Mohammad Asfour
Currently the Energy, Water and Environment Sector Lead at USAID's SABEQ Program. Previously served as an Advisor to HRH Princess Sumaya Bint El Hassan & founded the Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship. Also worked as an advisor to the OECD
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Website: | http://www.mohammadasfour.com |
| Location: | Amman, Jordan |
| Groups: | Conference on Clean Energy 2008 CCE08, Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center (MTTC ), MIT GSW 2007, MIT GSW 2008 |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Investing in projects, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup, Starting a company, Trading services |
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Born, brought up and educated in Amman, the capital city of Jordan. Mohammad Asfour is now part of the USAID funded SABEQ program where he is covering water, energy and environment. In addition, he is working on enhancing the productivity of Jordan's Architecture and Engineering Sector. Prior to that, he served as an Advisor to the Board of Trustees at the Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) and a Director for the Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship. During that period he worked on conceptualizing and developing El Hassan Science City.
Mohammad's work in the government included several tasks such as:
- Promoting Jordans ICT sector
- Industrial development
- Other activities:
• The Jordan-US FTA coordination committee which is a Jordanian US Public-Private committee. He chaired the trade and investment team that produced 6 actions plans to enhance trade and investment between Jordan and the US. Several plans have been implemented.
• The Jordan national branding committee that aimed at giving a positive and realistic image of Jordan locally and internationally. In December 2002 Mohammad left the Jordan Investment Board to start a private technology incubator. He also started a business development company.
In 2004 he joined the Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT) where he managed Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship including:
- Jordan Technology Commercialization Program
- Princess Sumaya National Entrepreneurship Competition
- Connect Jordan Program
Asfour is also active several fields such as: protecting and studying nature and wildlife in Jordan, public policy advocacy for the cause of nature, intellectual property and entrepreneurship development.
Mohammad's Startups (1)
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Eco Cities of the Mediterranean Forum 2008
Eco Cities of the Mediterranean is a 3-day regional Forum that aims to create momentum in addressing environmental challenges and opportunities in metropolitan cities across the Mediterranean region and the world.
Mohammad's Contacts (25)
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Adrian Amariei
Influence attitudes and behaviors with automated, personalized SMS and voice messages.
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Ralitza Iankova
Come talk to me and I'll tell you what's really worth knowing. It's not where you been, it's where you're going.
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Veerappan Swaminathan
Singaporean, 23, Mechanical Engineering major & Technopreneurship minor at NUS, Lead for Start-Up@Singapore 2008 - business plan competition, Varsity Floorball Team
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Gary Palin
Executive Director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and a faculty member of the Love School of Business at Elon University.