A three
member delegation comprising of Mr.Jan Bolz (IT investor from
Germany),Dr.Bernhard kaleem(an Austrian ICT investor and Mr.Rabeel Warraich
,CEO Sarmayacar called on Minister of State for IT & Telecom Mrs. Anusha
Rahman here in Islamabad today.
The
delegates apprised the Minister regarding their respective company's profile
and expressed their keen interest to further invest in Pakistan's rapidly
growing ICT sector.
Anusha Rahman
shared with the delegates, the initiatives that her government is pursuing for
“Accelerated Digitalization” with special emphasis on bridging broadband divide
to spur socio economic growth across the country.
Anusha Rehman
said that recent accelerated development in the arena of ICTs has made
Pakistan ,a very lucrative destination for IT investors . Therefore many
local and Foreign investors are contacting us, to join on common ICT
Agenda,,in a public private mode because we all believe that future
of the world is ICTs.
She further
said that we are committed to provide next generation broadband connectivity to
even remote rural areas of the country through broadband for sustainable
development program which is being funded by USF and by 2018, every village
with 100 population in the whole country, will be connected.
Minister also
shared some key initiatives including ICT for Girls with the delegates.
She said that we have initiated an ICT for girls program to increase the
employability potential of marginalized young girls . Now Thousands of girls
are being trained in coding and computing through @microsoft. Likewise 226
public sector girls schools of Islamabad Capital Territory are being digitized
on fast pace.
Anusha Rahman
further said that training of young entrepreneurs and ICT graduates startup
always remained a policy focus. Therefore the government has established
a state of the art “National ICT incubation Centre” in a public private
partnership mode In the capital and four more In provincial capitals are In the
offing. The main purpose of this project was to transform innovative ideas of
talented young teams into viable and self sustainable, startup companies
through appropriate training, mentorship and facilitation and now these initiatives
are getting worldwide recognition
The delegates
appreciated the vision of the government and Minister for IT and hailed
all the initiatives being carried out by the Minister of IT & Telecom for
development of ICTs in the region and expressed their keenness to contribute In
the development of ICTs through investment.
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