Wed, Nov 27, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life for many, including children in need of lifesaving, routine immunizations. In countries like Pakistan, additional roadblocks as a result of the pandemic have been compounded by an existing hesitancy in some communities to vaccinate children as well as global disruptions to the delivery of immunizations.  That’s why Facebook’s Data […]
Gerry’s dnata, a joint venture of Ground Handling Services between dnata Dubai and Gerry’s Group Pakistan, announces its partnership with Virgin Atlantic Airways by becoming the airline’s preferred Ground Services Provider (GSP) for Lahore-London and Islamabad-London/Manchester flight operations in Pakistan. Virgin Atlantic Airways is scheduled to operate this week from Lahore and Islamabad with direct […]
Region’s leading hypermarket and supermarket chain Lulu Group has become the first major retailer to sign up on Empay, the world’s first contactless lifestyle payment ecosystem with instant credit. Empay, designed and developed within the UAE’s Smart Government program framework, is a payment application for secure and cashless transactions. The agreement was signed at Department of […]
Careem, the Super App for the greater Middle East and Pakistan, has partnered with Legal Aid Society, a not-for-profit non-governmental organization working to provide justice to vulnerable and disempowered citizens. With this partnership, Careem Captains will also be able to avail free of cost telephonic legal advice for their everyday affairs. In addition to this, […]
The Department of Government Support – Abu Dhabi, DGS, represented by the Abu Dhabi Digital Authority, ADDA, the government entity leading the digital transformation in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Dell Technologies to maximize the value of services provided by the company to government entities in […]
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has partnered with Avaya on QTaleem, an online digital learning education platform, part of the PTCL Education Cloud solution offering. Launching nationwide, PTCL QTaleem delivers a 360-degree digital education experience, enabling school administrators, teachers, and students to be as productive online as they are on-campus. Being fully cloud-based, it delivers […]
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Facebook had collaborated with Family Educational Services Foundation’s (FESF) Deaf Reach, one of Pakistan’s only branch networks of schools catering to the needs of the community with hearing disabilities, to adapt Facebook’s We Think Digital online safety resources for hearing-impaired students within the Deaf Reach school network. To […]
The Aga Khan University Examination Board (AKU-EB) and Knowledge Platform (KP), a leading ed-tech organization in Pakistan, have developed a strategic alliance to find new ways to address the learning crisis and bring about a set of solutions previously considered difficult or impossible to implement. The innovative online platform will provide robust holistic digital teaching, […]
Trend Micro Incorporated today announced that The Saudi Investment Bank (SAIB) has successfully deployed its security innovations to guard the Bank’s digital estate against a range of threats and deliver more secure experiences to its customers. Having moved from traditional infrastructure to modern, virtualized architecture, SAIB needed to shift its focus from a legacy model […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has created major financial challenges for businesses and consumers alike. As money management becomes increasingly digital, fintechs play a pivotal role in helping to restore and rebuild the global economy. To provide increased support for the ecosystem, Visa announced two new components of its fintech Fast Track program, “A rich Partner Toolkit […]