Pakistan’s largest digital bank, Mobilink Microfinance Bank (MMBL) has joined forces with leading global humanitarian and development non-governmental organization, CARE International in Pakistan (CIP), through a recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to foster financial inclusion for small and medium businesses, especially those led by women to support their sustainable development.  President and CEO MMBL, Ghazanfar […]

Pakistan’s Safepay was announced as one of the winners in the Visa Everywhere Initiative – a global innovation program and competition for startups and fintech companies  – held for Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) on June 9. With the most votes from the audience, Safepay from Pakistan won the Audience […]

Pakistan’s technology industry has been in a constant growth stage for the last decade but this has escalated particularly in the last 3 years by almost 97%, which has resultantly led to an exponential growth of all connected sectors in the country. In a post-Covid world, understanding technology is an inevitability not only because of […]

Founded by two female doctors turned entrepreneurs, Dr. Sara Saeed Khurram and Dr. Iffat Zafar Aga, Sehat Kahani has raised a one million USD Pre-Series A round from leading Global investors including Saudi Arabia based Islamic Development bank; Washington based 10Pearls Ventures, Silicon Valley-based Mentor’s Fund, Singapore based Korean Impact Collective Funds, and Impact Investment […]

Startup Weekend Karachi will be taking place virtually from December 18-20, 2020. Startup Weekend is a three-day program where aspiring entrepreneurs experience the process of converting their ideas into workable business models. NIC Karachi, Stimulus Private Limited, and SZABIST Karachi have joined hands as strategic partners for the event. The event takes place all over […]

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Pakistan and Jazz have signed a funding agreement worth USD 400,000 to promote youth-led social innovation in Pakistan through a series of SDG Bootcamps across the country. The training boot camps will engage 800 social entrepreneurs in Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, and ICT/GB/AJK. Given the current COVID-19 crisis, […]

021Disrupt, Pakistan’s premier entrepreneurial and innovation conference organized by The Nest I/O, has successfully run between November 30th – December 5th. Currently, in its 4th year, the conference continued its mission to connect local and international investors, innovators, and technology leaders with the startup and entrepreneurial community of Pakistan. Happening virtually this year, the conference […]

The National Incubation Center (NIC) welcomed a fresh batch of innovators and problem-solvers to its Foundation Programme at LUMS in Lahore and BUITEMS in Quetta.  NIC aims to bolster the start-up ecosystem of Pakistan by incubating a greater percentage of businesses that scale to address a large commercial opportunity and attract investment capital for growth. […]

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued a regulatory framework to facilitate Business-to-Consumer (B2C) e-Commerce exports from Pakistan. Under the new regulatory framework, the mandatory requirement of ‘Export’ (E) form has been done away with and now an exporter can export goods up to USD 5,000/- per consignment without the requirement of ‘E’ Form. This […]

Kashf Foundation, with support from The Coca-Cola Foundation, launched 6 state-of-the-art training facilities in Lahore and Faisalabad under a special program titled ‘recycling for women empowerment’ to provide skill-based training to hundreds of deserving women belonging to low-income households. This training will equip these women with the skills to make everyday use of sellable products […]