Pakistan Entrepreneurs Support Vision 2025 Goals of USD 150 Billion in Exports

Ashoka ChangemakerXchange and SAP Name 20 Regional Innovators Across Youth, Healthcare, and Environment;

Pakistan Projects Support Creative Arts and Youth Skills Development

With Pakistani entrepreneurs and startups playing a key role in fostering USD 150 billion in exports by 2025, one of the world’s leading entrepreneurship platforms has selected 20 innovators from Pakistan and the Middle East to drive global best practices in this region.

At the first-ever ChangemakerXchange Summitfor entrepreneurs from across the Middle East, sponsored by social entrepreneurship platform Ashoka and digital transformation enabler SAP, 20 entrepreneurs were selected to receive access to fundraising, resources, and mentorship at a regional and global level. At the event, 18 regional entrepreneurs attended, while two additional Syrian entrepreneurs were also selected as Changemakers but could not attend.

As part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the Pakistani government supports entrepreneurs and startups to achieve the Pakistan Vision 2025 goal of USD 150 billion in exports by 2025.

“In line with the Pakistan Vision 2025, Ashoka and SAP are supporting Pakistani entrepreneurs who want to make a positive difference in society. By exchanging global best practices in knowledge and innovation, Pakistani entrepreneurs can expand their projects to reach a wider audience,” said Gergi Abboud, Managing Director for SAP Gulf, North Africa, Levant, and Pakistan.

For people with disabilities in Pakistan, Tanzila Khan’s Creative Alley promotes talent and capacity building through arts and culture activities and social events. In Pakistan, Madeeha Raza became a Changemaker for the women-empowerment program Women Through Film, Azeem Hamid’s Independent Theatre Pakistan and Saad Hamid’s School of Skills support youth development.

“Through the ChangemakerXchange program, I’ll be able to collaborate with regional organizations to promote people with disabilities’ hidden potential in the creative arts and help them reach their dreams,” said Tanzila Khan, Founder of Creative Alley.

Regional Entrepreneurs Take Projects to the Next Level

In the UAE, Noha Mahdi’s The Mawada Project offers community service learning programs for children aged 9-18, and has touched the lives of more than 500 people.

“Becoming an Ashoka ChangemakerXchange alumna is helping my coordination with fellow Changemakers in using education to support youth development across the Middle East, and build empathy and goodwill,” said Noha Mahdi, Founder of The Mawada Project.

Mohammed Alaqil’sSaudi Antibiotics Integrated Regulatory Program (SAIR)medical research program is partnering with leading universities to research anti-microbial resistance.

“By joining Ashoka ChangemakerXchange, I’ll be able to bring together the global healthcare community to fight anti-microbial resistance, optimize healthcare budgets, and enhance citizen health,” said Mohammed Alaqil, Founder of the Saudi Antibiotics Integrated Regulatory Program.

In Egypt, Dahlia Elorabi’s Baladini program supports rural woman in producing healthy food.

“As a Changemaker, I’ll be able to scale up Baladini’s support for Egyptian farmers to grow nutritious food, their economic participation, and cross-cultural exchange,” said Dahlia Elorabi, Project Manager at Baladini.

Three Lebanese participants are now global ChangemakerXchange alumni: Nour El Assaad, whose No Label project empowers people against bullying, Hadi Fathallah, whose Recyclo provides a digital recycling program, and Layal Jebran, with the Moubarmij Arabic technology e-learning platform.

In Jordan, Nour Al Alajouni’s Matar Project supports blind people, and Afnan Ali’s Eureka Tech Academy supports tech entrepreneurs. In Palestine, Tariq Assidi’s Jalees project provides books to low-income families; and Shyrine Ziadeh’s Ramallah Ballet Centeruses dance for empowerment.

Among projects in Egypt, Abdulrahman Nassar’s Eco Travel Egypt promotes environmentally-sustainable travel, and Alyaa Nour’s Jereed program turns palm waste into high-quality furniture.

Additional Middle East Changemakers include Ahmed Alaali’s The Hiverobotics hackerspace in Bahrain, and Zanyar Salih’s Gift a Life project educates Iraqis on organ donation.

The Summit was facilitated by Greta Rossi from Italy, whose Akasha Innovation supports young changemakers; Tariq Al Olaimy from Bahrain, whose 3BL Associates think tank accelerates sustainable development, and Raphaëlle Ayach from Egypt, whose Safarni fosters global citizens.

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DWP Display Center Inaugurated at Main Boulevard, Iqbal Town

DWP Group has recently inaugurated its all new ‘EcoStar – Gree Display Center at Main Boulevard Iqbal Town on 18th August 2017 at 5:30 PM. The ribbon cutting ceremony was conducted by DWP’s CEO – Muhammad Farooq Naseem and COO – Rizwan Butt, to unveil the new outlet, designed to provide the consumers with an opportunity to explore and purchase the most desired products from EcoStar and Gree.

The display center is now giving a 5% inaugural discount on EcoStar products for a limited time.

