Committed to its purpose of connecting people to what matters most , Telenor Pakistan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Velocity’s 7th cohort startup, Deaf Tawk, a video-call app that connects people with sign language interpreters to those who need to understand or communicate with differently-abled individuals. The MoU ceremony was held at […]
Telenor Velocity and Google announce Digital Hackfair 2.0 winners
Telenor Velocity, in collaboration with Google Developers announced the winners of the Digital Hackfair 2.0. The 5 week application period brought in 50+ app submissions using Google technologies from 172 developers across Pakistan. The winners included Duur (1st Place), WeTailoress (2nd Place) and 5 Hazar (3rd Place), judged on visual appeal, relevancy and presentation, innovation […]
Telenor Velocity scales Ola Doc to reach 9 million MyTelenor App users and provide 20% discount
Committed to its vision of empowering societies and connecting people to what matters most to them, Telenor Pakistan has collaborated with Ola Doc, a startup of Telenor Velocity’s 7th cohort. Through this, 9 million MyTelenor App users will be able to avail up to 20% discount on doctor’s appointments made through Ola Doc. Ola Doc […]
Telenor Velocity invites start-ups that use technology as an enabler for its 7th Cohort
Telenor Pakistan’s Digital Accelerator Program, Telenor Velocity, has opened for applications from start-ups for its 7th Cohort. As a part of this program, Telenor Velocity will guide, support and mentor start-ups using Telenor Pakistan’s experts, analytics and access to scaling opportunities over a period of four months. The world is going through radical transformation, and Telenor Pakistan is […]
Telenor Velocity successfully concludes its 6th Cohort, focusing on EdTech Innovation
In an effort to promote e-learning and accelerate digitalisation, Telenor Pakistan’s Velocity, brought on board 4 edtech innovation startups including, MUSE by Sabaq, Skills First, Edtech Worx and LearnObots, in the fields of STEM and Digital Skills education, and provided them with opportunities to scale and forge strategic partnerships. After the participating startups went through […]
Telenor Velocity, Google and UNDP come together to enable app developers at ‘Digital Hackfair’
Telenor Pakistan’s Digital Accelerator Program, Telenor Velocity, launched a hackathon, earlier this year, in collaboration with Google Developers, and UNDP Pakistan. The aim of this ‘Digital Hackfair’ was to find the best developers and get them to build impactful solutions using Google’s open-source Flutter toolkit. The grand finale happened at Telenor Pakistan’s Campus 345 and […]
Telenor Velocity collaborates with Google and UNDP to launch ‘Digital Hackfair’
Telenor Pakistan’s Digital Accelerator Program, Telenor Velocity, in collaboration with Google Developers and UNDP Pakistan’s Youth Empowerment Programme, have launched a unique online hackathon in Pakistan to find the best developers and get them to build impactful solutions using Google’s open-source Flutter toolkit. Flutter aims to provide a framework and tooling for creating user experiences […]
Pakistan’s top gaming start-ups from Game Launcher pitch to investors in Singapore
Seven of Pakistan’s top game developers pitched their gaming products to renowned investors at Google’s Asia-Pacific head quarters in Singapore to raise capital for scaling up their games. These game developers were chosen through a Google-partnered ‘Game Launcher’ cohort of Telenor Pakistan’s famed digital start-up accelerator program ‘Telenor Velocity’. In presence, at the Google Launcher event, […]
Telenor Velocity brings ‘DuckStories’ to Peshawar
Telenor Velocity’s Duck Stories reached Peshawar as the region is producing phenomenal entrepreneurs. The event was attended by industry representatives and budding entrepreneurs from Peshawar and neighboring areas like Swat. DuckStories is a series of regular events where accomplished entrepreneurs and professionals share their career mistakes and failures with the audience. They share instances from […]