For Better Customer Experience, Easypaisa Introduces WhatsApp Channel Support

Easypaisa is one of the leading digital payments platforms. For the customer’s experience, Easypaisa introduces WhatsApp Channel Support for transforming their experience. Through this feature of Easy paisa, users will able to access the support channel 24 hours on a provided WhatsApp number.

This service will enable the users to interact with the predefined interaction rule for them rather than a human being. It is the first initiative without any branch of banking in over Pakistan that has taken by Easy paisa.

With the help of the WhatsApp support feature, the users can easily approach to research their queries on multiple topics including how to manage an ATM Card, and how to connect debit cards to your Easy paisa account. Furthermore, it also enables the users to know how to renew Easy paisa PIN, and how to get access to a loan. Lastly, one can also generate an ATM pin.

CEO of Telenor Microfinance Bank/Easy Paisa, M. Mudassar Aqil talked about the development purpose. He said that as the launcher of digital financial services provider in Pakistan with Easy paisa account. They tried to provide the most possible payments experience digitally and are trying to modifying the problems which came across during the interaction for users.

Furthermore, he said that with help of WhatsApp channel support. Our motive is to give users all the necessary information that they required efficiently. So, when they are coming up with digital need (banking), they are capable of taking the most appropriate financial decisions.

With the advancement of the WhatsApp support feature, users have become able to take full benefit of Easypaisa assort offerings. Moreover, it is one of the securest and convenient ways to deal through WhatsApp for users. The reason is simple that probably, everyone is connected with WhatsApp messenger, these days.

Careem to become a digital Ad platform, offering additional incentives for Captains

This is a kind of partnership, in which Cream is asking the Captains for monetizing their vehicles. Initially, Cream is enabling 5000 data sim tablets. These tables will install into their vehicles through Digital Ad Platform the drivers will advertise specific content of the customers. As well, through Digital Ad Platform, they will monitor and measure the execution, meanwhile.

In a very short span of time: 30 days, Careem installed 20 screens. These 20 screens proceed out into 36000 views.

In the next phase, Careem is going to install the additional 5,000 more in the 3 months which is expected to result in around 3.5 million views. So in this, the vehicle owners and Captains will become able to earn additional amounts as well.

Moreover, these vehicles will possess free WiFi for both the customers and captains as well. It is expected that this platform will serve in a great way: benefiting the community regarding traffic rules, civic sense, and functional safety measures, and so on. This ceremony was held in the presence of senior officers belonging to both companies in Lahore in Careem’s office.

During the meeting at an occasion, the CEO & Country General Manager, Careem Pakistan, Zeeshan Hasib Baig stated, he is aimed to leverage this partnership to high mobility. He is not only offering some extra incentives for the Captains. However, he also became a digital Ad platform, which is working united with different brands. And they are offering them real-time monitoring and measurement regarding their advertising.

Furthermore, the CEO of Lambda Marketing, Shoaib Sarwar also stated that we are going to do something extremely innovative, astonishing, and extra means of advertising for the brands. Lastly, he satiated that with 800,000 registered Captains of Careem and having high mobility effects. The effect is creating a win and win situation for all shareholders.

With more than 8000 registered Captains, Careem’s platform is so vast. Furthermore, Careem has invested more than 80 million dollars since 2016 after coming to Pakistan.

For the sake of enlarging its service, Careem is offering multiple opportunities: transforming into a Super App. As well as money’s dominance that includes daily essential deliveries, food, mobile top-ups, and peer-to-peer credit transfer.

PITB & Ejad Labs sign MoU to co-host Pakistan Innovation Roadshow

Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) has signed an MOU with Ejad Labs to co-host Pakistan Innovation Roadshow to be held in March. The MoU was signed by PITB DG e-Governance Sajid Latif and CEO Ejad Labs Arzish Azam at Arfa Software Technology Park.

PITB’s e- Earn and e-Rozgaar

Pakistan Innovation Roadshow aims to highlight the country’s booming tech ecosystem and top tech talent. Additionally, it will offer aspiring freelancers a chance to collaborate and learn from major stakeholders in Pakistan’s tech industry. PITB’s e- Earn and e-Rozgaar teams will collaborate with Ejad Labs and provide support through their partners in order to successfully organize the event across Pakistan.

During the ceremony PITB DG e-Governance Sajid Latif said, “Building synergies in order to develop a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem is an integral part of PITB’s endeavours as these opportunities are a great way for students and aspiring freelancers to learn from experienced professionals in the tech industry.”

