VEON invests $15mn in Pakistan’s telecom sector
Source Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror
The investment, made with the support of the Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC), aims to enhance the country’s telecom infrastructure and contribute to the advancement of digital services, according to the press release.
The IT and telecom sectors are key priority areas for SFIC.
The SIFC operates as a paramount decision-making platform aimed at spearheading “structural reforms” within the economy.
VEON Group’s investment will open doors for small and medium enterprise financing in Pakistan.
VEON is a global digital operator that provides converged connectivity and digital services to nearly 160mn customers in 6 dynamic markets that are home to 7% of world’s population.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