 

The Chief Executive Officer of DWP – Mr. Muhammad Farooq Naseem, while inaugurating this new display center stated; “DWP Group has a deep commitment to ensure continuous innovation in its products. We are consistently seeking newer, more pleasant, ways to reach out to our consumers. This display center is a major milestone towards expanding our retail outreach and delivering world-class services to our discerning customers.”

DWP Group is a leading provider of consumer electronics and technology products, enriched with unmatched services and solutions. It has accumulated great expertise in marketing globally-acclaimed, highly reliable products with cutting-edge technologies created by the world’s best companies and experts.

Never worry about running out of battery with the powerful Huawei Y7 Prime

A very common problem most people face in their busy lives is the constant fear of one’s smartphones battery dying. Therefore, a phone's battery-life has become an increasingly important demand for customers.

Keeping that in mind, HUAWEI has launched this year’s most powerful device – the HUAWEI Y7 Prime. This revolutionary device is built with an exquisite design, but most importantly packs a powerful 4000mAh Battery, having a smart power-saving technology called SmartPower 5.0.

The Huawei Y7 Prime was built to be just as energetic as the people who use it. The Y7 Prime is capable of running seamlessly for 20+ hours of nonstop HD video playback or 15+ hours of interrupted 4G Internet use, all just 1 full charge. This elegant beast has a feature called reverse charging – letting one use their respective phone to charge other devices. Since Huawei Y7 has a powerful Qualcomm Octa-core processor, plus 3G RAM and 32G ROM, every function/game runs seamlessly and smoothly.

The Country Head of HUAWEI in Pakistan – Mr. Blueking stated: “As culture and technology continue to intersect in every aspect of our world, we want our customers with the most innovate features, as per their ever-growing needs and wants. The Y7 Prime is indeed the best choice for consumers looking for top-of-the-line features, equipped in a smartphone which has a great battery life.”

On the hardware front, Y7 Prime also has beautifully natural rounded corners and metal-industrialism finish, giving it an exquisite look and making it an ideal design to hold in ones hand. The HUAWEI Y7 Prime features a large 5.5-inch HD display screen in a slim 8.35MM frame,giving off a picture-perfect resolution which breathes life in all the pictures, videos, games and apps.

Huawei is rapidly emerging as an innovative industry leader within the electronics and telecommunications arena, aiming to deliver exceptional services to the rapidly expanding segment of smartphone users in Pakistan, who seek powerful global connectivity.

Samsung make winners to Multan & Bahawalpur Mobile consumers through Daily Jumbo Jeet scheme

Samsung Pakistan carried out its exciting promotional activity called ‘Daily Jumbo Jeet’ throughout Pakistan, with the objective of rewarding its consumers and retailers with exciting gifts. The most recent ‘Daily Jumbo Jeet’ activity was carried out in Multan & Bahawalpur, where customers won prizes like; Yamaha YBR 125 CC bike, Samsung 32” LED TVs, T-285 Tablets and cash vouchers up to Rs. 5000winner.

The customers and distributors all across Pakistan took full advantage of this promotional activity, whereby participating enthusiastically. In order to reward the retailers, Samsung gave a Tablet to every retailer whose customer won a Bike or an LED TV from his shop. A cash voucher of Rs. 5000 was also given to the Promoter deployed by Samsung, at the Shop where the purchase is made.

Head of Samsung Mobile Samsung EC Pakistan – Mr. Umar Ghumman stated: “Samsung has assumed a vibrant role to be a consumer-focused organization that seeks new opportunities to reward its customers, while providing them with the most innovative products to enable a modern lifestyle and powerful connectivity around the globe. With the Daily Jumbo Jeet promotional offer, we want to give our consumers and retailers both a chance to win high-valued prizes.”

SmartphoneBuying Guide for Newbies

With so many smartphones available, it can be tough to figure out which one is the right choice for you. This is especially true if you’re a first-time buyer; many are designed with features that appeal to older users, but don’t necessarily take into account what newbies want from a device.

If you’re new to smartphone buying, have no fear – here’s everything you need to know about finding the perfect pocket companion.

Choose a phone that can keep up

If you’re a young smartphone user, chances are that you lead a non-stop lifestyle – and you’re probably looking for a device that can keep up and keep you connected. In fact, one survey by Deloittefound that social networking and gaming are the key activities for people using the smartphone!

Battery power is key. If you’ve got school or college all day, plus after-class activities and social events in the evenings, you might not be able to charge your phone in between everything that’s going on – so choose a phone that won’t let you down. The new Huawei Y7 has a massive 4000mAh batterywith smart power-saving technology, so you can enjoy more funny time even with heavy usage,        

 

Decidewhat you need

Before you buy, sit down and make a list of the three main functions you want your new phone to have. For many young people today, it’s all about entertainment – from mobile gaming, to non-stop music on the go, to sharing videos and photos with friends. Once you know more about what your new phone will be expected to do, you can choose the best model.

For on-the-go gaming and music, pick a smartphone with a powerful processor to ensure music and games run quickly, smoothly and without interruption. The Huawei Y7 is once again a good bet, with its powerful punch of aQualcomm Octa-core processor plus 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM, to keep everything running at top speed.

