[email protected] Crowned Leading Tech Firms at ICT Awards 2016

[email protected], Pakistan Software House Association is the country’s leading software association, has recently announced the winners from the technological background on its 13^th annual ICT Awards. This event was held in Karachi.

The aim to conduct this award event by association is to motivate and uplift the technological and E-commerce sector in Pakistan. The awards were distributed among 17 product categories and 15 local categories, which includes E-learning, Communications and Social Media sector.

The idea behind conducting the event, ‘[email protected] ICT Awards’ on an annual basis is to celebrate and uplift Pakistani innovators, said Jehan Ara, President of [email protected]

‘The IT ‘Information Technology’ sector in Pakistan has gained momentum steadily over the years, and it is a priority for us to inform the world about the talent of innovation in Pakistan, where young enthusiasts transform their innovative technological ideas and dreams into products, providing a solution to businesses and helping the community via social reforms’, she further added.

[email protected] started its application process for the nomination of awards in July 2016 and invited tech startups and entrepreneurs from all across Pakistan. The evaluation process was conducted in three major cities where applicant presented their ideas and products in front of the panel comprised of various Industry experts who shortlisted the final list of winners and runners up for the competition.

The goal of [email protected] is to provide a collaborative platform IT and Software based firms, where they can work together as a force to network, and collectively come up with end solutions, said Chairman [email protected], Naseer Akhtar.

[email protected] aims to provide a chance of international market exposure to Pakistani Startups and the winners of ICT Awards 2016 will get a chance to present their products and skills on an international platform. They will be able to compete against 17 countries at this year’s (Asia Pacific ICT Alliance) APICTA Awards, held in Taiwan in December, 2016.

Here is a list of winners for some of the important categories:

Innovation in Fintech (Category Sponsored by UBL Pakistan)

Winner

Blockchain Tech

Tourism and Hospitality

Winner

FetchSky/PeekaBoo

Startup Company

Winner

Sheops

Best in Animation

Winner

Ice Animations

Best in Brand Development

Winner

Invest2Innovate

Best in Mobile Applications

Winner

WeRPlay

E-Learning

Winner

Simobo Touch Reading

Media and Entertainment Technology

Winner

Morango Films