A five-week Startup School organised by MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) Pakistan and Information Technology University (ITU) concluded on Monday. The school provided a platform to entrepreneurs to refine their skills and build their business ideas through classes and one-on-one mentorship sessions with …Continue reading
Team Liberators From ITU, Flicker Textiles From Kinnaird Proceed to Hult Prize Regional Round
Team Liberators from Information Technology University (ITU) and Flicker Textiles from Kinnaird College for Women University (KCWU) were declared winners at the jointly hosted local editions of the Hult Prize on Saturday. The winning teams will now proceed to the next round …Continue reading
Information Technology University to Host a Local Edition of Hult Prize
The Information Technology University (ITU), Punjab, in collaboration with the Kinnaird College for Women University (KCWU) will host one of the local editions of the prestigious Hult Prize competition. The preliminary round of the competition sponsored across the globe by the United …Continue reading
Applications Open For 4th Cycle Of Herself
Applications for the Punjab Information Technology Board’s women empowerment initiative Herself will open for its fourth cycle in October. The PITB has previously conducted three cycles of the programme and 120 women have graduated from it. Those accepted in the Herself programme …Continue reading
Harnessing the Power of Business to Tackle Energy Poverty
Thousands of villages across Pakistan still lack access to piped gas and electricity supplied from the national grid. Based on government’s statistics, around three fourth of the households across the country are estimated to have no access to piped gas and about 30 …Continue reading
With Global Trade Finance Gap at $1.5 Tr, a Third of Firms Studied Pin Hopes at Fintech
Access to credit continues to be a cause for concern for businesses, resulting in a global trade finance gap of $1.5 trillion in 2016, says an Asian Development Bank (ADB) brief released on Tuesday. The brief followed publication of fifth in a …Continue reading
Arfa Software Technology Park Gets Its Own Robo-Ceptionist
Meet Ross – Arfa Software Technology Park’s very own robot receptionist. The robot-oriented support staff, nicknamed Ross, uses sensors to detect people in front of it. When one steps in Ross’s line of sight, they are asked to use hand gestures to …Continue reading
A Startup School for Entrepreneurs
MIT Enterprise Forum Pakistan has launched Startup School, a six-week long training program to provide entrepreneurs with resources and tools to help them turn their startups into successful businesses. Classes will be held at Lahore’s Arfa Software Technology Park from 5 to …Continue reading
What is the “Mother of all Bombs”?
The GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast, also known as the “Mother of All Bombs” was used for the first time on Thursday, 13 April 2017. The bomb, launched in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, is currently the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in …Continue reading
Digital Media Startup MangoBaaz Raises $115,000 in Seed Funding
Popular online platform MangoBaaz has secured major funding from a domestic investor in Pakistan. The startup has raised $115,000 from Fatima Ventures, a subsidiary of the Fatima Group. MangoBaaz is Pakistan’s first new media company that focuses on creating digital content for …Continue reading