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Lahore (Muhammad Yasir)  In line with recent developments in the digital ecosystem and keeping up with an increasing demand for more fluid customer experiences, Jazz has partnered with Telenor Microfinance Bank and Telenor Pakistan has partnered with JazzCash to provide direct and seamless integration on the mobile financial platforms to optimize customer experience. The partnership’s aim is to enable a digital ecosystem for consumers to enhance their ability to manage financial and mobile communications needs by providing reliable, border-less services.

As per this direct integration amongst the entities, the Easypaisa App can be used to purchase Jazz airtime and similarly the JazzCash mobile application can be used to purchase Telenor Pakistan’s bundles. Jazz bundles will also be available on Easypaisa App in the future. This is a first of its kind deal between the two players and is a welcome development given the digital world is increasingly agile and there is a need to leverage digital channels to make it as easy as possible for customers to choose what service they should use.

“Our priority is to promote consumer choice and improve access to high-quality digital financial services—which is especially important for underserved households. This partnership with Easypaisa is essentially a vital step towards this mandate of ours. Collaborating with a competing mobile payments provider shows our willingness to build a border-less payments ecosystem, which shall help build a more open, interoperable payments system in the future,” said Jazz CCO Asif Aziz. “Through this integration, we are providing consumers with enhanced functionality and freedom to choose their preferred mobile money account for all pre-paid and post-paid transactions related to Jazz or Telenor Pakistan.”

Speaking on the development, CMO Telenor Pakistan, Umair Mohsin said, “We always have customers at the core of our business and our priority is to bring convenience and feasibility to them at their fingertips. Through this partnership with JazzCash, we are enhancing the user experience to be more inclusive of what our industry has to offer while providing a wider gateway towards financial inclusion. In this era of digitalization, we are reducing boundaries and enabling our customers through integrated touchpoints.”

Khurram Malik, Head of Easypaisa, Telenor Microfinance Bank commented on the partnership, “Easypaisa is transforming the way users perform financial transactions. We aim to digitize user experience by building a digital ecosystem that allows them to enjoy convenient payment options. This partnership with Jazz is another step in that direction. We will continue to bring more brands and service providers under the Easypaisa umbrella to create diverse opportunities as well as provide ease to consumers”.

This is a landmark deal between two competing mobile operators and financial services and provides an insight in to the benefits that technology offers. Such alliances and interoperability allow these two players to deliver on many of their promises — including enhanced efficiencies and better customer experience.

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) Nestlé Pakistan has won the First Prize for ‘Living the Global Compact Best Practices Sustainability Award 2019’, in the category of multinational companies and declared the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Champion at the business sustainability moot and award ceremony, hosted by the UN Global Compact Network Pakistan.

This is the fourth consecutive time that Nestlé Pakistan has been recognised for its continuous commitment towards contributing to healthier future in line with SDGs and the ten principles of the UN Global Compact embedded in the way it conducts business.

“It is an honour to be recognised by UNGC for the fourth time in a row. This not only shows Nestlé’s commitment and dedication to the SDGs but also motivates us further to continue our mission in line with UNGC principles,” said Waqar Ahmad, Head of Corporate Affairs, Nestlé Pakistan on the occasion. He added that Nestlé Pakistan was playing its role in community engagement and enhancement through various programs for its focus areas.

“Nestlé believes in the philosophy of creating shared value (CSV). Our purpose is to enhance quality of life and contribute to a healthier future and hence CSV is embedded in our business model, where direct engagement and support to communities is extended across the value chain,” he said.

Nestlé Pakistan’s initiative, the Nestlé-BISP Rural Women Sales Program, under Ehsaas, was also presented as a case study at the moot, highlighting how the project had helped graduate BISP beneficiaries out of poverty in line with UN SDGs 3, 5 and 17 – Good Health & Well-being, Gender Equality, and Partnerships for the Goals, respectively. It has so far over 900 active rural women sales agents.

As part of ‘Caring for Water – Pakistan’ initiative, Nestlé Pakistan with its collective action approach partnered with organisations such as LUMS, UVAS, WWF Pakistan, SDPI and PARC to address the shared water challenges, consistent with SDGs 6 – Clean Water & Sanitation, and 17 – Partnership for the Goals.

