Top Startup Incubators and Accelerators in Pakistan
In the last decade or so, Pakistan has seen a rise in entrepreneurship – especially amidst the youth. A large number of fresh graduates are creating...
Accelerating National Development through Mobile
The advancement of mobile technology has led to an evolution of sorts. Cell phones are no more just handsets for simple communication; they are tools that...
Fireside chat with Jazz CEO, Aamir Ibrahim
Aamir Ibrahim, CEO Jazz, talked about his early days at Jazz, his vision for Digital Pakistan, and what the future holds for Jazz in a fireside...
Sehat Kahani | Startup Spotlight
Digital Pakistan is featuring a startup that is dedicated to the mission of creating accessible health care for millions of women around the country. Sehat Kaha...
DeafTawk | Startup Spotlight
In this session of startup spotlight – we have a quick conversation with the men who created DeafTawk! DeafTawk is a digital platform service that uses...
CEO Jazz on E-commerce in Pakistan
Aamir Ibrahim, CEO Jazz, recently appeared on ‘Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Saath’ to speak about the E-commerce in Pakistan. Mr. Ibrahim discussed the ...
Khawateen Rozgar Services | Startup Spotlight
In this series of Startup Spotlight, we’ve got Khawateen Rozgar Services (KRS) – Pakistan’s first female hiring platform. The brainchild of Misbah Faiz, o...
The Race to Become the Employer of Choice
Ali Raza Mehdi is the Chief People and Organisation Officer at Jazz. With over 25 years of experience in his field, Ali has served at leadership...
Bakhabar Kissan and Farm to Home | Startup Spotlight
On this segment of Startup Spotlight, we take a look at what’s happening over in the agriculture sector. We will be looking at sister platforms Bakhabar...
25 years of digitalizing Pakistan – CEO Jazz thanks employees and partners
Aamir Ibrahim has been the CEO of Jazz since 2016, Pakistan’s largest telecom and Internet company with over 55 million subscribers and one of the country’s...
The Jazz blended learning program receives prestigious international award
Islamabad — August 1, 2019: The Business Intelligence Group has recognized Jazz Smart Schools program as the “Sustainability Initiative of the Year”. Jazz...
Using Analytics to Improve Pakistan’s Cricket Performance
Nausherwan Aziz is a 21-year-old Management student in his senior year at Bilkent University, Ankara Turkey. His professional interests include advertising, com...
GuarantCo Provides a Grant of $80,000 to DeafTawk
Originally posted on ProPakistani GuarantCo, a part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (‘PIDG’), has pledged to grant USD 80,000 as financial s...
Transforming digital learners into digital leaders
Steered global billion dollar companies to success within challenging regulatory and corporate environments. Presently with Pakistan’s largest corporate tech ...
Misguided Fear of the Digital World | Conversations@Jazz
Conversations@Jazz shares with you its 25th interview for the season. And since it’s the 25th anniversary, we take stock of what worked best! We share this...
Financial technology priorities for Pakistan
Nadeem Shaikh is a globally recognized voice in the Digital Financial Services industry. Having lived and worked globally, and grown a range of businesses, he h...
Shattering the Traditional Barriers | Conversations@Jazz
Conversations@Jazz packs a punch in its latest episode with the Head of Marketing at Jazz – Kazim Mujtaba! Kazim has played a key role in the...
Why Pakistan Must Capitalize on Digital Opportunities | Conversations@Jazz
Jazz brings you another edition of Conversations@Jazz! This special episode took place at IBA Karachi with ex-Finance Minister of Pakistan, Dr. Miftah Ismail, D...
Women Empowerment in the Digital Age | Conversations@Jazz
In this episode, we talk to Mohammed Qazilbash, Country Head at Oxfam Pakistan. We discussed the ongoing struggles of women and how Jazz and Oxfam’s partnersh...
Jazz and LUMS enable online content collaboration to improve learning and teaching experiences
Originally posted on Dawn Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital company, and the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) have signed a memorandum of unders...
DisruptEd: Ideas that matter | Learning How to Learn
The second part of the ‘DisruptEd: Ideas that matter’ lecture series took place on June 13-14 in LUMS Lahore and Aga Khan University Karachi respectivel...
Digital Opportunities Roundtable | Event
As a thought leader, Jazz conducted a Digital Opportunities Roundtable conference on 16th April, 2019. Industry leaders, entrepreneurs, media personnel, and pol...
Why Empathy at Work is Essential: Ursula Burns, CEO Veon
Upon Ursula Burns’ (CEO and Chairperson – VEON) visit to Pakistan, Najma Minhas (Editor Global Village Space) conducted an interview with her . This intervi...
Jazz Looking to Partner with The Citizens Foundation & Aman Institute of Vocational Training to Empower Youth with Technology
In an effort to digitally empower Pakistan’s youth, Jazz recently held dialogues with The Citizens Foundation (TCF) and Aman Institute of Vocational Train...
Panel Discussion on National Incubation Centers and Digitalization
45 Minutes is a current affairs show on PTV News. They carried out a panel discussion on the topic of the National Incubation Centers (NIC). The...
