Accelerate Prosperity, Pakistan has launched a two-month fast-track incubation program, co-managed by the National Incubation Center, Islamabad, for green businesses operating in Sindh, KPK, Gilgit Baltistan, and Rawalpindi/Islamabad. The program is focused on investment readiness and aims to take startups through an accelerated cycle for scaling their business. This will be a hybrid program and […]

Pakistan’s largest digital bank, Mobilink Microfinance Bank Limited (MMBL) has won the prestigious Retail Banker International (RBI) Asia Trailblazer Award 2021 for being the ‘Best Retail Bank in Pakistan’, along with an honorable mention of “Highly Commended” for its House Loan in the Best Loan Offering category. Organized in collaboration with Arena International, UK, Middle […]

Four social enterprises have emerged victorious from the first cohort of the UNDP-Jazz’s SDG Bootcamps for Social Enterprises. Overall, 70 social enterprises from across Pakistan participated in the first cohort with over 40 percent participation by women. The winning social enterprises include Digital Libas, an initiative from Balochistan providing skilled women workers with the opportunity […]

Groundbreaking women-led startup CIRCLE is bringing She Loves Tech 2021, a women-centric global technology startup acceleration competition, back to Pakistan for the fifth time. This year CIRCLE will be hosting She Loves Tech Pakistan in 13 cities including Gilgit Baltistan, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Multan, and Faisalabad – while working with different NGOs, academic institutes, incubators, and […]

Muller & Phipps Pakistan (M&P) is the largest Pan-Pakistan cross-industry market expansion services provider that supports companies to enter, establish and expand their brands in Pakistan. Market Expansion Services comprise a spectrum of integrated services that include Marketing, Sales, Logistics, Warehousing, Distribution, Collection, and After Sales Support. NIFT is one of the largest payment processors […]

Exporters of goods and services, including IT-based services, are allowed to retain a certain portion of their export proceeds in their Special Foreign Currency Accounts. The fund from these accounts, however, could be utilized for specified purposes only.  Over time the types of payments that exporters need to make have increased as exports are becoming […]

CIRCLE brings the world’s largest tech competition back to Pakistan with a bold goal to impact 10,000 women. Groundbreaking startup CIRCLE is bringing She Loves Tech 2020, a women-centric global technology startup competition, back to Pakistan for the fourth time. This year CIRCLE will be hosting She Loves Tech Pakistan in 10 cities including Azad […]

Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF) has partnered with Extreme Commerce to launch an online training program for women to acquire skills as Amazon Virtual Assistants. The program will enable women to earn and be self-employed, while working remotely, during the current pandemic.   The Covid-19 pandemic is an unprecedented crisis, and Pakistan is no exception. The […]

Asif Ali has joined Cheetay as their Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He previously led strong tech teams at ePlanet, Goto, foodpanda and Careem and has more than 15 years of experience in tech development and Machine Learning. “We are very excited to have Asif spearhead our tech development,” said Majid Khan, CEO of Cheetay. “Asif […]

  Payoneer released its Freelancing During Covid-19 Report based on a survey of over 1,000 freelancers from more than 100 countries, providing insights on the impact of COVID-19 on the economic outlook for freelance services and how it will shape business practices after. The report illustrates a resilient workforce that maintains its optimism as it […]