The robotic arms made in Pakistan

In the final year of university, mechatronics engineering students Ovais Qureshi and Anas Niaz decided to build a “robotic prosthetic...

Triska Hamid • 08 January, 2019

3d printing prosthetics sensors

021 Disrupt

The two-day conference aims to strengthen the startup ecosystem of Pakistan by bringingtogether investors, entrepreneurs, mentors,...

Wamda • 30 October, 2018

Lift Pakistan

JumpStart Pakistan is proud to announce LIFT Pakistan Conference to be held from 11th - 16th November 2018 and main conference at...

Wamda • 16 October, 2018

021 Disrupt Conference

021 Disrupt conference will bring together innovators and entrepreneurs from the regional ecosystem to Karachi, in order understand and...

Wamda • 10 October, 2017

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She Loves Tech Startup Competition goes to Pakistan

CIRCLE brings unique opportunity for one Pakistani startup to attend a bootcamp in China through ‘She Loves Tech Global Startup...

Staff writer • 15 May, 2017

She Loves Tech Women women entrepreneurs

Wamda’s best stories of 2016

2016 was the year of trying new things and testing some ideas on you, our readers. We brought in a weekly series we called Startup...

Rachel Williamson • 27 December, 2016

Wamda2016 shezlong sympaticus

Making money from Pakistan’s darkness

This article is the second in a series on solar energy in Pakistan. You can read the first article here. Imagine yourself living tens,...

Rachel Williamson • 26 September, 2016

pakistan solar energy Nizam Energy

Entrepreneurs soak up the sun in Pakistan

Pakistan is a lucky country. It’s a contrarian view but in the right light it is indeed lucky: rich in technophiles, a 190...

Rachel Williamson • 24 August, 2016

pakistan Harness Energy Pantera Energy

Careem acquires Pakistani ride sharing service

Two minds will be better than one when it comes to battling Uber. (Image via Careem) Car-hailing app Careem has acquired...

Lucy Knight • 31 March, 2016

car hailing ride sharing Savaree

Pakistan's return as the 'California of Asia' [Opinion]

It's no secret that Pakistan’s startup scene is heating up, but the rise of a new middle class and the fruits of a heavy security...

Yusuf Hussain • 18 February, 2016

Advanced Micro Devices AST Research FireEye

Pakistan's eye on MENA

Pakistan is as misrepresented in the media as the Middle East and has an equally thriving startup ecosystem, but there is not much...

Lucy Knight - Rachel Williamson • 20 January, 2016

Zameen Rozee.pk incubation

What I know about building an ecosystem from scratch: Khurram Zafar

Khurram Zafar. (Image via Rachel Williamson) The Pakistani media have dubbed the softly spoken Khurram Zafar an ‘entrepreneur...

Rachel Williamson • 04 January, 2016

Plan9 LUMS Khurram Zafar

What to do when the giants arrive [Opinion]

Visitors to Lahore from the Islamabad incubator i2i test out the Savaree service. (Images via Savaree) Madeeha Hassan, founder of...

Madeeha Hassan • 10 December, 2015

taxi app ride sharing Lahore

Pakistani job marketplace Naseeb Networks raises $6.5 million in Series C

The team behind Naseeb Networks. (Image via Naseeb Networks) Naseeb Networks, Pakistani parent company of Rozee.pk (in Pakistan) and...

Maya Rahal • 25 May, 2015

Job listing Series C Monis Rahman

Turning Quran memorization into a social experience

Following a two-hour Skype call, it seemed clear to me that entrepreneurship runs in the blood of Bilal Memon, a young Pakistani who was...

Reine Farhat • 23 July, 2014

muslim quran QURAN ACADEMY