Jazz Smart Schools Programme Nominated for Global Good Awards 2019
The Jazz Smart Schools programme has been nominated at this year’s Global Good Awards under the category of ‘Best Education’. Global Good Awards is a pres...
Jazz and Enfrashare to Spur Telecom Infrastructure Development
Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital communications company, and Enfrashare (Private) Limited have signed off on a partnership. The commitment is to accelerate gr...
Jazz Partners with Oxfam in Pakistan to Digitally Empower Young Women
In an effort to digitally empower Pakistan’s youth, Jazz, the country’s leading digital communications company and Oxfam in Pakistan, a leading internationa...
Mobile Connectivity of Millions in Pakistan at Risk, Warns GSMA
The GSMA raised serious concerns over the unreasonable fees set by the government and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on operators renewing mobile sp...
Pakistan’s Digital Entrepreneurs | Conversations@Jazz
Our next conversation is with two start-ups from the second graduating cohort of the National Incubation Center (NIC). Currently, over 70 startups have successf...
VEON / Jazz nominated for sustainability awards
The Jazz Smart School program has been nominated for an International CSR Excellence award and separately for a Global Good Award! Winners are announced over th...
Mapalytics | Startup Spotlight
Mapalytics provides smart 3D solutions, a tool that is useful in many industries. The technology has various uses such as VR Marketing, digital heritage preserv...
Anzen | Startup Spotlight
Amongst the five start-ups selected by Jazz xlr8 program, one was Anzen. It’s a Smart Home company providing safety and sustainable use of energy. Their i...
Helli | Startup Spotlight
Waqas Khalil, Ali Syed, Awais Azhar, and Syed Abdullah, are four innovative entrepreneurs who are part of ‘Let’s Innovate’. Together, they created ‘...
Making a High-Performing Team | Conversations@Jazz
Gabor Kocsis is the Chief Financial Officer at Jazz. In this episode, he talks about the transformative work culture at Jazz. Gabor is a global change-maker...
Embracing Change – How to be a Leader | Conversations@Jazz
Saima Kamila Khan, Chief Legal Officer at Jazz talks to us about her journey in the judicial arena of Pakistan, the challenges she faced, and how...
Creating an Ecosystem for #DigitalPakistan | Conversations@Jazz
In this special episode, we talk of the game-changing impact of a facilitatory regulatory environment. “In 2014, there were only 3 million internet users in P...
The Questions I ask
Sadia Khuram is the Chief Customer Experience Officer at Jazz. A seasoned professional with over twenty years of work experience and exposure of the Telecom and...
Dawn in Conversation with VEON CEO Ursula Burns, the First African-American Woman to Lead a Fortune 500 Company
Ursula Burns, the CEO and Chairperson of VEON, the parent company of Jazz in Pakistan, recently visited Islamabad and shared her views on digitization in Pakist...
Jazz Security Team Develops Intelligent Security System
Synopsis: Jazz’s Security team has developed an intelligent security system, which will help the company maintain and monitor the security systems effectively...
DisruptEd: Ideas that matter | Leadership in the Age of Rapid Digitalization
Jazz’s CEO Aamir Ibrahim was invited to speak at the launch of ‘DisruptEd: Ideas that matter’ by the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). He t...
Jazz Moves to Court as Licence Renewal Drags Weeks Ahead of Expiration
The nation’s leading English daily, Dawn, covered Jazz’s decision to move the Islamabad High Court with regards to the ongoing license renewal issue. As per...
The Future of Digital Payment Services at the Momentum Conference 2019
The Momentum Tech Conference is a two-day conference focused on the technology, digital, and entrepreneurial ecosystem of Pakistan. Participants have the opport...
CEO VEON and CEO Jazz meet the President of Pakistan
In an effort to discuss areas of mutual growth and the country’s digitalization agenda, a meeting was held between Ursula Burns and the President of Pakistan,...
Jazz Celebrates the Success of its Smart Schools Programme
Synopsis A ceremony was held to celebrate the success of the Jazz Smart School (JSS) Programme Shafqat Mahmood, Federal Minister for Education, Ursula Burns, VE...
Using Social Media to Educate Pakistan | Conversations@Jazz
Krishna Kumari – Member of the Education Committee in the Senate of Pakistan talks to us about the socio-economic issues around Tharparkar, an underserved are...
Capitalizing on 5G in Pakistan
Asif Aziz, Chief Commercial Officer of Jazz, shared the company’s vision in bridging the digital divide in Pakistan. As Jazz completes 25 years in Pakista...
Leapfrogging to Digital Success | Conversations@Jazz
Sitting in the hot seat this time around is Nadeem Shaikh, President – Digital Financial Services at VEON. Nadeem talks to Aisha Sarwari, Head of Communicatio...
Is Connectivity the Key to Success? | Conversations@Jazz
The private sector plays a crucial part in going Digital. In this interview, Aisha Sarwari, Head of Communications and Sustainability at Jazz, speaks to Safee...
The Secret Sauce for Success I Conversations@Jazz
In this interview, we join Aisha Sarwari, Head of Corporate Communications and Sustainability at Jazz, and Kjell Morten Johnsen, VEON’s Chief Operating Office...