CIRCLE Women Association brings the world’s biggest female centric tech startup competition SHE LOVES TECH to Pakistan for the sixth year in a row. Expressing her inspiration behind bringing She Loves Tech to Pakistan, CIRCLE’s founder Sadaffe Abid says: “At CIRCLE we are committed to promoting digital and financial inclusion of women along with creating […]

“We want our students, especially our girls to aspire for and excel in 21st-century careers,” expressed Mohyuddin Ahmad Wani, Chief Secretary, Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) during the concluding ceremony of the maiden GB Career Festival 2022. This first-of-its-kind four-day national-level career festival was organized by the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan to create awareness among school, college, and university […]

Reiterating their commitment to accelerate digital inclusion in the country, Jazz and UNDP Pakistan organized a ‘Girls in ICT’ event highlighting the importance of digital skills for women and promoting Digital Gender Inclusion through enhanced access to ICTs (Information and Communications Technology). According to the GSM Association (GSMA) there exists a significant digital gender gap […]

Telenor Pakistan leadership has met with senior officials from LUMS to strengthen linkages between the private and academic sectors. The LUMS delegation, including Dr. Arshad Ahmad, Vice-Chancellor, Shahid Hussain, Rector, and Nuzhat Kamran, Director of Advancement, met with CEO Telenor Pakistan Irfan Wahab Khan and his team to discuss partnerships for future collaboration in areas […]

The Huawei Middle East IT Day 2022, held under the theme of ‘Green Data, Super Power’, recently brought together Huawei experts, independent analysts and customers to discuss the role of modern data center and storage technology in helping businesses innovate faster. Digitalization is accelerating in the region, putting pressure on existing IT systems. This has […]

Getz Pharma, in collaboration with Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), has announced the launch of the first three courses on their brand new online medical learning platform MEDACE.  ‘MEDACE’ is an initiative by Getz Pharma aimed to facilitate medical professionals acquiring access to certified online courses. The online platform is designed to enhance and […]

Pakistan captain and Brand Ambassador Noon, Babar Azam has won the hearts of the nation with the historic win against India in the ongoing T20 Cricket World Cup. The winning captain dedicated his win to the youth of Pakistan and has announced the ‘Muhammad Azam & Saya Scholarship’ in partnership with Noon. The PKR 2 […]

Maqsad, a startup building a mobile-first platform to transform education in Pakistan, announced a $2.1 million round of pre-seed funding today. In just three weeks—and entirely over Zoom—Maqsad closed the round, which was led by Indus Valley Capital. Alter Global, Fatima Gobi Ventures, and several individual founders from Pakistan and the Middle East also participated. […]

Pakistani cricket team captain Babar Azam join hands with the social learning platform Noon Academy as its brand ambassador and as an investor to help promote the company’s mission of providing free education in Pakistan. He joins a list of growing cricketing and non-cricketing stars and teachers who have invested in the start-up. With these […]

Alpha DX Group Ltd., a premier learning and education solutions company, is pleased to announce that its technology subsidiary, ZioNext Pte Ltd, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to invest in Singapore-based JobForesight, which has developed a cloud-based application, Careershe, that offers an academic & career planning platform that is targeted at the largest education […]