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The WEF Fourth Industrial INVEST IN Revolution Startups The World Economic Forum, in partnership with the International Finance Corporation, have selected the top 100 startups that are transforming the MENA region and reshaping the future in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). These 4IRStartups were selected in collaboration with the region’s leading authorities on the entrepreneurship ecosystem, including Wamda, Flat6Labs, Kawar Investments and Leap Ventures. “You can see the impact and ingenuity of Arab start-ups everywhere in the Arab world. We see impressive momentum and – with sovereign wealth funds and traditional family businesses – the emergence of a whole new type of venture capitalist. For me, this is the biggest underreported story in the region” - Mirek Dusek, Head of Middle East and North Africa of the World Economic Forum. Here are the Jordanian startups to keep an eye out for:

LIWWA ARABIA WEATHER TARJAMA SAMER ATIANI & AHMED MOOR MOHAMMED AL-SHAKER NOUR AL HASSAN Liwwa is an online lender which improves access to Arabia Weather is the first and largest weather site Tarjama is a certified translation agency with offices capital for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in for all Arab countries. across the Middle East. Jordan and the UAE.

HYPERPAY HELLOWORLDKIDS JAMALON MUHANNAD EBWINI HANAN KHADER ALA’ ALSALLAL HyperPay is the fastest growing payment gateway Hello World Kids (HWK) is a local native coding Jamalon is the largest online bookstore in the MENA in the MENA region. It caters to every online curriculum for children offering native programming region selling English and books in the Arab merchant’s personal needs with a guarantee for courses for kids at the young age of 8 as a main World with home delivery and localized payment ease-of-use and top security against fraud. stream class. methods.

MADFOOATCOM AUMETINC LUMINUS NASSER SALEH YAHYA AQEL IBRAHIM SAFADI MadfooatCom operates ‘eFawateerCom’, the Central Aumet is the first online service to link medical suppliers, Luminus Education provides equal education Bank’s national electronic bill presentment and manufacturers and distrubutors. The platform enables opportunities for all. The platform offers short payment service (EBPPS) enabling clients to inquire medical suppliers and distributors access to local market courses, one and two year accredited diploma and pay securely online, 24/7. news and tenders in remote markets based on supplier’s programs, a three year degree program, and specialty; and access to verified details about distributors’ professional training for organizations and financial capacity, experience, customer services, etc. individuals.

8 | | 9 TAMATEM INC CASHBASHA KHARABEESH HUSSAM HAMMO SINAN TAIFOUR & FOUAD JERYES WAEL ATTILI, MOHAMMAD ASFOUR Tamatem is the leading mobile game developer CashBasha is an online e-commerce platform & WAFA NABULSI and publisher in the MENA region. The company enabling users to shop from international online Kharabeesh is a digital creators platform specializing localizes globally published mobile games and shopping sites including Amazon, ebay and in the production of Arabic-language animated develops their own games for Arabic speakers. AliExpress and pay in cash. cartoons, music videos and talk shows that generally tackle political issues in the Arab world.

ALTIBBI LITTLE THINKING MINDS THE ONLINE PROJECT JALIL ALLABADI & AYMAN SHARAIHA LAMIA TABBAA & RAMA KAYYALI ZAFER YOUNIS & RAMZI HALABY AlTibbi is the largest digital health platform in the Little Thinking produces educational digital Arabic The Online Project is a a social media agency and Arab World, including 1.5M pages of medical content content for primary age children with the aim of digital agency working with leading local and and a 24/7 telehealth service. enhancing children’s skills and learning outcomes, and multinational brands in UAE, and Jordan. increase their connectedness to the Arabic identity.

OPENSOOQ.COM JAWAKER ABJJAD SALAH SHARIF & ADEY SALAMIN YOUSEF SHAMOUN & MOHAMAD HAJ HASAN EMAN HYLOOZ OpenSooq.com is a marketplace that allows users Jawaker is the first Middle Eastern card gaming Abjjad is an online Arabic social network for readers, to buy and sell products and services across a wide network. The platform hosts games including writers, and publishers to rate, review, publish and range of categories that includes automotive, real Jackaroo, Banakil, Baloot, Tarneeb, Trix and Hand. sell eBooks. estate, jobs, electronics, home, and fashion.

AKHTABOOT MAWDOO3 YOUSEF SHAMOUN MOHAMMAD JABER & RAMI AL QAWASMI Akhtaboot is a leading online career network in the Mawdoo3 is a comprehensive online Arabic content region. The HR software solutions provider caters publisher that provides premium quality Arabic to the full HR value chain from the “acquire” stage content. Mawdoo3.com created more than 130 to the “retire” stage. All the software solutions thousand unique articles to fill the gap in Arabic provided are cloud based, easy to use, and content online. Today is has more than 36 Million customizable. unique users who visit the website monthly.

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