Nairobi, Kenya, 28 October 2021 - The Aga Khan University's Institute for Human Development (AKU-IHD) has launched an online Early Childhood Development (ECD) Workforce Hub to advance the well-being of children and families around the world. The Hub aims to bridge gaps that hinder children in resource-constrained and marginalised areas from achieving their potential and prevent them from being on an ...
Lisbon, Portugal, 28 October 2021 - Earlier this week, Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was joined by Prince Amyn Aga Khan at NOVA University's School of Business and Economics (SBE) in Carcavelos, a coastal town 12 km west of Lisbon, to inaugurate Westmont Hospitality Hall - a new home for the Westmont Institute of Tourism and Hospitality. The Institute's mission ...
Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, 26 October 2021 - In the Ghizer district of Gilgit-Baltistan, foundations have been laid for two state-of-the-art Aga Khan higher secondary schools in Gupis and Yasin, promising continuity of quality education through Grade 12 for thousands of students in the region. The two schools - Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Gupis, and Aga Khan Higher Secondary School, Yasin - ...
Paris, France, 14 October 2021 - Prince Rahim Aga Khan attended a cultural celebration to mark the 30th anniversary of Tajikistan's independence, held at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris, in the presence of the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon. Prince Rahim conveyed His Highness the Aga Khan's warmest greetings and congratulations, and affirmed the Aga Khan Development Network's commitment to Tajikistan's peace ...
Karachi, Pakistan, 11 October 2021 - Accelerate Prosperity (AP) and the Aga Khan University (AKU) have launched Pakistan's first National Health Incubator to support entrepreneurs grow new technology, innovation and services, and catalyse commercialisation in the country's health sector. AP and AKU ran a successful pilot health incubation programme last year, HealthVenture 2020. One start-up was amongst the top three businesses ...
Dubai, UAE, 8 October 2021 - The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), the Government of Italy and the Mountain Partnership Secretariat co-organised a day-long event at Expo 2020 Dubai as an urgent call to action for sustainable and climate-resilient mountain development - highlighting best practices that include integrating disaster risk reduction measures into town planning and networking between and for mountain ...
As part of a broad initiative to bring Cairo's Islamic heritage to light, the Altinbugha al-Maridani Mosque, located in Cairo's historic Darb al-Ahmar district has been restored by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) with funding from the European Union. The Mosque restoration project, which began in December 2018, was completed in June 2021. The Mosque was built in 1340 ...
As part of a broad initiative to bring Cairo's Islamic heritage to light, the Altinbugha al-Maridani Mosque, located in Cairo's historic Darb al-Ahmar district has been restored by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) with funding from the European Union. The Mosque restoration project, which began in December 2018, was completed in June 2021. The Mosque was built in 1340 ...
Independent Master Jury Will Select Recipients of US$ 1 Million Prize Geneva, Switzerland, 23 September 2021 - The members of the Master Jury for the 2020-2022 Cycle of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture were announced today. The Jury, which independently selects the recipients of the US$ 1 million Award, will convene in January 2022 to select a shortlist from hundreds ...
Karachi, 15 September 2021 - Today, the Aga Khan University (AKU) welcomed into office President Sulaiman Shahabuddin, the University's third president since its founding in 1983. President Shahabuddin leads an institution that has 3,200 students on three continents, cares for two million patients in a typical year and has recently been ranked amongst the world's top 100 universities in several fields ...
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, The agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network are honoured and privileged to convey our abiding commitment to the peoples of Afghanistan. This allegiance is enduring. It is founded on the most profound respect for Afghanistan's many traditions and the bonds of our shared humanity. AKDN's work and its aim of improving the quality of life of all communities it ...
"Now is the time to be present, remain in dialogue and work together with communities towards peace, cohesion, opportunity and prosperity." Geneva, Switzerland, 13 September 2021 - The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) today urged the international community to remain engaged and to act, with compassion and foresight, to address dire humanitarian conditions in Afghanistan. In a statement delivered by Michael ...
Islamabad, 3 September 2021 - The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Office of Sustainability, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) to develop sustainable habitat plans for disaster-prone valleys in northern Pakistan. "In the last few years, Pakistan has faced the worst impact of climate-induced disasters of its history. Precious lives have been ...
Kabul, Afghanistan, 25 August 2021- The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is firmly committed to its core mandate of undertaking a range of innovative programmes and projects to improve the quality of life of communities in many parts of the world. In Afghanistan, AKDN agencies have a longstanding engagement with a wide range of activities including healthcare, education, early childhood development, ...
