12th Tameer Awards 2025

Wafi Tameer proudly announces the 12th Tameer Awards 2025 – an opportunity for young innovators across Pakistan to showcase their ideas and transform them into impactful businesses.

Since its inception, the Tameer Awards have recognized 194 outstanding entrepreneurs, enabling them to scale their ventures and create meaningful change. To date, 19 entrepreneurs have secured over PKR 14 million in global grants, further fueling their journeys of innovation and impact.

Now, it’s your turn.

Apply now and Tameer your tomorrow, today.

Eligibility criteria

You are eligible to apply if you:

  • are a Pakistani national
  • between 20-35
  • have a start-up or a prototype ready idea around one of our core thematic areas

Award Categories

This year, six Award categories are open to inspire and support young entrepreneurs. Select the one that aligns with your vision and start your journey with Tameer today.

Clean Energy

Clean Energy Solutions category invites energy innovators that are providing disruptive solutions within the clean energy space. Energy Innovations may include but are not limited to: Access to Energy; Clean energy; Off-grid solutions; Energy distribution and Energy efficiency.

Bright Ideas

The Bright Ideas Award category is designed to recognize aspiring entrepreneurs that display great potential for future growth by having a compelling/winning idea. This early stage innovation can come from any of the Tameer Award categories but must be at a prototype stage.

Circular Economy

Circular Economy category recognizes enterprises that help shift the world to circular economy future to deliver positive environmental change. Innovations may include but are not limited to: Sustainable packaging; Solutions to eliminate or reduce waste; Products & services to improve quality.

Empowering Women

Empowering Women category celebrates enterprises aimed at creating opportunities to advance gender equality and to enhance the socio-economic status of women in our society. We are looking for an enterprise focused on empowering women, enabling them to improve their standard of living.

Technology Innovation

Technology Innovation category recognizes enterprises using innovative tech solutions to change the way things have been done traditionally. It may include but is not limited to E-commerce or Smart solutions to make lives smarter, easier quicker in the fields of Medicine, Education & other Business sectors.

Transportation & Mobility

Transportation and Mobility category recognizes enterprise providing disruptive solutions around low-carbon transport solutions and transport sharing model. Designed to provide solutions to address direct and indirect environmental and socio-economic impacts of the traditional transportation sector.

How to Apply?

Submitting an entry:

  • In order to enter the competition, you must fill in all mandatory fields and answer all questions within the application form
  • If your application is selected, you will be contacted by a member of the Wafi Tameer team to confirm your participation and secure your spot in the competition
  • Please make sure all information provided is accurate and updated

What’s in it for me?

All finalists will receive:

  • Cash prizes for winners and runners-up
  • International expert coaching
  • Business networking with industry leaders
  • Media spotlight
  • Travel & accommodation for finalists outside Karachi
What’s the process?
  • Applications open: 25 August
  • Applications close: 28 September
  • Finalists announced: 7 October
  • Pitch preparation: 8–19 October
  • Final Pitch & Awards Night: 28 October

Date and location for the awards night to be announced later.