Telenor Pakistan has announced Saad Hamid
(right) and Awais Imran (left) as representatives from Pakistan at the
Telenor Youth Summit 2013 in Oslo, Norway, which is being organized in
collaboration with the Nobel Peace Center.
Telenor Pakistan has announced Saad Hamid and Awais Imran as
representatives from Pakistan at the Telenor Youth Summit 2013 in Oslo,
Norway, which is being organized in collaboration with the Nobel Peace
Center.
The two winners of the qualifying competition will also get a chance to attend the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony and Concert.
The competition attracted over 260 entries towards bringing positive
social change through the use of mobile communication and internet. As
per the judging format, more than 100 shortlisted ideas were displayed
on the djuice website for public voting, the entries received a total of
6,670 votes. 11 top voted ideas were presented by the candidates to a
jury comprising Badar Khushnood, Pakistan Country Consultant for Google
Inc., Jehan Ara, President Pakistan Software Houses Association and
Usman Javaid, Director Marketing, Telenor Pakistan.
The two winners – Saad Hamid and Awais Imran were triumphant for
their ideas titled ’60 second education project’ and ‘Learning a new
language using Mobile ICT’ respectively.
Atifa Asghar, Director Corporate Communications and Responsibility,
Telenor Pakistan lauded the enthusiasm of all the contestants and said;
“We at Telenor believe that mobile internet will continue to serve as a
catalyst for growth and create opportunities for all. The competition,
in line with our ‘Internet for All’ campaign, helped us find young
future leaders and presented their dynamic ideas to deal with pressing
societal issues. The global summit will provide these two winners with
an opportunity to be heard at a global level.”
The Telenor Youth Summit, which will be held from December 9 to 11, is a new global initiative of Telenor Group.
It is conceived as a place for exchanging opinions on ways in which
mobile communication technologies stimulate growth and change the
society. The host of the Summit will be Jon Fredrik Baksaas, CEO of
Telenor Group.
During the Summit, young people from 13 countries of Telenor
operations together with Telenor Functional Experts and already
established Change Makers will further develop the ideas to be presented
at the Nobel Peace Centre, as well as at the Mobile World Congress in
Barcelona in 2014.
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