1. Mohammad Zatara
Age: 27
Occupation: Founder and CEO of Wajeez
Nationality: Jordanian
Residence: Jordan
Category: Social Impact
Wajeez offers users audio and text summaries of non-fiction books in Arabic. Its library consists of over 3,500 book summaries, over 5,000 podcast episodes, and 108 novels. Having launched in December 2020, it began operations in early 2021 with offices in Amman and Riyadh. As of October 2023, it had over 6.5 million downloads and $7 million in funding, including $3 million in a pre-Series A round in 2021, led by STV, Shorooq Partners, Mawdoo3, and Wise Venture.