The Princess Sumaya National Entrepreneurship Competition student committee entitled DART, an organization at the Princess Sumaya University of Technology in Jordan participated in the 8th Annual MIT $50K Global Startup Workshop (GSW) in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The workshop was managed by MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition and was sponsored by UAE’s Higher Colleges of Technology.
The GSW event included 300 participants from around the world studying global entrepreneurship activities. The participants were introduced to techniques and effective practices for developing and maintaining business plans on issues such as economic development, technological dissemination, creative strategies and global entrepreneurship. In addition, the participants shared and exchanged their perspectives on regional and global collaboration as well as discussed vital information for starting and maintaining an Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition.
The ten participating DART members from the Princess Sumaya National Entrepreneurship Competition (PSNEC) were sponsored by the National Fund for Enterprise Support along with 2 PSNEC board members and two students whom were panelists and facilitators at the event. The ten traveling students were accompanied by a delegation consisting of 3 PSUT board members, 2 Young Entrepreneurs Association (YEA) board members, and a dean from King Abdullah II Electrical Engineering Faculty.
Mr. Taher from NAFES, an organization aiming at assisting Jordanian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) stated, “PSUT’s organizations such as DART and PSNEC is exposing and educating the youth of the country to international standards and issues of entrepreneurship. Consequently, the most effective development for Jordanian small and medium enterprises is through educating the new working generation so that Jordanian enterprises may never remain stagnant. The student’s participation with international workshops, conferences and events allows for the stimulation of business development in Jordan.”
Mr. Mohammad Asfour, Advisor to the Board of Trustees stated, “We at PSUT are proud to have been represented by these ten outstanding students at the Global Startup Workshop because they yearn to learn beyond the classroom and are devoted to life long learning. PSUT acknowledges and appreciates students involved in DART because they are not only ambitious for their own future, but for the future of their country as well.”
The DART program is an active student organization oriented towards enhancing business skills and collaborates with PSNEC. DART’s mission is to expose students to the business industry through workshops and lectures so it may build a bridge between academia and the local market in hope to develop and enhance entrepreneurial companies.
Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT), established in 1991 is a specialized Jordanian university that is a private nonprofit and is owned by the leading applied research centre in Jordan, the Royal Scientific Society (RSS). PSUT’s area of specialization is IT, Communications and Electronics. Being both a nonprofit and an institution, PSUT part-takes both the private and public world. It is more akin to public universities in its mission, but more so to the private sector in drive and spirit. Right from the start, PSUT has accommodated itself to both local development and modernization plans and global development.
NISSAN AND ALHAMRANI UNITED COMPANY “MEET THE PRESS” IN JEDDAH
More than fifty members of the Saudi media assembled at a gala dinner hosted by Alhamrani United Company and Nissan Middle East in Jeddah.
Jeddah was the fourth stop for Nissan’s ‘Meet-the-press’ regional road show which started in Dubai followed by Beirut and Amman, and shall continue to Kuwait, Cairo, Morocco and other GCC capitals.
Senior executives from Nissan and Alhamrani United Company, Nissan’s dealer in Jeddah, welcomed the invitees and briefed them on Nissan’s plans for the region. Sheikh Ahmad Al Hamrani also announced the company’s intention on supporting The Saudization initiative launched by the government.
“We are pleased to meet you all today to share with you our plans and commitment to expand Nissan’s presence in our market. Our meeting today takes our relationship further and establishes common grounds between us based on which our communication and relationship will be much easier”, said Sheikh Ahmad.
“Among out first commitments to be realized here is the application of the Saudization program in every possible way. We are part of this country and we can only accept a fruitful and healthy relationship of give and take”, he added.
Monal Zeidan, corporate communications manager at Nissan Middle East said: “We are keen to meet with the press in each market and share with them our market objectives as well as global insights that are driving Nissan’s success.
“The media play a key role in reflecting public opinion and aspiration. Their feedback helps us tremendously in understanding our markets and delivering the best in products and services to our consumers.”
