Google Business Group Kathmandu, a community of business professionals is all set to host Khalti presents GBG BizFest 2019, Nepal’s biggest startup meet on Saturday, January 5. This is the first of its kind technology and business expo in Nepal and is being organized in main collaboration with Khalti.
The main objective of GBG BizFest 2019 is to bring together entrepreneurs and startup-founders from around the country in a single platform. Developers and representatives from the majority of Nepal’s most popular Android apps are expected to participate in the event.
Speaking about GBG BizFest 2019, Amit Agrawal, Manager of GBG Kathmandu says,
GBG BizFest is an annual event happening in different countries throughout the world. We are excited to host this event for the first time in Nepal and bring all the emerging startups under one umbrella. Through this platform, tech-entrepreneurs of Nepal will get an opportunity to learn new strategies and expand their businesses with the Google technology. In this event, we are expecting the participation of entrepreneurs, business professionals, developers, students, and anyone who has interest on Google and its services
100+ Startups, 3000+ Visitors
There will be more than 100 startups, app developers and tech communities of Nepal participating in GBG BizFest 2019 promoting their products and services. GBG Kathmandu is expecting to bring more than 3000 people to the event.
What’s more?
Experts in the industry will be delivering various workshops as part of the event. Participants will be given a hands-on opportunity to listen to leading individuals in the industry, who will talk about various topics, ranging from Google’s suite of tools of online marketing (including Google Analytics and Google Ads) to growth hacking in modern organizations.
Workshop Details:
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- Amit Agrawal_Interactive Workshop on Growth Hacking
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- Khan Tanjeel Ahmed_Interactive Workshop on Google Sheet for Business Growth
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- Prabin Subedi_Interactive Workshop on How to overcome legal challenges in a business
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- Raushan Jaiswal_Interactive Workshop on Ads and Analytics for Business Growth
Meanwhile, to the delight of budding entrepreneurs in the country, the event will have a stall dedicated to Google My Business. Startups can get themselves enlisted in Google’s business ‘directory’, which can help them in two ways: Customers would be able to find the business and its details (such as location, working hours etc.) much more conveniently and furthermore, the startups’ websites would gain much more chances of appearing on the first page of Google Search Engine Results Page (SERPs), which would effectively mean that their website would get Search Engine Optimized automatically.
Interestingly, GBG BizFest 2019 is free to attend event for the public.
Event Details:
Date: Saturday, 5 January 2019
Time: 10 AM onwards
Venue: Galaxy Public School Premises, Gyaneshwor, Kathmandu
Entry: Free
Are you excited about GBG BizFest 2019? Khalti is also coming up with exciting offers and announcements during the BizFest. See you there at the event at Galaxy Public School Premises, Gyaneshwor this January 5!
For exciting offers from Khalti at the event venue, Pre Sign-up Khalti at http://khalti.com/download
About Google Business Group Kathmandu
Google Business Group Kathmandu is a community of business professionals with a mission to spread awareness among offline businesses about the benefit of the internet, online products & services that can help them to add values to their businesses.
As an active community of technology companies in Nepal, we strive to create knowledge and awareness for other businesses and startups about various tools and products that enable them to solve business problems and add overall value to the value chain.
We are regularly involved in holding speaker sessions and partnering with technology-related events in Kathmandu with the motive of networking, sharing and learning about various Google and open source tools.
About Khalti Digital Wallet
Launched in January 2017, Khalti is an emerging mobile payment solution in Nepal. During this very short period of time, Khalti has emerged as one of the most preferred payment choices amongst customers in Nepal. Khalti allows users to top-up their mobile balance, pay DTH bills, internet bills, various utility bills, book movie tickets, flight tickets, hotel rooms, top-up Tootle balance, make payments for food ordered online at Foodmandu, and pay at various online shopping sites in Nepal. Users can avail all these services through its app and website.
In 2017, Khalti had won GBG Stories Contest, a global startup competition. Here is the video prepared by the Google team about Khalti, its journey, and its mission:
Since its establishment, Khalti has been supporting various programs focused on youth, innovation and entrepreneurship – with an aim to promote the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Nepal.
