SEED FUND PROGRAM
KPITB in collaboration with world bank and MDTF has taken a step to accelerate the growth of startups by establishing a seed fund primarily targeting the early-stage startup businesses. KP Seed Fund is executed by epiphany to disperse equity-free grants in KP-based businesses looking for grants to enhance, strengthen and expand their startups.
Objectives
The objective of this project is to promote the inclusion of young entrepreneurs from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the digital economy and accelerating growth of early-age start-ups through a seed fund.
ONE WINDOW FACILITATION PLATFORM
Under this project, KPIT Board established one window facilitation platform to improve the facilitation of investors, businesses, tech start-ups and SMEs within the province. Through this portal, any bottlenecks or delays caused by the current manual procedures of the department will be alleviated, which may involve approvals, RACI (responsibilities of actors), documentation, scheduling, filing, as well as secondary/tertiary manual approval procedures. The portal significantly reduces the time required for business registration within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, increases transparency to build the trust of prospective investors, and contributes to improving the ease of doing business index ranking in Pakistan.
Objectives
- To improve the ease of doing business in KP.
- To reduce the time required for business registration within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- To increases transparency and build the trust of prospective investors.
Benefits/Outcomes
- Consolidation of all registered processes and facilitation under one-window.
- Significant reduction of the time required for business registration within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- Increased transparency and building the trust of prospective investors.
- Contribution in improving the ease of doing business index ranking of Pakistan.
E-KASIB
E-Kasib is an online service outsourcing platform in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that helps employers and entrepreneurs in both the Public and Private sector find the best talent for their projects. This platform aids employers in both sectors to procure consultancy services of individuals/firms for small and mid-level projects.
One of its major highlights is its robust search engine that helps tech start-ups, individual freelancers and experts find the gigs they are interested in, while employers can scour the site for qualified and skilled workers. In addition, the platform protects the private and financial data of employers and gives them the confidence to make payments securely. It also offers a seamless private chat channel where employers and workers can communicate securely about the project details.
GANDHARA DIGITAL COMPLEX
The KPITB has taken the initiative to establish Gandhara Digital Complexes in Peshawar & Swat. The Gandhara Digital Complexes will provide state-of-the-art infrastructure facilities at Peshawar & Swat which will have the provision to house a large Expo Centre/Auditorium, Government Offices, Co-working Spaces, Incubation facilities, IT Park, national & international ICT and telecommunication companies.
Objectives
- To bring the IT Industry together under one roof and support the IT Business, act as a bridge between Academia and Industry, groom the skills of IT graduates and create job opportunities.
- To enable a digital hub built around the core concept of clustering the various players of the ICT
- To reposition the digital economy as an alternative development opportunity to a wider range of multi-skilled youth bulge.
Benefits/Outcomes
- Entrepreneurship and innovation in the province.
- knowledge-based economy through a sustainable ecosystem designed to facilitate the business development of ICT companies.
- industry for promoting and jumpstarting growth in the digital economy.
- substantially improved the progress of a marginalized youth bulge in the knowledge-based digital economy.
MERGED AREAS DIGITAL CONNECT
Under this project, KPITBoard is establishing seven (07) Digital Connects across merged districts for empowering the youth of merged districts.
The facility includes:
- Training Centers for the youth on Employable Digital Skills.
- Co-Working Space of 350 seats for the trained youth, where they can work on freelancing and earn money.
- ICT Community Space, where the local youth can utilize the space to fulfill their daily ICT needs.
Objectives
The objective is to develop a thriving ecosystem across merged districts of KPI to support innovation with a core foundation of large digital skill workforce.
Benefits/Outcomes
- Training 7,250 youth in medium & advance digital skills.
- Career guidance and mentorship.
- Linkages Development with ICT Industry.
- Development of Web-Portal/LMS
- Initially free of cost and subsidized cost training and later paid training for sustainability.
