AMMAN — Two startup companies, Squadio and Parachute16, joined forces on a
mission to hire 1,000 individuals from Jordan to form remote tech squads to
serve clients and companies across the
MENA region, according to a press
statement.
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Recently,
they officiated their partnership agreement with the
Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship (MODEE) as their policy support arm, pinning their
hopes on accessing and utilizing untapped talent pools locally and regionally.
Founded
in 2019 and previously known as "Ibtikar Technologies", the Saudi
Arabia-based startup company, Squadio offers an HR solution for tech companies
in the MENA region.
Looking
to establish new connections and expand further in the region, Squadio joined
forces with Parachute16, a Jordanian-Saudi startup company, to create a tech
kitchen and hub that accommodates hiring 1,000 remote tech talents to serve and
grow from Jordan.
Squadio
is a Saudi Team as a Service platform specializing in Tech team employment and
management.
parachute16
was founded in 2016 and is an
Impact Design House specializing in
entrepreneurship and innovation and offering three primary services including
building and delivering hybrid accelerators, incubators, and tech hubs,
designing and providing hybrid capacity-building programs, and offering hybrid
ecosystem and community activation.
The
partnership kick-started with the support of the Ministry of Digital Economy
and Entrepreneurship,
Social Security Corporation, Bank Al-Etihad, Al-Hussein
Technical University, the Crown Prince Foundation, and more. The partnership
also aims to spur job creation and increase Jordan’s competitiveness as a
regional hub for the export of IT and tech service.
Squadio
and Parachute16's mission is to further create remote work opportunities for
Jordanians, given their digital literacy, tech-enabled skills, and potential to
consolidate Jordan’s position as a competitive ICT services export hub in the
Middle East.
They
aim to achieve this by hiring full-timers, part-timers, and freelancers in
collaboration with private sector companies and government sector entities in
Jordan to serve the MENA region from local and regional destinations.
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