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Makers of Baghdad

Live figures, read 22:40 Baghdad

Baghdad builds.
We keep the count.

Empowering entrepreneurs and SME owners across Iraq.

Makers of Baghdad has run Iraq’s innovation hub from Al Sina'a Street since 2017. Every figure on this page names the system it came from.

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200,434Jobs listedLive (opens in a new tab)
3,142Candidates registeredLive (opens in a new tab)
14Reports publishedLive
27,000+Through the hub door, 2026Reported
What we run

Three systems, each reporting its own numbers.

One is a platform, one is a publisher, and one is a building. Each runs on its own system, and each reports its own figures off it.

Hiring

Tawtheef

Where Iraq's talent meets opportunity. A bilingual CV builder, a live job board, and a map of every hiring channel in the country pulled into one place.

Open Tawtheef (opens in a new tab)Job board (opens in a new tab)
200,434Jobs listedLive
3,142CandidatesLive
248Channels mappedLive
19GovernoratesReported
Research

Makers Library

Sector maps, market studies and the Makers Magazine. Open access, no registration, and every download counted the moment it happens.

Browse the libraryPublishing system (opens in a new tab)
14PublicationsLive
6SectorsLive
1,000DownloadsLive
565ReadsLive
In person

The Hub

Training rooms, co-working desks, a makerspace and the American Space, open every day on Al Sina'a Street in Al Rusafa.

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104,000+Through the doorReported
15,000+BeneficiariesReported
7Days openReported
6ProgrammesReported
Since 2017

What the work adds up to.

These come off our own records rather than a running system, so they are labelled reported and drawn without the live rule. You should be able to tell the two apart without reading the caption.

Reported total2,000+

Jobs created

Placing young Iraqis into work, and building the digital skills the private and public sectors are actually hiring for.

Employment · own records · 2017–2026

Reported total200+

SMEs supported

Mentorship, acceleration and local-production support for small firms trying to grow past their first hire.

Businesses and SMEs · own records · 2017–2026

Reported total15,000+

Beneficiaries reached

Sector maps and market studies that give policymakers and investors something to argue from other than anecdote.

Research · own records · 2017–2026

Programmes running now
  • MasaratJob acceleration
  • ClimathonClimate innovation sprint
  • MakerHiveNational maker network
  • American SpaceEntrepreneurship
  • WifraAgribusiness, with ITC SAAVI and the EU
  • QudraWomen in enterprise
Makers library

Research you can argue from.

Sector maps and market studies on Iraq's economy, published open and free. Downloads are counted the moment they happen.

Publications by sector

Agriculture 3Employment 2FinTech 2Woman 2Clean Energy 1Edtech 1

14 publications · 565 reads · 1,000 downloads · source: Makers Library

The hubEvery day

Come and see the count.

The hub keeps a counter on its door because footfall is the one measure a building cannot fake. Everyone who comes in for a class, a desk, a machine or a meeting is one of these.

104,000+People through the door since 2024ReportedOffice gate · 2024–2026
Open

Every day
10:00–20:00

Find us

Al Sina'a Street
Al Rusafa, Baghdad 10069

Open in maps (opens in a new tab)+964 783 491 5325

Counted at the door

2024

15,000+

2025

62,000+

2026 to date

27,000+

What is inside

Training rooms for bootcamps and workshops
Custom curriculum development
Co-working desks and a makerspace
Financial education and business support
Investment-readiness preparation
Who we work with

Funded, audited, and checked.

Programmes here are delivered with development agencies, UN bodies and embassies. They audit these numbers too, which is the reason every one of them carries its source.

  • USAIDDevelopment
  • GIZDevelopment
  • ILOLabour
  • IOMMigration
  • WFPFood security
  • European UnionFunding
  • U.S. Embassy BaghdadDiplomatic
  • Australian EmbassyDiplomatic