A grantee of the USAID Jordan Competitiveness Program (JCP), the business incubator iPARK, based in Amman, recently expanded its service to Aqaba following its successful expansion to Irbid last year. The Irbid incubator has outpaced expectations in its first six months, already filling the space with new tenants and creating 130 new jobs. This follows a successful four-year run in Amman, which has seen several dozen startups grow their businesses with USAID support and create 197 new jobs in the high-value knowledge economy. The Aqaba incubator is expected to continue this trend, with space for 12 new incubated companies, of which 5 of them have been filled.