Equal access to digital services and smart technologies is now considered a basic human right for a lot of people. At the forefront of the movement towards digitalization lies the telecommunications industry, which in the recent decades has undergone tremendous technological development, with capacity and coverage of mobility, broadband, and Continue Reading
According to a recent article published by Forbes Middle east, investors have injected more than $125M into Pakistani startups since January 2021. Majority of these startups were FinTechs and E-Commerce companies, indicating Pakistan’s momentum towards digitalization. This new wave of funding is different as it is almost exclusively generated from Continue Reading
In the EIU’s annual Inclusive Internet Index report released earlier this year, it was highlighted that Pakistan still ranks the highest in the world when it comes to gender gap. Though there are several improvements that Pakistan has made to improve internet access — chiefly in affordability due to market Continue Reading
The availability of adequate spectrum is a key factor in driving cellular growth, unfortunately, it has historically been neglected in Pakistan. As of now, only one-third of the spectrum available to Pakistan is being deployed, making the local mobile telecom industry one of the most spectrum deprived in the world. Continue Reading
In this episode of Conversations@Jazz, Aisha Sarwari, head of the Communications and Sustainability department at Jazz, meets one of the National Incubation Center’s pride and leading entrepreneur and CEO of Oxbridge Innovative Solutions, Manzil Maqsood. As CEO, Manzil strives to work towards making the teaching and learning of math Continue Reading
Originally posted in ProPakistani In 2017, Mobilink and Warid officially merged into the entity today known as Jazz. With its new identity, it was time for Jazz to pivot and set the path towards a trailblazing digital future. Today, the brand name of Jazz is synonymous with digital thought leadership Continue Reading
In this episode of Conversations @ Jazz, we were virtually joined by Asra Nadeem, the first female Pakistani venture capitalist and angel investor. As the vice president of DraperU, an accelerated entrepreneurship school based in California, USA, Asra is a vivid motivational and inspirational speaker who has spoken around the Continue Reading
We hope you’re staying home and staying safe. In this episode, we bring you a delightful and inspiring conversation with the light-hearted soul, Khalid Shahzad, Chief Technology Officer at Jazz, about how his team has stood firm and held their standards as high as ever in the difficult recent weeks. Continue Reading
In this episode of Conversations@Jazz, our usual host, Aisha Sarwari, Jazz’s Director Corporate Communications and Sustainability, met two special guests who have made extraordinary journeys, Anas Niaz, CTO of Bioniks, a company manufacturing and providing prosthetic limbs, and Aaiz Mustafa, a beneficiary who has a Bioniks’ prosthetic arm. Explaining to Continue Reading
This episode of Conversations@Jazz brought two renowned individuals who strive to boost people’s morale and help them to go further in their careers. They are Casper ‘T Hooft and Jason Dawn who are transformational facilitators at Aberkyn. Having Casper and Jason on the show meant we were going to build Continue Reading
