Tag: Entrepreneurs

KCCI to produce entrepreneurs

The Chancellor Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET), Z.A. Nizami, has offered to support the objective of Karachi Chamber of Commerce...

BSF to build 300 franchises to support entrepreneurs

The Small and Medium Enterprises(SME) Business Support Fund (BSF), in collaboration with Khushhali Bank Limited, plans to build about three hundred franchises with public-private...

Women entrepreneurs complete training

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Entrepreneurs Project congratulated the women micro-entrepreneurs who successfully completed financial literacy training focused towards enhancing...

Jazba supports budding entrepreneurs

Jazba Foundation reached out to over 40 diploma holders of Vocational Training Institutes (VTI) and provided them with tools to help them launch their...

‘US to support women entrepreneurs’

Dr Marilyn Wyatt, wife of the US Ambassador in Pakistan, said on Monday that the US Embassy would do all it can to promote...

TDAP voices support for women entrepreneurs

LAHORE - Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) is supporting to enhance women entrepreneurs at national and international level as women have great potential in business sector but they need their efforts to be recognised and channeled properly.
The authority's CEO Tariq Iqbal Puri stated this in a joint meeting of the FPCCI (Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry) Regional Standing Committees on Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) and Special Education

Khushhali Bank’s micro entrepreneurs shine

KARACHI - Khushhalibank endeavours to encourage the micro and small entrepreneurs of Pakistan through various avenues, one of which has been to take part in the CITI-PPAF Awards, which took place in Islamabad to formally announce the 20 award winners from each respective category. These awards were meant to celebrate the achievements of exceptional micro entrepreneurs who have demonstrated the true spirit of entrepreneurship-using their creative minds and independent decision making

Potential of women entrepreneurs must be realised, says Firdous

LAHORE - The Federal Minister for Women Development Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that the plan to establish a sizeable and well-equipped display center, exclusively for women entrepreneurs in Lahore, has been finalised. This centre is aimed at strengthening the role of women in the economic development of the country.
The Federal Minister was speaking at a seminar, jointly organised by the Lahore Chamber of Commerce (LCCI) and Ministry of Women Development, here on Monday.

LUMS YLES 2011 – Young entrepreneurs enthral visitors

Lahore - The second day of the Lahore University of Management Sciences' (LUMS) Young Leaders Entrepreneurial Summit (YLES) included exciting events such as the Gold Rush and Business Idea Competition (BIC) mentoring session while the first day of YLES ended with a spectacular carnival.
The host team took carnival essentials such as games and photo booths and turned them into eclectic rural pieces. Blue string lights were placed around trees, illuminating the path by their glow,

Flood entrepreneurs – LUMS YLES to transform students

LAHORE - The Young Leaders and Entrepreneurs Summit (YLES), 2011 kicked off on Wednesday at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Sports Complex with an exciting opening ceremony. This year, theme of YLES is Rural Entrepreneurship and according to organisers, the topic has become particularly important after the recent floods.
The ceremony featured instrumental band Quadrum, as the name suggests, the quartet with four drums offered a unique musical experience. With