28-year-old Fiza Farhan in Forbes list of 2015's young entrepreneurs

Fiza Farhan is the co-founder of Buksh Foundation, an institution that brings clean energy projects to rural areas

PHOTO: BUKSH FOUNDATION

Twenty-eight-year-old Fiza Farhan, co-founder of Buksh Foundation, has made it to the list of American business magazine Forbes' list of 30 under 30 social entrepreneurs for 2015.

Farhan runs Buksh Foundation, a microfinance institution that brings clean energy projects to poor and rural areas.

The foundation has trained 135 women as energy entrepreneurs and has brought solar-powered lights to 6,750 households.


In May 2014, Farhan was presented with the title of co-chairperson of the Italian Development Committee (IDC), a body working to promote bilateral trade and investment between Italy and Pakistan.

Last year, Shiza Shahid, co-founder of Malala Fund, was awarded the distinguished position.

 
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