Entrepreneurship for rural development
53 per capita for the development of SMEs in their respective countries...
However, spending for SMEs development in Pakistan has been only $0...
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ArchiveENTREPRENEURSHIP: FINDING FUNDS FOR YOUR START-UP
With our unique demographics of having a majority of our population below 25, and as associated shortage of lucrative jobs, the aspiration of our youth and young professionals is to become entrepreneurs as opposed to working for a salary...
BOOTSTRAPPINGLet’s say you get an idea for an application (app) which you think can go viral...
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ArchiveEntrepreneurship extension services for rural females
Women are also responsible for performing household activities, looking after their family members, preparing food for them three times a day and fetching drinking water and fuel for cooking...
Gender norms dictate the role of women and their nature of work restricting their time and mobility for schooling, training and for economic activities that could empower them...
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PakistanSix Pakistani startups are on their way to the US for an entrepreneurship exchange programme
Six Pakistani startups will travel to Austin, Texas in October to take part in the ATX-PAK Launch Entrepreneurship Program, according to the MIT Technology Review Pakistan...
Six startups are selected every six months on the basis of an evaluated application and a series of interviews for a challenging session of mentoring and training in a Texas incubator...
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ArchiveGovts asked to promote entrepreneurship
ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar urged the government to initiate entrepreneurship programmes to create more economic opportunities for educated young people...
While the traditional occupation for people in the area was guava farming, the young people did not have interest in joining the guava business...
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PakistanGlobal Entrepreneurship Summit: Pakistani tech entrepreneur invited by White House
KARACHI: Pakistani tech entrepreneur, Jehan Ara, has received an invitation from the White House to speak at Stanford University for the upcoming Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016 (GES), according to a post on her organization's Twitter profile...
Jehan Ara heads Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT and ITES ([email protected])...
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ArchiveBoard set up for promotion of women entrepreneurship
PESHAWAR: The Women Chamber of Commerce and Industries (WCCI), in collaboration with the provincial government, has set up a board for promotion of women entrepreneurship in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...
“We have jointly set up a board with secretary industries as its head to promote businesses of womenfolk and resolve the problems they are facing in continuation of entrepreneurship,” said MNA Sajida Zulfiqar, founder president of WCCI and...
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PakistanMinister calls for developing women entrepreneurship
PESHAWAR: Adviser to the Chief Minister on Higher Education and Information Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani has said institutions like the College of Home Economics could pave the way for developing entrepreneurship in women by encouraging them to start small and medium enterprises...
For her outstanding achievement in BSc home economics, Tehiyat Fatima was awarded gold medal for the year 2013...
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ArchiveEntrepreneurship — people, priorities and policies
The average Pakistani entrepreneur is a 30-35 year old male with a higher secondary or two-year college degree and comes from a ‘middle to upper-class’ household, according to the research conducted by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), an organisation focusing on monitoring entrepreneurship trends throughout the world...
The findings of this survey can have major implications for shaping up Pakistan’s economic development...
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PakistanNest I/O brings 021Disrupt conference on entrepreneurship, innovation to Karachi
Tech incubator The Nest I/O will hold the second instalment of its flagship conference on entrepreneurship and innovation, 021Disrupt, at a Karachi hotel on Nov 10 and 11...
The Nest I/O is a tech incubator and a community hub launched by [email protected] (Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT & ITES) and a global partner of Google for Entrepreneurs...
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ArchiveEmpowering rural women through entrepreneurship
Belonging to a farming community in Sindh, Kaiser Bheel stepped out of her house to work for a non-profit organisation...
In her early 20s, Ms Bheel is a community facilitator for the Research and Development Foundation (RDF)...
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ArchiveIFC to invest $2.5m in Sarmayacar to 'boost entrepreneurship' in Pakistan
5 million in Sarmayacar — a venture capital firm for tech startups — in order to "boost entrepreneurship and spur economic growth" in Pakistan, a press statement said...
"The early stage of local venture capital ecosystems is often the most crucial building block for sustaining healthy entrepreneurship and innovation, which helps to drive economic growth and create quality jobs,” Nadeem Siddiqui, IFC’s Senior Manager for Pakistan and...
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ArchiveFacebook expands its women entrepreneurship programme in Pakistan
According to the Future of Business Report — a collaboration between Facebook, the World Bank and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) — women business owners on Facebook in Pakistan still face significant funding challenges, with less than 1 in 5 stating that they currently have a bank loan or a line of credit...
According to a recent study by the Clinton Global Initiative published on the United Nations...
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PakistanPemra seeks ARY News response to IB complaint against 'fake news'
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) on Saturday directed ARY News to respond to a complaint filed by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) against its report on a list of lawmakers suspected of links with banned militant groups allegedly compiled by the IB...
The list first came to light when ARY News programme 'Power Play' aired a report on Sept 25 claiming that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif had directed the IB on...
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PakistanLocal news channel claims to have hired first transgender news anchor
Local news channel Kohenoor News on Friday claimed to be the first in the country to have hired a transgender woman as a news anchor...
Maavia Malik, who launched her career in the entertainment industry as a model, was first seen on Kohenoor News during a Pakistan Day news transmission on March 23...
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