In order to expand the women’s empowerment initiative “SheMeansBusiness” to promote financial inclusion in Pakistani female-led companies, Facebook is launching a new component of the program called “Business Resilience through Financial Education (BRFE)”. The purpose of the plan is to improve financial management skills to […]
When you browse photos of your high school lab partner’s dog, Facebook makes shopping easier. Yes, the Instagram store and Facebook market are already prominently displayed in the lower navigation tab of the app. But now, you can also shop […]
A shocking report by the Pakistan Association of IT and ITeS Software Companies (P@SHA) shows that after the recent abolition of tax deductions for the IT industry, Pakistan has become the worst-operated country in the IT industry until 2025. Major […]
Prosus NV (“Prosus”), a global Internet consumer group and one of the world’s largest technology investors, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Stack Overflow, a leading knowledge-sharing platform for the global community. As one of the […]
KTrade, a stock trading application owned and operated by Karachi-based brokerage firm KASB Securities, raised $4.5 million in a round of financing led by Hong Kong investment company TTB Partners and New York-based global VC HOF capital. It allows its […]
Pakistan’s B2B e-commerce market Tajir successfully raised US$17 million in a round of financing led by the US venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins. Fatima Gobi Ventures, Y Combinator Continuity Fund, Golden Gate, and other companies including AAVCF, Flexport, VentureSouq Liberty […]
Adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Commerce, Textiles and Investment Abdul Razzaq Dawood announced on Twitter that Amazon has confirmed that Pakistan has been included in the list of sellers of the e-commerce giant. “Further to my […]
When people think of blockchain technology it usually starts and ends with bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. It’s logical since much of the news is focused around the surge in the exchange rate of bitcoin. Many simply ask how to […]
Emerging Markets Property Group (EMPG) — the parent group of Zameen.com with operations in GCC, Pakistan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Morocco and Tunisia, and OLX Group, Prosus’s global classifieds business, have announced their merger in Pakistan, Egypt, Lebanon, and the UAE. The […]
OLX, Pakistan’s number one marketplace, has launched Its first offline customer facilitation center along with CarFirst at Packages Mall in Lahore. The official inauguration ceremony of this facilitation center held on Friday, February 28, 2020, at the Packages Mall in […]
