Pakistan’s Most Successful Start-ups
Pakistan’s economy has been on a ventilator. Our imports are manifold compared to exports, hence a great trade deficit exists. To handle this dilemma, we need...
The Economy and the Entrepreneur
Pakistan is a country full of opportunities, with the year 2020 being slated as the year of growth. In fact, many tourism authorities across the world...
GSMA to Publish a Detailed Report on Pakistan
GSMA, in close collaboration with mobile phone operators, had been working on a Pakistan specific holistic report on digital transformation titled, “Pakistan:...
The Start-up Guide: Words of Wisdom
By 2025, the average age of an entrepreneur will be 16 years, that’s how fast the business dynamics is growing. Every day we see new applications,...
Industry 4.0: The Future of Banking in a Digital Pakistan
Syed Asim Ali Bukhari is currently doing his Ph.D. in Green Banking from the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia. He is a Senior...
Top 5 Online Learning Applications
DigiSkills LMS DigiSkills LMS is an app that enables you to access all the courses offered by www.digiskills.pk. It’s an amazing initiative taken by the Pakistan...
Women SDG Challenge Cup 2019
On Sunday, December 8th, Code for Pakistan organized a Women SDG Challenge Cup 2019, an initiative by Jazz in partnership with Code for Pakistan and OPEN...
Pakistan’s Digital Future
Even after 20 years of online access, Pakistan is still at the beginning of a digital revolution. While we have progressed from modems to broadbands to...
The Potential & Challenges for E-Commerce in Pakistan
Pakistan’s e-commerce is expected to reach a benchmark of $1 Billion in 2020 as projected by an earlier report by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority...
Empowerment Through Education | Conversations@Jazz
In this episode of Conversations@Jazz, we speak to the CEO and Managing Director of Sefam. Seema Aziz is a stalwart in her domain and is one...
The Start-up Guide: A Complete Guide to Launch Your Startup in Pakistan
Being an entrepreneur sounds glamourous – particularly when you’re a techpreneur. You identify a problem. Find a solution for that problem. Use technology for...
The Need for Financial Inclusion: HM Queen Maxima’s of the Netherlands Visits Pakistan
The UN Secretary General’s Special Advocate (UNSGSA) for Inclusive Finance for Development, Her Majesty Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, was in Islamabad from...
Sustainable Development Goals and the Need for Innovation
On Monday, December 2nd, Maleeka Bokhari, Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Law and Justice delivered the opening keynote speech at a panel discussion...
What’s Inhibiting Digital Adoption? | Conversations@Jazz
This Conversations@Jazz is with the Founder and Managing Director of Kashf Foundation. Roshaneh Zafar is a veteran in the field of microfinance for women in Pakistan....
Top 10 Apps to Download in Pakistan
Jazz World If you’re a Jazz user and don’t have this app yet, you’re seriously missing out. Jazz World is the one-stop solution to all your...
Digital Payments and Entrepreneurship | Conversations@Jazz
This Conversations@Jazz is with the founder of Bykea; co-founder of Daraz, and the former CEO of SNL Financial (presently S&P) and Tehzeeb. Muneeb Maayr speaks...
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 Kahani’s...
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 important...
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, over...
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, communications,...
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 support...
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 and...
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 has...
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, Dean...
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 partnership...
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 understanding...
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 respectively....
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 policymakers...
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 interview...
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 Training...
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 prestigious...
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 growth...
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 international...
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 spectrum...
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 successfully...
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 the...
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 preservation,...
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 innovative...
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 ‘Helli’-a...