Amidst growing concern over the spread of the Dengue virus in Peshawar, we got to work....and built the KP Health Portal app in under 24 hours!

Citizens can now call 1700 and access the Dengue Health Helpline 24 hours a day. The Health Portal App is being used by Health department
and will be available to download on Google Play Store in the coming days.

Health workers can also login to the app to report updates on treatment activities, and when they recognize symptoms of infectious diseases in communities across the province.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department will mobilize staff and resources in response to citizen concerns and use the data collected to identify public health trends and monitor health worker performance.

The quick development of the application is also a testament to how technology can be used to improve all types of government service delivery and how government departments can collaborate.

Day 1 of KPITB Peshawar Entrepreneurship Bootcamp. Participants are getting to know each other.

Building the pipeline of tech startups in KP!

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board - KPITB in collaboration with the KP Health Department signed an agreement with COMSATS Internet Services for establishing and operating a Telemedicine Center in Behali, District Manshera. The facility will be extended across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The ceremony was chaired by the Senior Minister for Health and Information Technology, Mr. Shahram Khan

خیبر پختونخواہ انفارمیشن ٹیکنالوجی بورڈ اور خیبر پختونخواہ محکمہ صحت کے اشتراک سے آج کامسیٹس انٹرنیٹ سروس کے ساتھ ایک معاہدے پر دستخط کیا گیا جس کے تحت بہالی ، ضلع مانسہرہ میں ٹیلی میڈیسن کا مرکز قائم کیا جائیگا اس سہولت کو خیبر پختونخواہ کے تمام علاقوں میں جلد پھیلایا جائیگا۔ یہ تقریب محکمہ صحت اور آئی ٹی کے سینئر منسٹر شہرام خان کی صدارت میں منعقد کی گئی۔

The Digital Youth Summit (DYS) is a tech conference and start-up expo that takes place annually in Peshawar, Pakistan. Since its inception in 2014, DYS has quickly become one of the premier tech conferences in Pakistan. The summit aims to bring together “the next generation of digital innovators in Pakistan” and typically attracts three key audiences: tech industry leaders from Pakistan and abroad, the nascent start-up community; and young people looking to network, learn, and be inspired. The summit, therefore, draws participants from the private sector, investors, government, civil society, youth groups, and academia. DYS is a joint initiative of the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the World Bank along with key local community and academic partners.

The ArtTech Festival is a two-day festival in Peshawar, Pakistan exploring the intersection between art, culture, and technology. Its vision is to encourage cross-disciplinary creativity and nurture entrepreneurship. The ArtTech Summit is a ‘sister’ festival to the Digital Youth Summit-Pakistan’s largest tech conference and is organized by the World Bank, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa IT Board, and Peshawar 2.0. The festivities weave together three complementary themes: Innovation, Storytelling, and Design For Good. The festival aims to bring together the innovative potential of creativity and digital technology through interactive exhibitions, workshops and networking activities.

Public Demo Day of 3rd batch of KP Civic Innovation Fellowship Program 2017 was held today at KPITBs Government Innovation Lab in Peshawar:Durshal.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Technology Board - KPITB, Code for Pakistan and the World Bank Groups collaborative initiative the KP Civic Innovation Fellowship Program helps the Government to bridge the gap between themselves and the public

The 6 months long Fellowship program (launched on 7th March, 2017) aims to bring together talented researchers, designers and developers to build apps, increase citizen engagement, improve government service delivery and show the government how to innovate in public services.

The teams showcased their products in front of Secretary ST IT and Transport and SSP Traffic. Shahbaz Khan , MD of KPITB also gave a speech at the event, encouraging the youth to take an active part in the digital transformation of KP.

In order to promote Digital Employment in the province, which is part of KPITB’s “Digital KP” initiative, KPITB arranged an event with the inspirational and iconic Fiverr’s Top Rated and Super Seller Aaliyaan Chaudhary on 15th July,2017 in Peshawar at Nishtar Hall.

It was a 6 hours workshop about “Freelancing on Fiverr” and was a huge success. The event attraccted over 150 aspiring digital entrepreneurs from all across Pakistan.

The proceeds from the event were donated to “The Logical Pakistan”, a charity organisation which helps in providing food to the needy people across Pakistan.

Team KP IT Board's brainstorming session with Industry Experts on the way forward for Youth Employment Programme Phase 2.

We are thankful to all the members who attended the session!

The first phase of early age programming and IT essentials project was successfully kicked off across KP in 14 districts. The pilot program has been launched in 60 public sector schools and will expand to the rest of the province in the next phase. The project promises to be the first of its kind in Pakistan. The main deliverable of the project is to provide a platform to the children of 7th, 8th and 9th grade to acquire programming and IT essential skills. The consolidated and unique curriculum of this project has never been introduced in Pakistan before with the aim to enable children of early age group to acquire the analytical and critical thinking required at a stage when their brain is still developing and adapts easily.

Key milestone achieved by KPITB today. As part of the team participating in Economic Cooperation Investment Roadshow being held in Beijing, China, the KPITB has managed to sign 3 MOUs with major Chinese firms to bring investment to KP in the technology sector.