DIGITAL ECONOMY AND SKILLS
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa positioned as a hub of digital skilled workforce through the provision of a consistent talent pipeline. This has certainly increased the employment ratio of the ICT graduates of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the local ICT industry. To further support this achievement, KPITBoard under the pillar of KP digital policy ‘’Digital Economy’’ is establishing a smart and safe, first ever Digital Skills and Economy Center at Shankar Campus Mardan. The facility offers 10 state-of-the-art computer labs and BPO ready facility of 200 seats.
Objectives
The objective is to develop a thriving ecosystem that supports innovation with a core foundation of large digital skill workforce. The campus will serve to bridge the skill gap of graduates between the time of graduation and the time they acquire true industry usable skills for commercial products/services.
Benefits/Outcomes
- Increase in employment ratio of ICT graduates in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Gender inclusivity enhanced through the increased interest of female graduates to avail the benefits of the freelance digital economy.
- The share of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the global digital economy by enabling equitable digital dividends boosted.
- Training 5,000 youth in medium & advance digital skills and Nano-Degrees.
- Global Certification Scholarships
- Career guidance and mentorship.
- Linkages Development with Principal Bodies & ICT Industry
- Development of Web-Portal/LMS
- Initially free of cost and subsidized cost training and later paid training for sustainability.
PAKISTAN DIGITAL CITY HARIPUR
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board has commenced a project “Establishment of Pakistan Digital City at Haripur” which is initially planned over an area of 86K-9M of land at Batrasi near Khanpur Interchange, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and will be scaled up in future. The Pakistan Digital City will host the ICT companies including some of the biggest names in the ICT industry. The aim of establishing the Digital City is to facilitate IT industry, promote business of the ICT and software companies, encourage innovations and entrepreneurship and to capitalize on the immense job creation potential of ICTs.
Objectives
- To enable a digital hub built around the core concept of clustering the various players of the ICT industry for promoting and jumpstarting growth in the digital economy.
- To launch it as a Special Technology Zone (STZ) and offer an incentive framework to create the necessary pull factor for local and foreign enterprises.
- To facilitate the development of IT industry and help increase IT and ITeS export.
- To bridge the gap between academia and the ICT sector.
- To provide direct and indirect employment opportunities for ICT graduates in the country.
- To provide reliable ICT infrastructure and other allied amenities to ICT and ITeS services and businesses.
- To promote Entrepreneurship & Innovation.
- To promote the establishment of the BPO industry.
- To promote knowledge-based economy through a sustainable ecosystem designed to facilitate the business development of ICT companies.
- To promote Research & Development.
- To establish a facility for conducting ICT related exhibitions/workshops/boot camps/seminars etc.
Benefits/Outcomes
- Job Creation
- Enabling & Expanding E-Commerce
- Fostering Entrepreneurship
- Enhancing IT Based Exports
- Innovation
- Increase in Foreign Reserves
- Skills development.
DIGITAL PAYMENT GATEWAY
Under the Digital Economy pillar, KPITB is adopting digitization to ensure better and improved finance management and introducing alternative channels for digital payments. To serve this purpose, KPITB has launched Digital Payment Gateway system which is an integrated payment gateway interface service; that allows end users to accept digital payments from all service providers in Pakistan without going into contract with every individual digital payment service provider. It is an unswerving digital payment platform that is convenient, acceptable and reliable amongst government departments, businesses and citizens. It provides a one-stop platform for the citizens wherein information, procedures and requirements pertaining to various government services is available in a centralized location where citizens can easily pay service charges for the selected services through a single platform.
