According to statistics, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused school closures that affected 90% of the student population worldwide. The pandemic, which started in late February 2020, exacerbated the educational crisis in Pakistan. As a result, education has undergone a profound shift. E-learning has become increasingly popular, where students are taught Continue Reading
Meta is expanding its digital literacy program, ‘WeThinkDigital’, to Gilgit-Baltistan in collaboration with Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) and the Gilgit-Baltistan Department of Education. The program aims to equip the people who live in one of the most marginalized regions in the country with the necessary skills to become responsible digital citizens. With Continue Reading
Living up to its commitment to making education more accessible through technology, Telenor Pakistan has completed the first phase of its flagship sustainability partnership with Orenda’s Taleemabad. Telenor Pakistan and Orenda entered a partnership last year to bring education to millions of out-of-school children in Pakistan by 2023. As part Continue Reading
CaterpillHERs, a Pakistan-based company that helps women launch and scale their businesses and careers, has partnered with Upwork, the world’s work marketplace, to provide women in the CaterpillHERs cohort access to coaching on Upwork Academy, an interactive learning hub that provides career tips, upskilling opportunities, and other educational resources. As Continue Reading
TikTok has partnered with Edkasa and LUMS to launch a digital learning program to facilitate online education and distance learning for high school students. Driven by TikTok, the program #ExamReady will promote digital learning designed to help millions of Pakistani students. However, In this first-of-its-kind year-long partnership, TikTok, Edkasa, and Continue Reading
Continuing its focus on driving digital inclusion, Jazz invested PKR 14.9 billion under its ‘4G for all’ ambition during the first quarter of 2022, taking its overall investment in Pakistan to US$10.2 billion. A majority of its capital expenditure during this quarter was on the addition of approximately 500 new 4G Continue Reading
Mobilink Microfinance Bank in collaboration with GDG Islamabad is bringing DOST Hackathon, at NSTP. Anybody who thinks they can build a working prototype that is designed on data from real customer insights can register and get a chance to win amazing cash prizes. Fill the form below to get your Continue Reading
Wateen Telecom Limited, the leading ICT company in Pakistan, and Beaconhouse, the country’s largest network of private educational institutions, have partnered to provide managed internet services over SD-WAN across the school network. The partnership agreement was signed by Kasim Kasuri, CEO, Beaconhouse, and Adil Rashid, CEO, Wateen Telecom. Senior officials Continue Reading
The PTA Chairman Maj. Gen. (R) Amir Azeem Bajwa met with the officials from Starlink at the Mobile World Conference 2022 happening in Barcelona, Spain. The delegations discussed the regulatory, technical, and commercial aspects of Starlink’s application to offer its broadband services in Pakistan. They also discussed the regulatory, technical, and Continue Reading
Knowledge Platform, a leading ed-tech organization in Pakistan, has launched Pakistan’s first educational device in collaboration with GSMA and CreditPer, a leading digital lending platform that provides easy access to digital credit to under-served and un-served market segments. Launching such a device and facilitating access to it on easy installments Continue Reading
