Orange Jordan & Ministry Conclude MVP Incubation Program for Young Entrepreneurs

A significant public-private partnership has successfully concluded a major initiative aimed at empowering Jordan’s next generation of business leaders. The Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship, working alongside the Orange Jordan Foundation, has wrapped up the “Incubation to Reach MVP” program. This project forms a critical part of the nation’s broader entrepreneurship strategy and builds directly upon the momentum generated by the Entrepreneurship Hackathon held earlier this year. At a special ceremony honoring the participants, Ministry Secretary General Samira Al-Zoubi helped celebrate the accomplishments of 23 exceptional entrepreneurial teams. These ventures were chosen from an impressive field of 100 original ideas submitted from every corner of the country.

Over a rigorous six-month period, the program was delivered through the specialized incubators and accelerators of the Orange Digital Center. It provided comprehensive training to young men and women whose projects spanned vital sectors including renewable energy, agricultural technology, education, and tourism. The curriculum was designed to be intensely practical, covering essential topics like financial management, strategic marketing, project management, artificial intelligence applications, and design thinking methodologies. Beyond classroom instruction, every participant benefited from personalized one-on-one mentorship sessions. They also gained invaluable access to professional networking events and received tangible resources, all geared toward helping them evolve their initial concepts into fully functional Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) ready for the marketplace.

During the closing event, Secretary General Samira Al-Zoubi remarked that the 23 selected projects mark a pivotal achievement for Jordan’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. She stated that these ventures truly embody the royal vision which positions the nation’s youth at the very heart of its modernization efforts. She specifically commended the collaborative model with Orange Jordan, describing it as an exemplary partnership between the public and private sectors that actively drives innovation, empowers young people, and supports sustainable digital economic growth.

Philippe Mansour, the Chief Executive Officer of Orange Jordan, voiced his immense pride in the program’s perfect graduation rate. He attributed this outstanding outcome to the company’s deep-seated experience in nurturing more than 480 startups to date. Mansour stressed that the integrated support ecosystem Orange provides creates a uniquely encouraging environment for entrepreneurs, one that actively sparks innovation and accelerates business development.

The program’s finale featured a dynamic pitch stage where the budding startups presented their working prototypes to a distinguished audience of potential investors and key leaders from the business community. The session was organized around the forward-looking theme “Beyond MVP: Empowering the Path of Future Startups.” A panel discussion was also a key part of the event, allowing participants to share firsthand accounts of their journey. They spoke about how the program significantly honed their business acumen, expanded their professional horizons, and instilled a powerful drive to continue innovating.

This “Incubation to Reach MVP” initiative powerfully reinforces Orange Jordan’s steadfast commitment to propelling Jordan’s national digital transformation agenda forward. It stands as a concrete step toward cultivating an economy driven by innovation, one that is fully aligned with the Kingdom’s overarching goals for modernization and the economic empowerment of its youth.

(Source: MEA Tech Watch)