Don’tforgoa great camera

Your smartphone can help you make memories to last a lifetime, with just one click. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to snap amazing shots that you’ll enjoy looking back on for years. Smartphone cameras today have so many different options that it can be overwhelming, but just keep a few basics in mind –like getting larger pixels to capture more light, even in dim conditions, and features that let you take sharp photos in an instant. With the Huawei Y7, users get a larger 1.25 μm pixel sensor as well asPhase Detection Auto Focus (PDAF)which help the camera capture fast-moving scenes and take low-light pictures.For selfie lovers will not miss the “Perfect selfie” feature like Beauty mode and Panorama selfie lets you capture wide-angle photos, while keeping you and your friends front-and-center.

Keep it simple

For your first phone, you’ll want a “click-and-go” operating system that makes it easy to get quick access to everything you need. The Huawei Y7 was designed exactly for that, and offers an update to Huawei’s signature Emotion User Interface system – EMUI 5.1. EMUI 5.1 provides a clean and simple interface; in fact 90% of frequent actions can be completed in 3 steps, and numerous many junk adverts will be blocked from notifications. Users can also enjoy faster and easier photo sharing capabilities, and smart calendar combining resources from SMS, emails and Notes.  Additionally, Eye care mode makes the screen more comfortable for the eyes while long-time reading and playing games. The Huawei Y7 is also equipped with Android 7.0, bringing in brand new features that make the Huawei Y7 even easier, faster and more fun to use.

Choose a device you love

Your phone will be with you at all hours of the day; keeping you connected to friends and family, documenting your life and giving you access to everything you need online, on the go. Therefore, above everything else, choose a device you just love. Feel how it fits in your hand, and look at the unique design details. If you’rein love with this year’s hottest trend ofstylish yet tough industrial aesthetics, the Huawei Prime is a great choice with its metallic body and sandblasted details. And, with naturally rounded corners, it’s also superbly comfortable to hold.

Use these tips and you’ll be well on your way to finding a smartphone that looks great, runs like a champion and gives you everything you need from your handheld device.

METRO CASH & CARRY PAKISTAN LAUNCHES “FRESHLY STORE”

The new modern retail concept store is second store to have started operations for public.

METRO Cash & Carry Pakistan opened its door for customers to its second FRESHLY Store located at Bahria Town Lahore after the success of the first store in Allama Iqbal Town Lahore few months earlier. The store was inaugurated by Mr. Marek Minkiewicz, Managing Director, METRO Cash & Carry Pakistan, in a grand ceremony attended by people from all walks of life.

The customers present appreciated the FRESHLY assortment, price, quality of the products, and in particular the freshness of available Meat items, Fruits, and the Vegetables, that has been a trademark of METRO Cash & Carry stores in Pakistan.

Expressing his thoughts at the grand opening, Mr. Marek Minkiewicz, Managing Director, METRO Cash & Carry Pakistan, said “Continuing with the tradition of bringing innovation and setting up Modern Retail in Pakistan, METRO Cash & Carry has launched FRESHLY as a Retail Franchise concept. Equipped with wealth of experience, knowledge, and global best practices, METRO Cash & Carry would provide an opportunity to entrepreneurs and traders to modernize the retail outlets, resulting in the customers ultimately benefitting from wide range of products and services with quality endorsed by METRO Cash & Carry.”

METRO Cash & Carry Pakistan believes in the FRESHLY way of Living by helping to make life more enjoyable by providing convenient and quality products in neighborhood.
The store is part of a series to introduce the new retail based concept that METRO Cash & Carry has brought forward to facilitate its customer base and will be spread all over the country in the near future.

Ontario Premier, Parliamentarians, Pakistani Community attend Independence Day function in Toronto

The Consulate General of Pakistan organized a solemn ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of Pakistan's independence. At the invitation of the Consul General, Mr. Imran Ahmed Siddiqui, the Premier of Ontario, Hon. Kathleen Wynne, members of Parliament and members of the Pakistani community, attended the ceremony. 

The event began with a flag hoisting ceremony. The Consul General raised the flag of Pakistan to the tune of the national anthem while the Premier and other guests sang Pakistan's national anthem. At the largely attended function, the Consul General read the messages of the President of Pakistan and the Prime Minister of Pakistan, respectively, and thanked the guests particularly the Premier for celebrating the day with the Pakistani community at the Consulate. 

The Premier thanked the Consul General for inviting her to the Consulate to celebrate the anniversary and citing Quaid e Azam's various speeches appreciated Pakistan's efforts to create a welfare state where everyone's rights are respected. At this occasion, Members Parliament, Mr. Rob Oliphant, Ms. Salma Zahid and Ms. Iqra Khalid also spoke and thanked the Consulate for providing exemplary services to the Pakistani community in GTA and Ontario. 

It may be mentioned here; to mark the 70th anniversary of Pakistan, the Consulate General of Pakistan, Toronto has planned a year-long calendar of events in 2017. The first in the series was an art exhibition at the Ontario Parliament followed by two Pakistan Studies lectures as well as Pakistan's cultural pavilion at Toronto’s Annual Muslimfest. The Consulate will hold additional exciting events in the months ahead.