• 21Jun

    Jordan – the cradle of internet start-ups

    from Abu Dhabi's The National newspaper.
    Hat tip to 360east.com

    (first paragraph…)

    Tom Gara

    • Last Updated: June 07. 2009 8:39PM UAE / June 7. 2009 4:39PM GMT

    Thinking outside the box: driven by a need to create jobs for an educated young population, the heart of technological entrepreneurship beats fast in Jordan.

    If you spend a lot of time reading about start-up internet companies in the Middle East, the same country pops up time and time again: Jordan.

    It is one of the smallest nations in the Arab world, lacking the population of Egypt, the wealth of the Gulf or the history of Syria. But what it has, without a doubt, is the most exciting community of technology start-ups in the region.