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GSMA announces awards for three startups out of 597 applications, received from 44 cities for Rs146m grant
Federal Minister Amin Ul Haque distributing certificate among winner at GSMA Startups Appreciation ceremony in Islamabad.
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Technology Syed Aminul Haq has said that the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom is fully committed to promote entrepreneurship and innovation in Pakistan.
He appreciated efforts of the Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA), terming that revolutionary changes in the field of telecommunication in Pakistan were now being recognized all over the world.
Addressing the certificate distribution ceremony of GSMA Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adoption and Digital Inclusion winner, he said reforms in the telecommunication sector in Pakistan and the facilities provided to mobile operators have paved way for investment in mobile networking.
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Covid-19 disaster ignited major life-altering advancements
By Opinion
By Lucky Masilela
The past 12 months of the lockdown due to Covid-19 and the developments of the last 30 days are proof that the world has not, in the words of Winston Churchill, “let a good crisis go to waste”.
When disaster strikes it gives us an opportunity to make the most of the lessons from it.
In the past month three developments stood out regarding the way the world learned to accelerate the growth of e-commerce and - of specific relevance to our work at ZA Central Registry (ZACR) - the increase in the share of payments that were channelled via mobile money accounts.