CEO Ejad Labs Arzish Azam stated, “Through this roadshow we plan to celebrate and highlight the local tech ecosystem as well as spark meaningful conversations essential for ecosystem development.”

Pakistan Innovation Roadshow will include a number of events like seminars and meet-ups in 15 cities across Pakistan featuring prominent professions as keynote speakers. The overall event will be supported by round-up videos and podcasts. By joining hands in this public-private partnership, PITB aims to boost the tech ecosystem of the Pakistan and create a sustainable environment for the technological advancement of the country.

SnackVideo announces Winners of 1,000,000 PKR Creator Academy

SnackVideo organized a campaign, SnackVideo Creator Academy, to find prospective creators. Winners in the campaign won up to PKR 300,000. Oye Umair, who won 200,000 PKR, the second prize of the recent SnackVideo Creator Academy, enjoys widespread support in visibility and content creation from SnackVideo, a fast-growing short video platform in Pakistan.

Umair rallied his fellow students to produce videos documenting their everyday lives, so that they can create their own “student families” and communities amongst themselves. Created by students for students, his channel hopes to show a “fresh campus-style” of content to the communities on SnackVideo.

“SnackVideo has been lifechanging for me,” says Umair. “I found a passion, a calling and a community all rolled into one platform. It has given me skills and opportunities to pursue something I have never even considered before. I am grateful to SnackVideo for allowing me to bring many people together on my channel. I always look forward to receiving hearts and badges from my followers whenever I post a new video!”

Umair brings a refreshing breath of air and energy to the platform. Together with his classmates, they shoot videos to remind others of their youthful times and encourage many young viewers. “I really want to share my talent with the world. If I hide it away, I am not doing what I am supposed to be doing,” says Umair. Such passion and energy drive the team at SnackVideo, who appreciates talent such as Umair immensely.

Through the competition and the growing community voices on the platform, SnackVideo is at the forefront of the growing social revolution in Pakistan. Creators like Umair bring diversity and original content not found on other platforms, showcasing a glimpse into everyday Pakistanis’ lives. “I want to tell others that SnackVideo can change the lives of many others, just as it did mine, if we are willing to be open and share our views,” Umair continues. Indeed, his passion and content on SnackVideo has and will continue to delight many more on the platform, especially with his newfound skills and students’ community.

Stay tuned for more upcoming fantastic campaigns on SnackVideo.
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H3C Launches Channel Kickoff 2021 in Pakistan, Promoting a Win-Win Partner Ecosystem

H3C, a leader in digital solutions has initiated its second virtual event of the year in Pakistan — H3C Channel Kickoff 2021, Moving your business forward. The virtual event encourages global partners to “Move their business forward” by embracing new challenges and seizing opportunities alike, to jointly create more business value with H3C in the new year and beyond. In Pakistan, H3C has successfully certified more than 30 partners and over 60 engineers, and representatives of local partners and industry customers joined the virtual event.

“Since its official entry into the Pakistani market in 2019, H3C has been paving the way to support local customers in accelerating their digital transformation. We have made significant investments in the development of the local partner ecosystem, staff team and service system. Thanks to this, we have received increasing support from our partners,” said Davis Hui, the Head of H3C Global Channel Management.

“In addition to the latest products and solutions, H3C will continue to provide Pakistani customers with advanced ICT experiences building on our wealth of accumulated knowledge across various industries. H3C will also promote ecologically favorable policies, support local business partners to successfully complete digital transformation in the digital age, and leverage the power of digital to enhance inclusiveness.”

During the virtual event, H3C hosted the 2020 Partners Awards to recognize the important contributions of its Pakistan partners over the past year. Six of H3C’s Pakistani partners received the Top Sales Elite Award, Industrial Market Development Award, Solution Sales Elite Award, Top Service Sales and Delivery Award, and lastly, the Best Collaboration Award.

At the awarding ceremony, representative of the award winners said that, “It is a great honor to receive this award from H3C. H3C has a full portfolio of digital infrastructure products as well as a comprehensive one-stop digital platform in ICT field. H3C, relying on its high-quality products and professional team, has won the trust of an increasing number of customers across various industries here in Pakistan. We firmly believe that H3C will achieve greater success in the digital future, and we will also develop closer cooperation with H3C.”

