Artificial Intelligence Entrepreneurship Roadshow: A Swiss–Jordan Initiative to Inspire and Empower Startups

Swiss partners

• FHNW: Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Al-Kilani

 MENA partners

• Yarmouk University: Prof. Dr. Mwaffaq Otoom

Presentation of the project

This project intends to enhance people's understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and increase opportunities for those who want to create a business in Jordan by connecting youth and early-stage innovators with the knowledge of creating something using an AI approach and providing them with educational materials, tools, resources, and an opportunity to meet other similar individuals.

Through the “AI Entrepreneurship Roadshow”, the initiative will give Jordan's youth and early-stage innovators an opportunity to not only connect with an audience interested in starting their own businesses but to be educated and given the supporting tools needed to create a successful venture.

This initiative is the result of a collaborative partnership between the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) and Yarmouk University (Jordan), and will leverage their respective expertise in entrepreneurial education, innovation ecosystem development and digital transformation/AI technologies to provide an effective educational medium for promoting collaboration among Swiss companies and MENA companies.

This initiative will produce communications tools and content that are accessible to non-academic audiences, such as startups, SMEs, university students and the general population.