Winners of Queen Rania entrepreneurship competition honoured

AMMAN — Deputising for HRH Princess Sumaya, President of Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) Mashhoor Al Refai on Sunday honoured the winners of the ninth edition of the Queen Rania National Entrepreneurship Competition, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Some 300 participants of 175 teams took part in the competition, where 26 teams reached the finals. Refai said that, since the establishment of the university in 1991, and under the directives of the princess, who is the chairperson of the university, PSUT has focused on the provision of entrepreneurship programmes in Jordan.

The competition seeks to raise awareness of potential opportunities in the ICT sector and to shed light on innovative and outstanding technology business ideas, plans and start-ups. 

In addition, the competition aims at developing the entrepreneurial skills of participants and fostering the enterprising spirit among university students and graduates, according to Petra.