H3C also shared its Digital Brain Project 2020 in Pakistan, demonstrating the leading capabilities of its “AI in ALL” intelligence strategy. The strategy aims to develop innovative smart applications with ecosystem partners and build digital brains for customers in their respective domains. It relies on Smart Digital Platforms composed of Digital Infrastructure, Business Empowerment Platforms, Active Security, and Unified O&M Services.

For the Pakistani market, H3C launched a Cloud-based management platform, Cloudnet, which will make it easier to manage H3C Wireless Lan (WLAN) devices, switches and routers. H3C also provides Blade server B16000, designed for fast-growing enterprises with the combination of powerful performance, added flexibility, unified management, and greater reduction of total cost of ownership (TCO). For small and medium-sized enterprises in Pakistan, H3C provides the latest generation version of UIS (Unified Infrastructure System) 7.0 with 4 new engines and 3 types of hardware, which combines almost all important elements in the data center, namely computing, storage, network, security, O&M and cloud, into a single box.

H3C Channel Kickoff 2021 is also scheduled to take place in additional markets such as Russia and Turkey, among others. The initiative embraces the power of digitalization with customers and partners worldwide, promoting the development of the entire ecosystem. In the future, H3C will further develop and expand its ICT ecosystem, including increasing support and capacity for overseas partners, working together to provide customers with more options, and contributing to the prosperity and development of the global digital economy.

About H3C

H3C is an industry leader in the provision of Digital Solutions and is committed to becoming the most trusted partner to the customers in their quest for business innovation and digital transformation. H3C offers a full portfolio of Digital Infrastructure products, spanning across compute, storage, networking, security and related domains, and provides a comprehensive one-stop digital platform that includes cloud computing, big data, interconnectivity, information security, new safety, Internet of Things (IoT), edge computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G solutions, as well as end-to-end technical services.

For more information about H3C, please visit http://www.h3c.com/en/

Free Punjab WiFi facility remains functional in Punjab & has not been shut down: Chairman PITB Azfar Manzoor

The facility of free Punjab Wi-Fi

installed for the convenience of citizens is active and functional. This was stated by Chairman PITB Azfar Manzoor. This facility is available in public buildings, hospitals, education institutes, parks, government offices, and markets etc.

Punjab government remains fully committed to the provision of free WiFi to the citizens and will expand the facility to the whole of Punjab as part of the Digital Punjab vision, stated Chairman PITB.

Romanian ambassador calls on Science & Technology Minister For Cooperation

Romanian Ambassador Meeting

Niculai Goa, Romanian Ambassador met with Federal Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad today.

As per the statement, Both parties discussed on the opportunities to enhance mutual cooperation in the field of science and technology.

Also the Ambassador admired Fawad Chaudhry’s for taking science and technology sector to an advance level in Pakistan.

Adding to this he spoke high for Prime Minister Imran Khan’s for his austerity drive in the country.

PITB launches Learning Management System for Punjab Judicial Academy

Punjab Information Technology Board in collaboration with Punjab Judicial Academy has launched Learning Management System (LMS) through which two thousand Judicial officers and nearly Twenty thousand high court staff will be able to get online training via dedicated web portal while sitting at their remote areas. Chief Guest of the ceremony, sitting judge of Lahore High Court Honorable Justice Mr. Jawad Hassan inaugurated the LMS in presence of Chairman PITB Azfar Manzoor, Director General PJA Nazeer Ahmad Gajana and other senior officials here today.

On this occasion, Justice Mr. Jawad Hassan lauded the efforts of PITB in facilitating PJA and making learning procedure easier and accessible on one click. It is our mandate to bring reforms in judiciary system and PITB has already played a key role in automating Lahore High Court system, he said.

Chairman PITB Azfar Manzoor said that the system will surely assist all the stakeholders at Punjab Judicial Academy and will assist effectively in the administration of training programs, enhanced learning process and in making effective decisions in no time. Technology has played a transformative role in shaping all walks of life & this Learning Management System will provide self-registration mechanism for training and robust reporting mechanism, he added.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was also signed in the ceremony between Punjab Judicial Academy and Punjab Information Technology Board for further enhancement of the Learning Management System in future. Chairman PITB Azfar Manzoor and DG PJA Nazeer Ahmad Gajana signed MoU on behalf of their respective organizations

Addition Director General PITB Ms. Saima Sheikh gave a detailed presentation on LMS and demonstrated the solutions the system offers. She said the system will ensure the academy to have credible benchmark by steaming the process which will resultantly reduce the operational time and effort. LMS creates the centralized repository of learning resources that features trainings, trainees profiling, online resources and discussion forum and to automate internal systems such as emails, SMS, alerts etc, she added.

