US varsity to pick Pak tech people

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s tech geniuses will have an opportunity to be part of an acceleration programme of the US University to mature their super tech-ideas.

The opportunity comes at the APIThon Chapter 2, being organized in the first week of May in Islamabad, where the participants will compete with each other consuming the APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) of telecom companies, banks, ridesharing and booking services to come up with innovative applications.

A press release said the APIthon expects the participants to come up with an upgraded or new service(s), by consuming partner companies’ APIs, in their existing or new app and/or revenue stream(s), said Abbas Ali Khan, the Managing Director of the Abacus Consulting, while unveiling the APIthon Chapter 2 schedule here on Wednesday. He said the participants would be tasked with consuming the APIs in the categories of banking, telecom, ticketing, and ridesharing.