The Information and Communications Technology Association of Jordan (int@j) provided the opportunity to arrange more than 1,400 business to business meetings and 400 meetings took place between representatives of 53 investment funds and startups from Jordan and other countries in the region.
int@j revealed in a press statement that the forum was attended by more than 2,600 participants from 60 different countries. Throughout the two-day event, participants heard from 146 speakers across 96 different sessions and presentations, in addition to 17 announcements of agreements and Memorandums of Understanding. Moreover, 154 exhibitors, including 63 startups in addition to 14 universities also participated. The forum was held in partnership with the Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, Central Bank of Jordan as a strategic partner, and the Ministry of Investment as investment partner.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of “int@j”, Eid Amjad Swais, thanked all the participants in the forum, partners and sponsors whose contribution had a significant impact on the success of the forum, pointing out that the Forum was sponsored by 20 private sector companies and 12 strategic and community partners.
Swais also pledged that “int@j” will continue its efforts to organize the forum in a way that contributes to achieving its goal, which is to contribute to the implementation of the royal vision for Jordan to be a regional center for the communications and information technology sector.
Over the two day forum, the participating speakers during the MENA ICT Forum 2022 unanimously agreed that the ICT sector in Jordan is one of the main sectors that is constantly growing. They emphasized that Jordan has ambitious strategic goals to develop and strengthen the ICT sector.
During the closing ceremony of the forum,”int@j” announced -the soon to be launched- the market intelligence function portal that aims to study the regional and international markets in addition to the local market in order to enable Jordanian companies to increase their sales, increase their exports and find new markets for their products, services and business solutions at all levels.
“int@j” stated that the unit will start its work by conducting studies on the local, Saudi and Iraqi markets, in addition to specialized studies on new technologies such as cybersecurity and metaverse. “int@j” also announced that its Women’s Economic Empowerment Unit will be launched in the first quarter of 2023, which is supported by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ).
