KARACHI – The Islamic Chamber of Commerce, Trade & Agriculture (ICCIA) hosted its “Best of Entrepreneurship Pakistan (BOE)” session at IBA Karachi on Wednesday.
The occasion was about eCommerce and Entrepreneurship in Pakistan and was organized to spotlight challenges confronted by the business and the alternatives it brings for younger entrepreneurs. The BOE occasion aimed to share entrepreneurial tendencies and tales that may form the way forward for eCommerce within the nation.
Ms Aalia Jafar, Director of Worldwide Relations, ICCIA, was current on the occasion. She mentioned, “Today, we are blessed. We live in a world where failure is considered a success. Because we now know true innovation happens when you try new things, when you experiment and when you fail. As the famous saying from Silicon Valley goes: Fail early, fail often, but fail forward!”
Mr Haider Zamin, Deputy Director, Commerce Growth Authority of Pakistan (TDAP), mentioned TDAP’s e-commerce technique. He shared how TDAP is organizing free B2C coaching classes for girls entrepreneurs the place they’ll register themselves and start promoting their merchandise on Amazon.
Mr Hamza Abdul Rauf, Co-founder & Director of Telemart, was additionally current on the occasion. He shared his journey with the viewers current. His success story consists of lending his experience to firms like Gul Ahmed and Creative Milliners again when expertise wasn’t as prevalent as right this moment. Mr Abdul Rauf talked about how tech can’t repair a damaged enterprise. It might probably solely be executed by way of laborious work and willpower. Ultimately, Mr Abdul Rauf emphasised the necessity for correct mentorship and incubation centres for the present era.
Dr Sara Saeed Khurram, Co-Founder & CEO of Sehat Kahani, was additionally one of many outstanding friends on the occasion. She is a health care provider turned entrepreneur who didn’t let something are available the best way of her success. She mentioned the way it wasn’t a straightforward journey however one which was value taking. Dr. Saeed Khurram hopes extra girls are inspired to turn out to be entrepreneurs to allow them to be impartial and alter the world for many who will come after them.
Mr Sultan Rehman, Vice President, Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Trade (FPCCI), was additionally current on the panel.
Mr Abdul Badih El Dada, Director of Occasions Administration at ICCIA, highlighted the ICCIA’s efforts within the improvement of the entrepreneurial ecosystem and invited related establishments for creating partnerships to advertise entrepreneurial tradition in Pakistan and past.
It was an informative and motivational session with an viewers of 300, which included Technical and Vocational Training and Coaching (TVETs) targeted on e-commerce, college college students, aspiring entrepreneurs, and enterprise fans.
Right here’s hoping loads of such applications will probably be organized sooner or later in order that extra individuals from the youthful era could be inspired to pursue their entrepreneurial endeavours.