Objectives
- To provide citizens access to digital payment of key public sector services from various government departments through a single mobile interface
- To facilitate government departments for providing all payment gateways without going through lengthy procurement and agreement signing process with each individual service provider
- Increase Financial Inclusion and improve Ease of Doing Business in Pakistan
- To increase Real-Time settlement of accounts
- To expedite the service delivery process within the scheduled timelines and avoid unnecessary delays
Benefits/Outcomes
- Citizens’ facilitation
- On track activities of the government departments
- On time delivery of services
- Bringing transparency, accountability and efficiency in the government departments
- Increasing satisfaction level index of the citizens
- Increasing government revenue
Business Process Outsourcing
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IT Board launched the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Ready Space project with assistance of MDTF in 2019 to provide jobs to the youth of the province in various digital fields. BPO’s are ready spaces workaround with fully equipped facilities that are built to facilitate the BPO industry. These spaces have all the required IT infrastructure, furniture, and allied amenities that are needed to set up a BPO company. The workaround is the first-ever government-owned BPO facility established in Peshawar which has generated more than 500 employment opportunities for the IT workforce in the province.
Objectives
- To attract investment and growth in the BPO sector.
- To promote job opportunities through outsourced work.
- To Provide the best IT outsourcing solutions for business processing automation.
Benefits/Outcomes
- Investments in the BPO sector are expected to create jobs for local youth, many of who are either unemployed or underemployed and lack opportunities.
- The BPO industry in the country will also benefit from this initiative, as incentives will be offered to existing and prospective BPO operators to set up their businesses in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Durshal
Durshal (meaning “gateway” in Pashto) is a flagship project of KPITB that aims to provide Technology-Based entrepreneurship in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Durshal expedite many startups to revolutionize into flourished businesses. Durshal Project envisions the digital transformation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by establishing a network of startup incubators and community spaces to facilitate the youth of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with tech opportunities to empower them with training and enable them to get creative with innovative ideas and launch new businesses.
Objectives
- To produce successful businesses by promoting a digital economy across the province.
- To provide management guidance, technical assistance, and consulting tailored for young entrepreneurs.
- To provide facility-based services such as space, shared business services, equipment, technology support services, and assistance in obtaining the financing necessary for growth.
Benefits/Outcomes
- Innovation
- Improved citizen services delivery
- Free of cost applications development for Government departments
SEED FUND PROGRAM
KPITB in collaboration with world bank and MDTF has taken a step to accelerate the growth of startups by establishing a seed fund primarily targeting the early-stage startup businesses. KP Seed Fund is executed by epiphany to disperse equity-free grants in KP-based businesses looking for grants to enhance, strengthen and expand their startups.
Objectives
The objective of this project is to promote the inclusion of young entrepreneurs from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the digital economy and accelerating growth of early-age start-ups through a seed fund.
ONE WINDOW FACILITATION PLATFORM
Under this project, KPIT Board established one window facilitation platform to improve the facilitation of investors, businesses, tech start-ups and SMEs within the province. Through this portal, any bottlenecks or delays caused by the current manual procedures of the department will be alleviated, which may involve approvals, RACI (responsibilities of actors), documentation, scheduling, filing, as well as secondary/tertiary manual approval procedures. The portal significantly reduces the time required for business registration within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, increases transparency to build the trust of prospective investors, and contributes to improving the ease of doing business index ranking in Pakistan.
Objectives
- To improve the ease of doing business in KP.
- To reduce the time required for business registration within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- To increases transparency and build the trust of prospective investors.
Benefits/Outcomes
- Consolidation of all registered processes and facilitation under one-window.
- Significant reduction of the time required for business registration within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- Increased transparency and building the trust of prospective investors.
- Contribution in improving the ease of doing business index ranking of Pakistan.
E-KASIB
E-Kasib is an online service outsourcing platform in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that helps employers and entrepreneurs in both the Public and Private sector find the best talent for their projects. This platform aids employers in both sectors to procure consultancy services of individuals/firms for small and mid-level projects.
One of its major highlights is its robust search engine that helps tech start-ups, individual freelancers and experts find the gigs they are interested in, while employers can scour the site for qualified and skilled workers. In addition, the platform protects the private and financial data of employers and gives them the confidence to make payments securely. It also offers a seamless private chat channel where employers and workers can communicate securely about the project details.
