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Pakistan edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed to make education more accessible

TechCrunch

Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad , in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more accessible to 100 million Pakistani students.”

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The Networked NGO in Pakistan

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We are working very closely with Dr. Yasmeen Qazi who is the Pakistan Country Advisor and her very talented team members, Dr. Iftikhar Soomro and Seema Zameer — all of whom understand capacity building programs. I selected the latter because all participants are on Facebook and can access it on their mobile phones.

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How to watch Pakistan vs. New Zealand online for free

Mashable Tech

TL;DR: Live stream Pakistan vs. New Zealand in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy for free from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN. The eyes of the cricketing world will be on Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates over the next few weeks, as the best ODI sides come together for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.

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Nigerian digital bank Kuda is the latest African startup to lay off employees

TechCrunch

The company, having raised more than $90 million in total from investors such as Valar Ventures and Target Global, is also planning an expansion outside Africa to Pakistan. Kuda said in the email that affected staff cuts were made across various departments in the company.

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How to watch the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy online for free

Mashable Tech

We've got an important question for all the cricket fans out there: How would you like to see Bangladesh, India , New Zealand , Pakistan, Afghanistan, Australia , England, and South Africa compete in a ODI tournament? The defending champions are Pakistan. This edition will be hosted by Pakistan and United Arab Emirates from Feb.

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Oraan raises $3M to increase financial inclusion among Pakistani women

TechCrunch

After working as an investment banker in Canada for a decade, Halima Iqbal moved back to Pakistan in 2017 and quickly realized how difficult it is for women to access financial services. “I There was an opportunity, how can we understand the saving space and informal economy in Pakistan, and where can we capture that?”

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PostEx acquires Call Courier to become Pakistan’s largest e-commerce service provider

TechCrunch

million users with over 8,000 merchants across 500 cities in Pakistan, and is on track to having a monthly loan book of more than $12 million. PostEx co-founder and CEO Omer Khan told TechCrunch that according to the World Bank, about 100 million adults in Pakistan don’t have a bank account. PostEx will now serve 1.3