Director General Punjab Judicial Academy, Nazir Ahmad Gajana also thanked Punjab IT Board for providing full assistance and support. In the end, souvenirs were presented to the officials of PITB, PJA who contributed a great deal in the said initiatives.

Jubilee Life Insurance Announces to Sponsor the Pakistan VS Australia Cricket Series

Karachi: October 4, 2018 -Jubilee Life Insurance, Pakistan’s largest life insurance provider in the private sector is the proud presenting sponsor of the Pakistan vs Australia cricket test series to be held in UAE. The announcement was made at a press conference in Lahore, Pakistan.

The audiences world over will witness two cricketing titans coming head on in this exciting tour which includes two Tests and three Twenty20 Internationals with the first Test beginning on Sunday October 07 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai.

“Jubilee Life Insurance has always taken a lead and been one of the top supporters as far as facilitating sports in Pakistan is concerned. We feel proud in playing a key role in bringing cricket back to our nation starting with the PSL 3, followed by the Pakistan vs. WIndies series that took place earlier this year. With the same enthusiasm, Jubilee Life Insurance has continued to lend its support to this current tour and brings cricket for its fans and passionate spectators of the country.” said Syed Usman Qaiser, Chief Manager Marketing, Jubilee Life Insurance.

“Once again we are honored to see Jubilee Life’s commitment towards cricket in Pakistan. Over a period of time, this company has become one of the pillars upon which cricket has constantly grown in this nation. We envision being on the right path to reviving cricket in the country and the support of organizations like Jubilee Life Insurance will definitely help us achieve our objectives. We now hope the Pakistan team has a successful tour and is victorious.” said Zakir Khan, Director International Cricket, Pakistan Cricket Board.

Jubilee Life Insurance has become synonymous with sports in the country and upholds the brand essence being ‘Live Free’. The company was the gold sponsor of the PSL 3. Jubilee Life Insurance was also the lead sponsor of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) outfit Quetta Gladiators last season, as well as, being the gold sponsor of Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka cricket series. Other than cricket, Jubilee Life has also supported other sporting events in Pakistan including snooker, polo, hockey and golf.

Jubilee Life Insurance has been the pioneer in Bancassurance distribution and is the market leader among private sector life insurance companies in Pakistan. With an average growth of 38% over the last five years, it is the most profitable and valuable life insurance company on the stock exchange.

Jubilee Insurance is a global brand of Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) that offers diverse insurance solutions (life, health and general) and is committed to the vision of being Pakistan’s best service provider from the insurance industry and is among the top 25 companies of the Pakistan Stock Exchange; it happens to be the only insurance company to make it to this prestigious list.

Leading smartphone accessories manufacturer arranged Bloggers meetup session in Lahore

Riversong invited renowned Bloggers from all over Pakistan to attend a meet-up session and have better understanding of offerings by Riversong.

Riversong, one of the leading smartphone accessories manufacturer headquartered in China organized a bloggers and media meet-up at Faletti’s hotel today in Lahore. Through this meet up, Riversong aimed to enrich relationships with bloggers community in the region and inform them more about Riversong and its product offerings.

At present, Riversong is available in 17 countries across the world with substantial customer base and just last month, Riversong launched officially in Pakistan. The company seeks to be recognized in the country as the providers of most affordable yet most innovative and premium in quality products to its customers.

Leading smartphone accessories manufacturer arranged Bloggers meetup session in Lahore

The prominent bloggers from Bloggers community attended this event. Riversong took it as an opportunity to not only give information about its product range but also welcomed genuine feedback from the bloggers regarding company’s products.

Syed Ali Yousuf, the global Riversong COO gave a brief presentation at the event describing the unique features of Riversong smart devices to the attendees. He also showcased a variety of Riversong products. He explained that Riversong seeks to provide innovative and technologically advanced products to its users. He further told the media and bloggers about upcoming products range of Riversong and their launch schedule in Pakistan.

He also provided insight into the official distribution and retail network of Riversong in Pakistan and told that Riversong products are available at Hyperstar, Metro and Alfatah in Lahore.

Mr Rizwan Younus, CEO at TikTech which is the official distributor of Riversong products in Pakistan were also present at this event.

In the end, Bloggers asked different questions from Riversong team and gave their feedback.