Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2019 Nominee

National Incubation Center


Incubation Centers

Description

This provides national network of incubators across Pakistan nurtures startups and engages them with investors and corporations. The chain of National Incubation Centers is first of its kind Incubation & Acceleration platform, launched under the public – private partnership of Ministry of Information Technology & Telecom, IGNITE and third party/consortium through a competitive bidding process. Till now, Ministry of IT & Telecom through Ignite has established five incubation centers in Islamabad,, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta.

Project website

https://www.nicpakistan.pk


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C1. The role of governments and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for development
  • AL C2. Information and communication infrastructure
  • AL C5. Building confidence and security in use of ICTs
  • AL C6. Enabling environment 2019
  • AL C10. Ethical dimensions of the Information Society
  • AL C11. International and regional cooperation
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 1: No poverty
  • Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals

Coverage
  • Pakistan

Status

Completed

Start date

2017

End date

2020


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Youth
  • Women
  • People with disabilities
  • The unemployed
  • ICT Industry, Entrepreneurs, Students, Youth, Women, Disables

WSIS values promotion

Five Incubation Centers has been launched to bring a digital revolution in Pakistan. This provides young entrepreneurs an opportunity to excel their business ambitions that are ready to make their mark on the world economy,


Entity name

Ignite-National Technology Fund, Ministry of IT & Telecom (Ignite, MoIT)

Entity country—type

Pakistan Government

Entity website

https://ignite.org.pk