Bazaar, a Pakistan-based B2B e-commerce marketplace startup, recently started by a team of ex-McKinsey, Careem, and Daraz folks, has raised a $1.3 million pre-seed round, the largest in the country to date.  The investment round was led by Indus Valley Capital, the Pakistan-focused fund started by Aatif Awan, former VP Growth LinkedIn, that led early investments […]

Uber Eats has ended its operations in eight markets including Saudi Arabia and Egypt because they did not offer a clear route to becoming the number one or number two online food delivery operator. “Uber Eats did not grow quickly enough in these markets and we don’t see them as a path to profitability”. this statement […]

In collaboration with leading charity partners across Pakistan, Careem is providing a platform where customers can digitally donate COVID-19 testing kits to hospitals and items of essential needs to those who have been most impacted by the recent pandemic. Careem has been distributing hundreds of ration bags to the community on a daily basis in […]

Careem, the internet platform of the greater middle east and Pakistan has announced initiatives to support their captains called ‘BEING CAREEM’ in these unprecedented times as mobility through ride-hailing becomes restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Captains are self-employed individuals earning daily-wages through Careem’s platforms and they will be requiring meaningful support in these challenging […]

To connect and better understand the challenges of the customers and Captains, Careem’s Country General Manager along with his leadership team and colleagues took the wheels to drive around major cities across the country as Careem Captains. The teams were excited to participate in the activity where they drove around the city and picked up […]

  Adnan Ali, Chief Executive Officer at apps shares the journey of creating a disruptive platform for payments in Pakistan and discusses the vision for future initiatives.

Iftikhar Arif, General Manager Information Technology at Muller & Phipps Pakistan (Private) Limited shares the journey of designing e-commerce platform while leveraging logistics channels with Daily NewsPK and discusses the future initiatives that will be taken under his leadership.