Approximately one year ago (April 2015), my city— Lahore— hosted Pakistan’s first IoT expo. As I was tinkering with an RFID-based attendance system for local…
The official inauguration ceremony for Jazz’s National Incubation Center (NIC) was held at the National Information Technology Board in the presence of Houlin Zhao, Secretary…
Plan9, Pakistan’s largest tech incubator, last week held the 8th addition of their launchpad event in Lahore. This time, Plan9 had shortlisted 20 startups who…
Founded by a passionate young entrepreneur from Ali Pur Chattha near Gujranwala, Sabzi.pk, an online fruits and vegetables delivery startup housed at LUMS Center for…
Pokemon Go had everyone’s attention since its first preview. Now, after the game has rolled out, it has quite literally become a worldwide phenomenon, generating…
The need of time has allowed entrepreneurship and social innovation to become a popular global phenomenon around the world. Whilst youth of developed countries has…
Taxi-hailing cab service, Careem, has acquired a one-third chunk of VentureDive’s development team for an undisclosed amount that includes cash and equity, both. The acquired…
BMI Research, a financial market analysis firm, has recently identified 10 emerging markets from the Asia and Africa region that are set to become new…
Update: A previous version of the story indicated that Careem has hired 50 engineers – which is slightly incorrect. Careem has acquired a chunk of…
Taxi-hailing startup Careem has now introduced a new feature to let people track their friends’ or loved ones’ rides in real-time. “At Careem we value…
Agriculture remains a widely untapped area from our startup industry viewpoint. This area is so vast that several startups can co-exist without the fear of…
Like many programmers and developers, I have also been inspired by the glorious entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, or Larry Page. This inspiration led…
Health and lifestyle e-commerce startup Well.pk has secured close to US$1 million from its initial seed funding round, primarily backed by angel investors Nadeem Hussain…
