Pakistan’s growing tech ecosystem is finally taking off

This piece was originally published in Techcrunch analyzing the rise of Pakistan’s technology ecoystem and Pakistani startups in 2020 and 2021.

Pakistan, the world’s fifth most populous country, has been slow to adapt to the internet economy. Unlike other emerging economies such as China, India and Indonesia, which have embraced digitization and technology, Pakistan has trailed the region in the adoption of technology and startup formation.