ISLAMABAD (PRESS RELEASE) Telenor Youth Forum holds its Oslo finale today, showcasing four new ideas that leverage mobile and digital technology to benefit human health. Sixteen Telenor Youth Forum delegates (for the 2018-2019 programme) have worked over the last four days in Oslo to develop solutions aimed to reduce inequalitiesRead More →
KARACHI (PRESS RELEASE) Karandaaz Pakistan announced ‘Matilda Solutions’, ‘Love for Data’, and ‘AgriMart, as the winners of its third round of annual FinTech Disrupt Challenge after a close competition between 16 extraordinary technology startups with ideas for financial inclusion. The three outstanding FinTechs will each receive a funding up toRead More →
ISLAMABAD (PRESS RELEASE) UberPITCH 2018, a nationwide competition to select startups with the most compelling ideas resulted in one national winner – Xylexa Labs – and four provincial winners. The winners were picked from a pool of over 300 participants across Pakistan. The final round saw 10 startups pitching theirRead More →
ISLAMABAD (PRESS RELEASE) Local technology company, LMKT, has joined forces with Microsoft to launch the first APPFactory (Apprenticeship Factory) in Pakistan, which will develop the digital skills, coding capabilities and employability of young ICT graduates. Forming part of its new LMKT SPARK programme, the AppFactory will recruit up to 30Read More →
ISLAMABAD (PRESS RELEASE) Prime Minister Imran Khan today approved, in principle, constitution of a *Task Force on Technology Driven Knowledge Economy*. The Task Force is being established with an aim to carry out Foresight exercises at regular intervals in order to constantly re-evaluate national priorities and put in place strategiesRead More →
ISLAMABAD (PRESS RELEASE) ‘Jazz SDG Hackathon’, in partnership with Code for Pakistan and OPEN Islamabad, targeting young entrepreneurs, coders and innovators on using technology for civic solutions is set to take place from 7- 9 December, 2018, at the National Incubation Center, Islamabad. Along with prize money worth PKR 300,000Read More →
ISLAMABAD (PRESS RELEASE) Muhammad Hammad Azhar, State Minister for Revenue said that government was focused on improving and simplifying taxation system by introducing new technology to facilitate the taxpayers. He said that the best way of minimizing interface between taxpayers and tax machinery was to use technology and government wasRead More →
KARACHI (PRESS RELEASE) Fintech Factory, Pakistan’s first and only financial technology focused accelerator program in collaboration with TPS, Sybrid, Rapidcompute, JS Bank & Takaful Pakistan, is progressing towards Karandaaz’s 3rd Fintech Disrupt Challenge finale in full swing. Karandaaz, Pakistan’s leading promoter of financial inclusion and associated technology, partnered with FintechRead More →
LAHORE (PRESS RELEASE) To promote innovation and pave the way for a robust and sustainable digital ecosystem in the country, Pakistan’s top telecom and digital services provider Telenor Pakistan powered the Innovation HackFest 2018 through its digital startup accelerator Telenor Velocity. Co-powered by Telenor Microfinance Bank, the Innovation HackFest 2018Read More →
KARACHI (PRESS RELEASE) LG Electronics (LG) and Lufthansa Technik AG will jointly develop, produce and market LG’s innovative OLED displays for commercial airplane cabins, the companies announced today. The new venture will be based in Hamburg, Germany and will commence operation in the first half of 2019. The new jointRead More →
ISLAMABAD (PRESS RELEASE) Nineteen promising FinTechs have been bustling with excitement and morphing their raw ideas into scalable solutions as part of Karandaaz Pakistan’s FinTech Disrupt Challenge (FDC) 2018, for which Karandaaz has funded FinTech Factory to provide accelerated support to these startups. The mentoring from some of the mostRead More →
BERLIN, GERMANY (PRESS RELEASE) TPL Maps (PvT) Ltd, Pakistan’s first and largest mapping company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with HERE Technologies, a global leader in mapping and location platform services. Leadership team members of both companies met in Berlin to discuss a potential partnership between TPL Maps andRead More →