Pakistan, Islamabad, 23 August 2021 - The Aga Khan Foundation and Aga Khan Agency for Habitat launched a partnership with the European Union (EU) that will reach 74,000 people in four districts of Gilgit-Baltistan: Diamer, Astore, Karmang and Shigar. The project will enable communities and health authorities to anticipate and respond to natural hazards and emergencies including COVID-19. To be implemented ...
Pakistan, Islamabad, 23 August 2021 - The Aga Khan Foundation and Aga Khan Agency for Habitat launched a partnership with the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) that will reach 74,000 people in four districts of Gilgit-Baltistan: Diamer, Astore, Karmang and Shigar. The project will enable communities and health authorities to anticipate and respond to natural hazards and emergencies ...
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 19 August 2021 - The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan's Committee of Architecture and Construction that will include measures for increased hazard mitigation, strategic densification and climate change adaptation for a city of 31,000 residents. A key component of the agreement will be to update ...
Toronto, Canada, 6 July 2021 - The Aga Khan Museum has announced the appointment of Dr Ulrike Al-Khamis to the position of Director and Chief Executive Officer. Dr Al-Khamis has been a key member of the Aga Khan Museum's executive and leadership team over the past four years, acting as Director of Collections and Public Programs since 2017. Dr Al-Khamis is ...
The Republic of Mozambique celebrates its Independence Day on 25 June. On this day in 1975, the country gained its independence from Portugal. In 1998, the Aga Khan Development Network and the Government of Mozambique signed a diplomatic Agreement of Co-operation for Development. This collection of images focuses on the activities in Cabo Delgado, the country's northernmost and poorest province, where ...
Nairobi, Kenya, 11 June 2021 - The Aga Khan University (AKU) received its Charter from President Uhuru Kenyatta and inaugurated its new US$ 50 million (Ksh 5 billion) state-of-the-art University Centre in the President's presence on Friday at a ceremony featuring an address by His Highness the Aga Khan. Professor Chacha Nyaigotti-Chacha, Chairman of the Commission for University Education, and AKU ...
Islamabad, Pakistan, 8 June 2021 - The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), the Ministry of Climate Change, Pakistan, World Habitat Awards and the United Nations Habitat Programme (UN-Habitat), co-organised an international seminar on Ecosystem Restoration for Quality of Life. With Malik Amin Aslam, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Climate Change, as chief guest, the seminar was attended by ...
"Sustainable architecture" is now well known, especially as a reaction to the risks inherent in climate change, but the Aga Khan Award for Architecture has been giving out its prize to projects that are good for people and the planet for at least 40 years. Although selection is always based on the principle of excellence, the independent Master Jury has nonetheless ...
Relocation planning and design case study on exhibit at La Biennale di Venezia Bartang Valley, Tajikistan, 22 May 2021 - To develop solutions to help vulnerable and disaster-affected communities plan for a better future, the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the design firm KVA MATx collaborated on a case study on voluntary relocation. ...
22 May 2021 - The first-ever global convocation ceremony of the Aga Khan University (AKU) was live-streamed to a worldwide audience today, as 667 students on three continents received their degrees and listened to speeches by His Highness the Aga Khan, Chief Guest Melinda French Gates and AKU President Firoz Rasul. His Highness the Aga Khan, AKU's founder and Chancellor, expressed ...
"The Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme (AKHCP) was created to test the hypothesis that culture was, and is, an integral component of the development equation," says Shiraz Allibhai, Deputy-Director of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), "and that it can be a powerful tool to improve quality of life." AKHCP devised a unique approach to urban regeneration that involves restoration ...
Co-presented by the Global Centre for Pluralism and the University of British Columbia Ottawa, Canada, 19 May 2021 - Award-winning author of The Shadow King, Maaza Mengiste, delivered the 8th Annual Pluralism Lecture today. Maaza Mengiste is a critically acclaimed novelist and essayist whose work examines the individual lives at stake during migration, war, and exile. She was born in Addis ...
Gilgit, Pakistan, 30 April 2021 - Prime Minister Imran Khan today unveiled the plaque at a ceremony in Chinarbagh, Gilgit to lay the foundation of Hunza's first Information Technology Park located in Nasirabad, Hunza. Established jointly by Special Communications Organization of the Government of Pakistan and the Aga Khan Foundation Pakistan, the IT Park in Hunza will provide state-of-the-art infrastructure with ...
