Helping hand: US promoting entrepreneurship: envoy

ISLAMABAD: The seeds of innovation, job creation, and a start-up culture already exist in Pakistan – it will just take hard work and a supportive environment, said entrepreneurs at Global Entrepreneurship Week opening.

In collaboration with various Pakistani and American partners, US mission jointly hosted a series of events in Islamabad, Karachi, and Peshawar promoting a vibrant and innovative Pakistani economy.

In Islamabad, events included a Coffee Talk between women entrepreneurs and Catherine Jones, wife of US Chargé d’Affaires Paul Jones and herself an entrepreneur. The US mission also hosted a roundtable where Pakistani entrepreneurs who received assistance through USAID programmes shared their experiences, challenges, and successes with their peers.



Culminating the week-long celebration, Ambassador Paul Jones hosted a reception at his residence to celebrate entrepreneurs and other individuals who support the business landscape in Pakistan.

Ambassador Jones especially acknowledged women social entrepreneurs including those who recently returned from a US government-supported TechCamp in Dubai.  

Published in The Express Tribune, November 17^th, 2018.