King meets start-up founders, voices pride in young Jordanian entrepreneurs

King meets start-up founders, voices pride in young Jordanian entrepreneurs

AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Wednesday met with a group of start-up founders at Al Husseiniya Palace. King Abdullah expressed pride in young Jordanian entrepreneurs for their contribution to bolstering Jordan’s position in business and innovation, adding that they were able to transform the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic into promising opportunities, according to a Royal Court statement. His Majesty noted efforts to enhance the business environment for start-ups through suitable legislation, highlighting the role of the Innovative Startups and SMEs Fund (ISSF) in attracting investments to Jordan to support entrepreneurship. var width=document.documentElement.clientWidth;if(width>=320&&width<728){}; googletag.cmd.push(function(){try{var d=document.documentElement.clientWidth;var a;var c="/21857811890/en.zcom/";var b;if(d>=320&&d<728){a=[300,250];b=["mobile_mr_story"]}else{a=[300,250];b=["MR_Story"]}var h="MR_Story";var g=googletag.defineSlot("/21857811890/en.zcom/",a,"div-gpt-ad-MR_Story").setTargeting("type",b).addService(googletag.pubads());gptAdSlots.push(g);if(h!="MR_Story"){googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(true,true)}googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest();googletag.enableServices();if((h=="PSB_Left")||(h=="mobile_psb_left")||(h=="PSB_Top")||(h=="mobile_psb_top")||(h=="PSB_Bottom")||(h=="mobile_psb_bottom")||(h=="PSB_Middle")||(h=="mobile_psb_middle")||(h=="leaderboard_home")||(h=="leaderboard_bottom_home")||(h=="mobile_leaderboard_home")||(h=="mobile_leaderboard_bottom_home")){setInterval(function(){googletag.pubads().refresh([g])},240000)}}catch(f){console.log("Error loading Ad banner "+h)}}); try{googletag.cmd.push(function(){googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-MR_Story")})}catch(e){console.log("Error displaying Ad banner "+bannerName)}; For their part, the start-up founders presented their companies’ achievements, calling for simplifying procedures to encourage more young Jordanians to launch entrepreneurial projects. Several start-up founders said they anticipate employment opportunities at their companies to double next year, stressing the need to support and bolster the capacities of start-ups to enable them to provide further jobs. They noted ongoing efforts to establish regional branches for their start-ups, stressing the valuable contributions from Jordanian expatriates who return to Jordan to offer their expertise after studying and working abroad. According