Meta, Pakistan Launch AI Training for Small Businesses

Pakistan's IT ministry and Meta have launched the Small Business Growth Academy, a training program to help small and medium-sized enterprises adopt digital and AI tools. The initiative will train over 1,000 businesses across nine Pakistani cities, with a focus on women-led enterprises and sectors like textiles, handicrafts and IT services. The program offers in-person and virtual workshops covering Meta's AI-enabled platforms to boost marketing, automate customer interactions and expand market reach. It forms part of a broader Meta initiative across 12 Asia-Pacific countries and will be implemented by AtomCamp with support from several government-backed organizations.