GANDHARA DIGITAL COMPLEX
The KPITB has taken the initiative to establish Gandhara Digital Complexes in Peshawar & Swat. The Gandhara Digital Complexes will provide state-of-the-art infrastructure facilities at Peshawar & Swat which will have the provision to house a large Expo Centre/Auditorium, Government Offices, Co-working Spaces, Incubation facilities, IT Park, national & international ICT and telecommunication companies.
Objectives
- To bring the IT Industry together under one roof and support the IT Business, act as a bridge between Academia and Industry, groom the skills of IT graduates and create job opportunities.
- To enable a digital hub built around the core concept of clustering the various players of the ICT
- To reposition the digital economy as an alternative development opportunity to a wider range of multi-skilled youth bulge.
Benefits/Outcomes
- Entrepreneurship and innovation in the province.
- knowledge-based economy through a sustainable ecosystem designed to facilitate the business development of ICT companies.
- industry for promoting and jumpstarting growth in the digital economy.
- substantially improved the progress of a marginalized youth bulge in the knowledge-based digital economy.
MERGED AREAS DIGITAL CONNECT Dash Board
Under this project, KPITBoard is establishing seven (07) Digital Connects across merged districts for empowering the youth of merged districts.
The facility includes:
- Training Centers for the youth on Employable Digital Skills.
- Co-Working Space of 350 seats for the trained youth, where they can work on freelancing and earn money.
- ICT Community Space, where the local youth can utilize the space to fulfill their daily ICT needs.
Objectives
The objective is to develop a thriving ecosystem across merged districts of KPI to support innovation with a core foundation of large digital skill workforce.
Benefits/Outcomes
- Training 7,250 youth in medium & advance digital skills.
- Career guidance and mentorship.
- Linkages Development with ICT Industry.
- Development of Web-Portal/LMS
- Initially free of cost and subsidized cost training and later paid training for sustainability.
DIGITAL ECONOMY AND SKILLS
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa positioned as a hub of digital skilled workforce through the provision of a consistent talent pipeline. This has certainly increased the employment ratio of the ICT graduates of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the local ICT industry. To further support this achievement, KPITBoard under the pillar of KP digital policy ‘’Digital Economy’’ is establishing a smart and safe, first ever Digital Skills and Economy Center at Shankar Campus Mardan. The facility offers 10 state-of-the-art computer labs and BPO ready facility of 200 seats.
Objectives
The objective is to develop a thriving ecosystem that supports innovation with a core foundation of large digital skill workforce. The campus will serve to bridge the skill gap of graduates between the time of graduation and the time they acquire true industry usable skills for commercial products/services.
Benefits/Outcomes
- Increase in employment ratio of ICT graduates in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Gender inclusivity enhanced through the increased interest of female graduates to avail the benefits of the freelance digital economy.
- The share of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the global digital economy by enabling equitable digital dividends boosted.
- Training 5,000 youth in medium & advance digital skills and Nano-Degrees.
- Global Certification Scholarships
- Career guidance and mentorship.
- Linkages Development with Principal Bodies & ICT Industry
- Development of Web-Portal/LMS
- Initially free of cost and subsidized cost training and later paid training for sustainability.
PAKISTAN DIGITAL CITY HARIPUR
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board has commenced a project “Establishment of Pakistan Digital City at Haripur” which is initially planned over an area of 86K-9M of land at Batrasi near Khanpur Interchange, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and will be scaled up in future. The Pakistan Digital City will host the ICT companies including some of the biggest names in the ICT industry. The aim of establishing the Digital City is to facilitate IT industry, promote business of the ICT and software companies, encourage innovations and entrepreneurship and to capitalize on the immense job creation potential of ICTs.
Objectives
- To enable a digital hub built around the core concept of clustering the various players of the ICT industry for promoting and jumpstarting growth in the digital economy.
- To launch it as a Special Technology Zone (STZ) and offer an incentive framework to create the necessary pull factor for local and foreign enterprises.
