Search results for "tech projects"

Technology is transforming governance landscape in Punjab, report by World Bank

The Government of Punjab with the help of the Punjab Public Management Reform Program (PPMRP) has been working to...

Apr 3 · >

These two women are battling the gender biased technology industry by teaching coding to young girls

In 2018, the ‘Global Gender Gap Index 2018’ report ranked Pakistan the second worst country in the world in...

Apr 1 · >

Pakistan’s technology ministry collaborates with Belarus to conduct science and technology contest

Ministry of Science and Technology, Pakistan and State Committee on Science and Technology (SCST) of Belarus have initiated a...

Mar 18 · >

Govt approves Rs. 3.9 billion for science and technology departments

National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Science and Technology has recently approved/ endorsed Rs. 3.9 billion budget for FY 2019-20...

Feb 28 · >

Cybercriminals earned over $57 million by hiding mining malware in forked projects on GitHub

Crypto mining malware hijackers net $1.2 million a month for the past 4 years, as Github inadvertently becomes the...

Jan 12 · >

ModulusTech closes seed investment round led by Magnus Communications

ModulusTech, a flat-packed housing startup, has closed its seed funding round led by Magnus Communications. The investment amount remains...

Nov 16 · >

Google I/O Extended event exposes students to new technologies in Islamabad

The Google Developers Group (GDG) organized a Google I/O Extended event in the National Incubation Center in Islamabad on...

Aug 1 · >

Jazz to invest in KPITB and World Bank projects to promote digitization

Jazz has embarked on a journey to further digitalize Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in partnership with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology...

Jul 30 · >

Andreessen Horowitz announces a $300M fund for cryptocurrency and blockchain projects

Andreessen Horowitz, Silicon Valley’s popular private Venture Capitalist firm, has launched a $300 million crypto fund, called a16z. They...

Jun 27 · >

Pakistan’s spending on Science & Technology is not even 1% of GDP

Pakistan is spending an alarmingly low budget on the Science & Technology sector of the country, that is only...

Jun 14 · >

Ministry of Science & Technology to establish Science & Technology Park

The Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) has decided to establish Software and Technology Park along with three to...

Jun 14 · >

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...

May 4 · >

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...

May 1 · >

Budget 2018-19: Govt proposes PKR 66 billion for Science & Technology sector

Finance Minister of Pakistan, Dr. Miftah Ismail has officially announced the annual budget of 2018-19 which assigns PKR 66...

Apr 29 · >

Pakistan Govt announces 1.1 billion rupees fund for artificial intelligence projects

The Pakistani government has planned to invest seed money of Rs 1.1 billion to start a 3-year project on...

Apr 21 · >

5 times Elon Musk was ruthless to fellow tech entrepreneurs

The repercussions of the Facebook data breach scandal are doing no good for the biggest social media network. After...

Mar 26 · >

Google is creating its own Blockchain Technology

Google is now making its own blockchain related technology to support its cloud business and lead the online industry...

Mar 22 · >

SingularityU Islamabad Chapter Holds First Event on Technology for the Greater Good

SingularityU Islamabad Chapter organized the first of its quarterly series’ events hosted by COMSTECH Secretariat and supported by IGNITE...

Mar 16 · >

ModulusTech to represent Pakistan at the Global Manufacturing & Industrialization Summit, Germany

ModulusTech has been selected by the Pakistani office of United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) to represent the country...

Mar 15 · >

One day left to apply for funding of Final Year Projects

Ignite, formerly known as National ICT R&D Fund, has launched a National Grassroots ICT Research Initiative to ignite innovation...

Mar 14 · >

Over 40% of crypto and ICO projects of 2017 are already dead

The year 2017 was without a doubt the Year of Bitcoin, as the increasing interest in cryptocurrency boosted a...

Feb 26 · >

7 reasons why you should attend Momentum Tech Conference

Momentum tech conference is taking place in Karachi on 19 and 20 February. This second iteration of the startup...

Feb 12 · >

5 awesome productivity techniques you didn’t know exist

Have you ever met a productive person? If you closely examine their routine, you will figure out they follow...

Jan 25 · >

The Netherlands to introduce new technology program in Pakistan

In a strategic partnership, Pakistan is teaming up with The Netherlands for a technology program in which 10 Dutch...

Sep 11 · >