Virtual graduation ceremony for PepsiCo-Amal youth programme hosted.

ISLAMABAD -- PepsiCo Pakistan Thursday hosted a virtual graduation ceremony for 1,600 fellows of the PepsiCo-Amal youth programme. The graduating cohort has a 40 percent female participation and has representation from 135 towns and villages across Pakistan.

The speakers at the ceremony were Furqan Ahmed Syed, CEO PepsiCo Pakistan and Afghanistan, Benje Williams, Co-Founder Amal Academy, Ali Siddiq the CEO of Amal Academy, and Fawad Chaudhry, Federal Minister of Science and Technology.

Jaqueline Novogratz, Founder and CEO of Acumen was the keynote speaker at the ceremony. University graduates in Pakistan have immense potential; however, their transition from students to working professionals is often challenged by their lack of skill sets critical to acquiring meaningful jobs.

Additionally, students are not always familiar with the career opportunities that are available to them. As a result, they often struggle to transition from their academic life to a working career.

PepsiCo has partnered with Amal Academy - an education start-up to fill this gap by providing professional skills to university graduates so they can realize their potential and launch into meaningful careers.

The program focuses on a wide variety of skills.

A total of 3,000 students have graduated from the programme. The initiative has partnered with 16 universities...

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