Jazz Digithon 2019 — Collaborate to Innovate Better!
Digithon, a VEON-initiated program, is a hackathon of sorts which allows employees to get together around creating an innovative solution for a real business challenge. Winners from the Local Digithons join the global platform to compete in the Global Digithon. Jazz concluded its Local Digithon 2019 and sent five participants from Pakistan to the Global Digithon 2019 which took place at the VEON HQ in Amsterdam from October 22 to 25.
More than 30 entries were received from the whole organization to solve the challenge statement of “promoting tourism in Pakistan through Jazz’s digital assets and footprint”. About 5 teams were nominated through a grueling process of shortlisting carried out by experts within Jazz. These five teams were further mentored to curate their proposals and pitches.
On the day of the finale, these teams presented in front of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) members who scored their proposals and decided on the winning team based on the evaluation criteria. The winning idea was by Team Ghoom which comprised of Khawar Naeem, Zara Tariq Swati, Umair Ahmed, Manahil Hashmi, and Sameer Butt.
Digithon began in 2017 and with every year, there is a stronger level of excitement and participation from every market. This program allows participants from all operating companies of VEON (including Jazz) to join hands in solving a real business problem and keeping the entrepreneurial spirit alive!
