Jordan aims to score big in global gaming industry

Participants attend in Amman on Sept 20, 2023 a workshop at The Jordan Gaming Lab, which was set up in 2011 to help young people develop and design their own games. With the support of the King Abdullah II Fund For Development, it provides modern equipment and free educational courses to young people aged nine and above on all aspects of the gaming industry from manufacture, to production, and even marketing. — AFP

AMMAN: For many, gaming is a waste of time. Hours lost staring at glowing screens. But Jordan is betting on its youth to capture a slice of a lucrative global market.

At the Jordan Gaming Lab, Nasser Kasabreh, 21, sits behind his computer, working on a game he has been developing over the past months.