- To facilitate the development of IT industry and help increase IT and ITeS export.
- To bridge the gap between academia and the ICT sector.
- To provide direct and indirect employment opportunities for ICT graduates in the country.
- To provide reliable ICT infrastructure and other allied amenities to ICT and ITeS services and businesses.
- To promote Entrepreneurship & Innovation.
- To promote the establishment of the BPO industry.
- To promote knowledge-based economy through a sustainable ecosystem designed to facilitate the business development of ICT companies.
- To promote Research & Development.
- To establish a facility for conducting ICT related exhibitions/workshops/boot camps/seminars etc.
Benefits/Outcomes
- Job Creation
- Enabling & Expanding E-Commerce
- Fostering Entrepreneurship
- Enhancing IT Based Exports
- Innovation
- Increase in Foreign Reserves
- Skills development.
DIGITAL PAYMENT GATEWAY
Under the Digital Economy pillar, KPITB is adopting digitization to ensure better and improved finance management and introducing alternative channels for digital payments. To serve this purpose, KPITB has launched Digital Payment Gateway system which is an integrated payment gateway interface service; that allows end users to accept digital payments from all service providers in Pakistan without going into contract with every individual digital payment service provider. It is an unswerving digital payment platform that is convenient, acceptable and reliable amongst government departments, businesses and citizens. It provides a one-stop platform for the citizens wherein information, procedures and requirements pertaining to various government services is available in a centralized location where citizens can easily pay service charges for the selected services through a single platform.
Objectives
- To provide citizens access to digital payment of key public sector services from various government departments through a single mobile interface
- To facilitate government departments for providing all payment gateways without going through lengthy procurement and agreement signing process with each individual service provider
- Increase Financial Inclusion and improve Ease of Doing Business in Pakistan
- To increase Real-Time settlement of accounts
- To expedite the service delivery process within the scheduled timelines and avoid unnecessary delays
Benefits/Outcomes
- Citizens’ facilitation
- On track activities of the government departments
- On time delivery of services
- Bringing transparency, accountability and efficiency in the government departments
- Increasing satisfaction level index of the citizens
- Increasing government revenue
During the first phase of Digital Jobs KPITB has established BPO ready spaces to place 350 BPO workers.
Business Process Outsourcing Dash Board
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IT Board launched the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Ready Space project with assistance of MDTF in 2019 to provide jobs to the youth of the province in various digital fields. BPO’s are ready spaces workaround with fully equipped facilities that are built to facilitate the BPO industry. These spaces have all the required IT infrastructure, furniture, and allied amenities that are needed to set up a BPO company. The workaround is the first-ever government-owned BPO facility established in Peshawar which has generated more than 500 employment opportunities for the IT workforce in the province.
Objectives
- To attract investment and growth in the BPO sector.
- To promote job opportunities through outsourced work.
- To Provide the best IT outsourcing solutions for business processing automation.
Benefits/Outcomes
- Investments in the BPO sector are expected to create jobs for local youth, many of who are either unemployed or underemployed and lack opportunities.
- The BPO industry in the country will also benefit from this initiative, as incentives will be offered to existing and prospective BPO operators to set up their businesses in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Durshal Dash Board
Durshal (meaning “gateway” in Pashto) is a flagship project of KPITB that aims to provide Technology-Based entrepreneurship in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Durshal expedite many startups to revolutionize into flourished businesses. Durshal Project envisions the digital transformation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by establishing a network of startup incubators and community spaces to facilitate the youth of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with tech opportunities to empower them with training and enable them to get creative with innovative ideas and launch new businesses.
Objectives
- To produce successful businesses by promoting a digital economy across the province.
- To provide management guidance, technical assistance, and consulting tailored for young entrepreneurs.
- To provide facility-based services such as space, shared business services, equipment, technology support services, and assistance in obtaining the financing necessary for growth.
Benefits/Outcomes
- Innovation
- Improved citizen services delivery
- Free of cost applications development for Government departments