Telenor Pakistan partners with Facebook to hunt for next ‘internet champion’

Internet Champion includes a nationwide competition for school children and a reality show on national TV this year

KARACHI: Telenor Pakistan and Facebook have launched the second installment of their knowledge-based initiative, Internet Champion - iChamp, which includes a nationwide competition for school children and a reality show on national TV this year.



The launch ceremony, held at a private school in Rawalpindi, was attended by the top management of Telenor Pakistan and Facebook.

iChamp 2017’s goal is to touch secondary schools on a mass scale across Pakistan to educate youth on the benefits and safe use of internet.



The programme will be supported by Facebook’s Free Basics project that provides free access to dozens of fun and learning websites.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 25^th, 2017.

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