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Startups from 2014: What have tech founders learned whilst hustling for the past four years?
From academics to professional life, it is difficult for a regular Pakistani youngster to break away from conventional careers and deal with societal and family…
Twitter also sold data to the same researcher who harvested 87 million Facebook accounts
Ever since the scandal of Facebook selling data to Cambridge Analytica has emerged, users have started putting more attention to what they are sharing on…
Will Pakistan ever witness the emergence of a tech unicorn?
At the fourth edition of Digital Youth Summit, Pakistan’s premier technology conference, a billion dollar question was asked to an eminent panel, Will Pakistan ever…
18 diverse startups graduate from the 7th cohort of The Nest I/O
The Nest I/O concluded its seventh incubation cycle with their Demo Day event, where graduating and alumni startups pitched their solutions and products to local…
ConnectHear organizes Pakistan’s first deaf-inclusive interpreted concert
ConnectHear is a technology startup bridging the gap between the deaf and the community, through a video-based and in-person sign language interpretation system. A Nest…
Pakistani high-school entrepreneurs win $11,000 at the Global Diamond Challenge Summit
Team Aab-e-Hayaat has won the Global Diamond Challenge winning $11,000 in prize money. It is the first Pakistani team to reach the semi-finals of the…
National Incubation Center Karachi to begin operations next month
Ministry of IT and Ignite’s flagship initiative National Incubation Center (NIC) will kickstart in Karachi, next month. After the establishment of NICs in Islamabad, Lahore,…
A startup of Karachi won 1M rupees in 2017-18 Startup Cup Finals
In the fourth edition of the American Embassy-funded event, a team from Karachi, Retailistan, beat 17 other teams to take the top prize of 1…
Women’s Digital League partners with Facebook for its #SheMeansBusiness program
Women’s Digital League, a social enterprise empowering women in the digital area, has partnered with Facebook to bring its #SheMeansBusiness program to the Pakistani landscape.…
Pakistani startups win big at UN’s Asia Pacific Low Carbon Lifestyle Challenge
Two Pakistani innovators, Mohammad Saquib and Hassam Ud-din, have won the Asia Pacific Low Carbon Lifestyles Challenge in energy efficiency and low carbon mobility categories,…
Seven startups graduate from Revolt, Peshawar 2.0’s incubation program
The second cohort of Revolt comprising of seven startups graduated from Peshawar 2.0’s business incubation and acceleration program. The graduation was celebrated in a Demo…
Pakistani startups to benefit from USAID supported Challenge Fund
American Ambassador David Hale joined the Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunication Anusha Rahman to launch the United States Agency for International Development…
