Archive for Pakistan

Mobile 2.0 applications: Potential use among BOP in emerging Asia

Posted by Nirmali Sivapragasam on Lirne Asia An article by an Indian journalist who attended the recently concluded Expert Forum in Islamabad, summarizes various “Mobile 2.0? initatives deployed by emerging South and Southeast Asian countries in recent years. “Mobile 2.0? applications can be described as those which offer services which are more-than-voice, such as payments, money [...]

Change the World for the price of a few coffee drinks

3 amazing young social entrepreneurs and FYSE Paragon fellows from Asia Pacific have been selected to attend the upcoming Unreasonable Institute and you can help them to impact millions of lives! The Unreasonable Institute is a social entrepreneurship incubator created to host summer institutes where a confluence of young, brilliant, social entrepreneurs undergo rigorous and [...]

Jaroka health map displays disease outbreaks in Pakistan

We recently blogged about Shamila Keyani, Founder of the Jaroka: Tele-healthcare” program in Pakistan. Providing affordable and accessible healthcare to the rural population of Pakistan is a big challenge due to an acute shortage of qualified healthcare specialists and adequate health facilities and the geographical isolation of some regions. Jaroka utilizes a mobile platform to [...]

Asia’s Young Changemakers: Shamila Keyani (Pakistan)

Providing affordable and accessible healthcare to the rural population of Pakistan is a big challenge due to an acute shortage of qualified healthcare specialists and adequate health facilities and the geographical isolation of some regions. It is estimated that 75% of the population of Pakistan reside in rural/remote areas where there is hardly any access [...]

Survey of Pakistan’s youth

The New York Times published an article about a report, commissioned by the British Council and conducted by the Nielsen research company, regarding the views of young people from Pakistan. The study interviewed 1,226 Pakistanis ages 18 to 29, from different backgrounds across the country, in March and April and the final report drew a [...]

Podcast interview with Naveed Ahmed, CEO and Founder of Mustakbil.Com

The annual Paragon Fellowship is a platform to provide young and inspiring entrepreneurs from Asia Pacific as role models to the youth to raise entrepreneurship awareness in Asia Pacific. 100 Young Entrepreneurs and Social Change makers under the age of 30 years are selected for a one- year fellowship and their stories serve as inspiration [...]

Acumen Fund announced new investments in Pakistan

Acumen Fund announced new investments in Pakistan: Jassar Farms and AMC. Jassar Farms is focused on producing high quality, affordable inputs to help poor farmers improve breeding of livestock and increase milk productivity. JFPL aims to establish a world class local semen production facility to produce top-of-the-line semen for the poor dairy farmers of Pakistan, [...]

Ashoka’s new fellows announced

Ashoka announced its next round of selected fellows in 2009. From Asia represented are: Devi Shetty, India, Senior Fellow Dr. Devi Shetty is a serial social entrepreneur who has enabled millions of low-income people to access quality health care. He is currently establishing the foundations to realize the grandest of his visions: “health cities” that [...]

Fellowships for professionals in social Enterprises

If you are a young professional thinking about changing a career towards a job in a social enterprise or you just want to use your skills to help a mission-driven organization, check out these 3 fellowships who will place you in social enterprises in Asia Pacific (Singapore, Cambodia, India & Pakistan). 1. LGT Venture Philanthropy’s [...]

Status of women entrepreneurs in Pakistan

The business environment for women in Pakistan reflects the complex interplay of many factors, which fall into two basic categories. The first is made up of social, cultural, traditional and religious elements, which is anchored in the patriarchal system and clearly manifested in the lower status of women. The second group of factors are constitutional [...]