Skip to content
Jerusalem High-Tech Foundry

Projects

Our projects

Skills programs, incubation, community events and research, led by JHF since 2019.

13 projects · 6 ongoing · 7 completed

Project list

Showing 13 of 13 projects

Skills & employabilityOngoing

Agentic AI Engineering Bootcamp

A hands-on, COMCEC-funded program that takes working developers from prompting to production-grade AI agents.

12+

reusable agent skills published by the cohort

2

certification pathways (AZ-900 and AWS Cloud Practitioner)

2026–presentRead more
Inclusion & empowermentOngoing

Trade Her Story

From handmade in Jerusalem to sold worldwide: AI branding, e-commerce, export and shipping training for 25 to 30 women artisans.

25–30

women entrepreneurs

19

group sessions of four hours

2026–27Read more
Skills & employabilityCompleted

Tech Pathways MENA: Elements of AI for Business

AI literacy at scale: 1,100 people registered and 321 completed Elements of AI for Business with JHF in 2025.

1,100

registrations

321

certified completions

2025Read more
ResearchOngoing

Mapping Downtown East Jerusalem

The first comprehensive economic intelligence study of the Downtown East Jerusalem commercial district.

302

businesses surveyed

17

market categories analysed

2023–presentRead more
Skills & employabilityCompleted

Tech-Savvy: Career Accelerator for ICT Graduates

A career-acceleration program for unemployed Palestinian ICT graduates: 13 courses, 180 trainees and 77+ placed into work.

13

courses

180

trainees

2022–23Read more
Inclusion & empowermentCompleted

Women in Digital Entrepreneurship

80 women trained as digital entrepreneurs in East Jerusalem, and 38 start-up grants awarded.

80

women trained

38

start-up grants

2024–25Read more
Skills & employabilityCompleted

Mastering the Coding Interviews

Five months of data structures, problem solving and mock interviews to prepare East Jerusalem graduates for technical hiring.

5 months

of training and mock interviews

62

reporting files, all approved by the funder

2025Read more
Skills & employabilityCompleted

CODE CLIMB: Tech Career Acceleration

A career-acceleration program for 40+ graduates and students: web development, mentoring and real-world projects.

40+

graduates and students

40%

women

2024Read more
Entrepreneurship & incubationOngoing

PHOENIX Innovation Hub

A three-phase Explore → Solve → Incubate pipeline moving Palestinian entrepreneurs from idea to investor-ready venture.

54

hour hackathon, June–July 2022

4

winning teams supported into pre-incubation

2022–presentRead more
Entrepreneurship & incubationCompleted

Digital Tourism Month

An annual initiative digitizing Jerusalem's tourism sector and co-founding the PHOENIX Tourism Hub.

2022–2024

an annual initiative

2022–24Read more
Community & eventsOngoing

MindsHacks Hackathons & JHF Tech Talks

Hackathons, startup weekends and a recurring talk series connecting students, professionals and mentors.

Nov 2019

Mind Hacks Hackathon

Jan 2021

Startup Weekend East Jerusalem

2019–presentRead more
Inclusion & empowermentOngoing

Women & Persons with Disabilities Economic Empowerment

Programs widening access to digital work for women and persons with disabilities.

2025–26Read more
Community & eventsCompleted

Palestine AI Week

JHF contributed sessions on AI productivity and agent tools to Palestine AI Week, organised by Palestine Technopark.

2026Read more

Want to build the next program with us?

We work with funders, companies and institutions to design programs that change careers in Jerusalem.

Partner with us