For the first time in Asia and Pakistan, people will witness the first Startup Grind Pakistan Conference 2019. This is bringing together over 1,500 founders and thought leaders, for conversations, collaborations and actions around the role of technology for the future of Pakistan. Globally successful Pakistani entrepreneurs, innovators and technologists are invited to tell their…
The StartUp Academy program is limited to 15-18 startup teams and consists of fifteen weekly experiential business-building sessions designed to support development of a start-up, from creating the core business model to understanding how to generate revenue quickly.
Have you ever truly wondered what to do when disaster strikes? What if there is a flood and you save someone from drowning but they cannot breath? Or it’s an average day and someone dear to you is choking?
Founder of Akhuwat Organization receives Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award Dr. Muhammad Amjad Saqib who is Founder of Akhuwat received Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the World Economic Forum. He dedicated this award to the poor but dignified and enterprising people of Pakistan. Dr. Amjad Saqib is a philanthropist, development practitioner,…
You wouldn’t expect there to be anything special about this tiny brick building at 1209 North Orange Street in Wilmington, Delaware if you drove past it.
New Reality | New Normal | New Ecosystem Virtual Reality [VR] is becoming popular day by day around the world with nearly every tech giant in the industry creating their own equipment, simulators, and headsets. While VR is changing the way people experience digital products, the technology is still inaccessible to the masses due to high…
A Great Opportunity for Pakistan Startups to become a part of the U.S. Department of State’s Global Innovation through Science and Technology, or GIST. With the help of this program for entrepreneurs in emerging economies GIST Business Incubation will support international science and technology innovators who are looking to expand their startups into the United States market and forge new connection in the US startup ecosystem.
The objective of establishing the NICs across Pakistan is to build an active and well-connected community of change-makers, impact creators and disruptors.
NIC Islamabad Vision is
‘Dream, Build, Rise’
It is inspired by our forefathers and national heroes.
Allama Muhammad Iqbal dreamt of a separate homeland, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah built on that dream and turned it into a reality; Pakistan! And then the baton was handed over to the people of Pakistan to collectively rise as a prosperous nation.
The Mission of NIC Islamabad is to build and influence an ecosystem by empowering individuals and institutions to generate a
Pakistan Startup Cup 2018-19 by TIE Islamabad in collaboration with US Embassy ended up with Startups from Peshawar putting a big fat dent on the entrepreneurial landscape of Pakistan by securing the 1st Position and 2nd Runner Up Position. The Grand Finale pitching session was held in Marriott Islamabad on 13th June 2019.
Winner of Pakistan Startup Cup title was secured by Nano It Solutions from Peshawar, 1st Runner Up position was secured by DeafTawk from Islamabad and 2nd Runner Up Position was a tie between Aprus Technologies from Peshawar and Receipt Bot from Karachi.
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