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Jazz and Ericsson to impart digital skills among entrepreneurs to boost local innovation

Aamer Ejaz, Jazz's Chief Digital Officer at Jazz signing the agreement with Aamir Ahsan Khan, President and Country Manager of Ericsson Pakistan, to launch digital skills program for entrepreneurs.

Jazz, Pakistan's leading digital operator, has partnered with Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) to boost digital skills for their entrepreneurial community in Pakistan through the Ericsson Educate program with an aim to accelerate local innovation.

This year long partnership comes under Jazz xlr8, Pakistan's premier accelerator program for startups, and aims to solidify Ericsson and Jazz's mission to enhance the nation's digital skills and increase access to education in the country.

Promoting the portal locally through Jazz's own youth-oriented programs, Jazz will also work towards upskilling local talents and increasing the readiness of youths for jobs in the telecom and ICT sectors.

The Ericsson Educate platform will strengthen the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills of selected youth through a well-curated online course on 21st-century technologies that include 5G networks, Internet of Things (IoT), automation, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML). Upon successful completion of the course, participants will receive Ericsson-accredited digital badges of recognition...