In recognition of its sustainability initiatives, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center (SKMCH&RC) has awarded Jazz the Shaukat Khanum Corporate Social Responsibility Award 2020. Tariq Azam, Director Marketing – SKMCH&RC, congratulated Jazz on receiving the award and acknowledged their invaluable support. He said, “During the pandemic the process Continue Reading
Farming or traditional agriculture value chain can be made more efficient by integrating new digital technologies and communication systems. In the modern world, agriculture is being replaced with E-agriculture. E-agriculture helps farmers improve agriculture outputs by enabling their access to the latest agriculture knowledge and technology thus having a wider Continue Reading
Aimed at promoting social entrepreneurship and strengthening the startup ecosystem in the country, UNDP Pakistan and Jazz have launched SDG Bootcamp for Social Enterprises. Under the project, 20 bootcamps will be conducted across the county to train 800 young social entrepreneurs, including 50 percent women, over the course of two Continue Reading
Initially, one Smart Village will be established each in Islamabad, Punjab, Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Gilgit-Baltistan. The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications (MOIT&T), through Universal Service Fund (USF), launched a “Smart Village” project in four provinces, Islamabad and Gilgit-Baltistan. The project will be funded and technically supported by Continue Reading
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 Islamabad. The event took place at the National Incubation Center in Islamabad. The Cup aimed to give a spotlight to powerful and inspiring women Continue Reading
On Monday, December 2nd, Maleeka Bokhari, Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Law and Justice delivered the opening keynote speech at a panel discussion on, “Multi-Stakeholder Approach for Innovation in Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).” The event was a combined effort by Code for Pakistan, Jazz, and OPEN Islamabad. Continue Reading
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 episode with Chief Customer Experience Officer at Jazz, Sadia Khuram and Co-Founder and VP, Bramerz, Badar Khushnood. In this special episode, we discuss the Continue Reading
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 and Director at IBA Karachi, Dr. Farrukh Iqbal, and esteemed journalist for Dawn News, Ramsha Jahangir. Hear Aisha Sarwari, Head of Communications and Sustainability, discuss digitalization Continue Reading
Originally posted on Dawn Jazz, Pakistan’s leading digital company, and the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) focusing on the need to prioritise digital education. The initiative intends to improve student learning outcomes, teacher efficacy, and the quality of educational content nationwide. This Continue Reading
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. These included a talk on ‘Learning How to Learn’ by Dr. Barbara Oakley. Dr. Oakley is a professor of Engineering at Oakland University. She first spoke Continue Reading