From 8 April to 16 June, in London's Kings Cross, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) is presenting a free open-air photography exhibition about the world's oldest trade route. The Silk Road: A Living History, created by travel photographer Christopher Wilton-Steer, is comprised of over 160 photographs that invite the viewer to take a journey from London to Beijing, encountering many of ...
London, 8 April 2021: The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) announces the opening today of The Silk Road: A Living History, an open-air photography exhibition by travel photographer Christopher Wilton-Steer. Comprised of over 160 photographs, the exhibition invites the viewer to take a journey from London to Beijing, encountering many of the people, places and cultures along the ancient trade route. The ...
The healthcare activities of the Aga Khan Development Network began by tracking the pandemic in early 2020. It then engaged with Ministries of Health to develop country- as well as area-specific COVID-19 preparedness plans. The priority was to bolster government and AKDN's diagnostic and care capacities and secure much needed supplies and test kits. By mid-March of 2020, an AKDN COVID-19 ...
In Kabul, Jangalak Vocational Training Centre - part of the Aga Khan Cultural Services in Afghanistan - was established in 2015 to improve people's livelihoods through the provision of vocational training opportunities, especially amongst youth. Training of young men and women between the ages of 15 and 25 has focused on those vocations connected to Afghanistan's rich material and crafts history, ...
Since 2013, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, in partnership with the Department of Heritage Telangana, has been undertaking conservation works on all monuments along with holistic landscape development of the 106-acre Qutb Shahi Heritage Park. In the 16th century, while the Mughals were building grand fortifications, mausoleums and mosques in north India, the Qutb Shahi dynasty also built majestic structures ...
Karachi, Pakistan, 22 March 2021 - HBL became the first Pakistani bank to open a branch and serve clients in Beijing, China's capital city. HBL is the first and only bank from Pakistan to have a branch in Beijing. It is also one of three banks from South Asia and the MENA region to offer end-to-end RMB intermediation in China. HBL ...
Geneva, Switzerland, 18 March 2021 - The Aga Khan Award for Architecture has announced the members of the Steering Committee for the 2020-2022 cycle. The Steering Committee is chaired by His Highness the Aga Khan. The other members of the Steering Committee are:Sheikha Mai Bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, President, Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities, Manama.Emre Arolat, Founder, EAA- Emre Arolat ...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 4 February 2021 - Aga Khan Health Services in Tanzania (AKHST) today launched "PIGIA DAKTARI APP", a new tele-medicine mobile app for android phones that helps Tanzanians access specialist care safely - in both urban and remote areas - from the comfort of their homes. The app is available for download in the Google Play Store. In ...
Accelerate Prosperity (AP) is an initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network aimed at supporting start-ups and small and growing businesses. Based in Pakistan, Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic, the initiative builds on years of activities and interventions in entrepreneurship, skills development and business investments undertaken by the Aga Khan Foundation and Industrial Promotion Services in this region. The initiative focuses ...
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 4 February 2021 - Aga Khan Health Services in Tanzania (AKHST) today launched "PIGIA DAKTARI APP", a new tele-medicine mobile app for android phones that helps Tanzanians access specialist care safely - in both urban and remote areas - from the comfort of their homes. The app is available for download in the Google Play Store. In ...
Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, le 1er février 2021 - Better Shelter, entreprise sociale suédoise qui collabore avec l'Agence Aga Khan pour l'habitat (AKAH) au développement de solutions de logement d'urgence et de transition, vient de lancer un nouveau modèle d'abri d'urgence économique et évolutif pouvant être transformé en abri de transition à l'aide de matériaux récoltés à l'échelle locale. Nommé " Structure ", ...
Kabul, Afghanistan, 26 January 2021 - Three projects implemented in Afghanistan by the World Health Organization, UNICEF and a consortium led by the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) will contribute to strengthening the response capacity of health systems, testing and treating patients, improving infection prevention, raising awareness and reducing nutritional risks. The three projects will be supported by a 35 million euros ...
Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, 1 February 2021 - Better Shelter, a Swedish social enterprise working with the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat on emergency and transitional housing solutions, has launched a low-cost emergency shelter which can be upgraded with local materials. "Structure" was developed to offer a shelter that provides immediate protection in emergencies, but also the possibility to be locally upgraded at ...