Meanwhile, the Nestlé for Healthier Kids program (N4HK), a global initiative that empowers parents, caregivers and educators to foster healthier eating, drinking and lifestyle habits among school age children, has reached out to more than 220,000 kids and trained over 1100 teachers on nutrition in 280 schools, in collaboration with 10 educational partners.

Congratulating Nestlé Pakistan on winning the award, Fasihul Karim Siddiqi, Executive Director Global Compact Network Pakistan, said, “We recognise Nestlé’s commitment and efforts which are completely aligned with UNGC principles of sustainable business practices in Pakistan.I believe that such practices should be promoted at greater levels and used as an example for other businesses to follow.”

Living the Global Compact Best Practices Sustainability Awards is organised by Global Compact Network Pakistan every year. The network is currently fortified with around 90 organisations in Pakistan.

 

Lahore (Muhammad Yasir) TPL Trakker, Pakistan’s leading IoT Company, has partnered with Eat Mubarak, a local food delivery service, to power their app with TPL Maps, a business segment of TPL Trakker and Pakistan’s first digital mapping service.

This partnership will give Eat Mubarak access to the largest location based dataset covering over 400 cities, 4.5 million geocoded addresses and 500,000 km of road network. This will enable Eat Mubarak to provide quick, efficient and precise food deliveries, fulfilling up to 1,500 orders per day across Pakistan.

A growing number of startups in Pakistan are testing and choosing TPL Trakker’s Location Based Services (LBS) APIs to geo-optimize their digital assets. Using the power of LBS, digital-first organizations are driving efficiency and providing their users with pertinent location information for restaurants, tourist spots, retail and other critical POIs. As the leading local LBS provider in the country, TPL Trakker is poised to power the development of the on-demand digital economy – creating a modern, productive and globally competitive Pakistan. With the highest number of POIs and housing addresses data compared to any other mapping service in Pakistan, TPL Maps APIs will play a critical role for food delivery apps, ensuring customers are connected with the right restaurants at the right time to receive their food when and where they want it.  

To mark the occasion, a signing ceremony was held at Centrepoint, TPL’s head office in Karachi recently. Present at the occasion from TPL were, Sarwar Ali Khan, CEO, TPL Trakker and Hyder Abbas, Co-Founder & CTO, Eat Mubarak, along with management team members from both companies.

Speaking at the occasion, Sarwar Ali Khan said, “We have witnessed explosive growth in Pakistani tech companies providing specific on-demand services to the general population. These services rely heavily on cutting-edge location data, which is exactly what we do. We are expanding ahead of the market and will continue to provide innovation though our IoT and LBS offerings to preempt market needs. Our collaboration with Eat Mubarak is an exciting new venture not just for us, but for Pakistan, as two home-grown tech companies partner to power the growth of the digital ecosystem.”

Hyder Abbas said, “We are excited to partner with TPL Maps and have the Eat Mubarak Mobile App powered by an indigenous navigation app. The team behind TPL Maps has mapped every nook and corner of Pakistan and this will help us meet the expectations of our growing customer base.”

Karachi (Muhammad Yasir) In recognition of promoting UNGC Principles and Sustainable Development Goals, Engro Corporation has won the first prize for “Living the UN Global Compact Business Sustainability Award 2019″ in the Large National Category, for the second year in a row.

The award was presented at the Business Sustainability Moot and Living the Global Compact Best Practices Sustainability Award ceremony, organized by Global Compact Network Pakistan.

The Award signifies Engro’s continued commitment towards UNGC principles in the areas of governance, human rights, labour rights, environment, and anti-corruption.

Through its CSR arm of Engro Foundation, the Company has adopted an inclusive business model approach that targets low-income communities where its businesses are based. This approach enables underprivileged members of the society to emerge as potential business partners and become vendors, customers and employees in Engro’s business value chains. Further, Engro Foundation’s strategic community investments are focused on the provision of quality education, health and livelihoods to underprivileged communities across Pakistan.

Sharing his thoughts on receiving the Award, Favad Soomro, Head of Engro Foundation, said, “it is a matter of great honour for Engro to win the UNGC award for second year in a row. The Company stands committed to upholding the UNGC principles and maximizing its social and economic impact for a more prosperous Pakistan”.