According to Google, Pakistani app developers rose from their prior 27th position in 2018 to 16th in 2023. Four billion downloads of Pakistani-made apps were made in the previous year.
Pakistan’s IT exports increased by 2% in the first half of the current fiscal year to $1.3 billion. These IT exports accounted for 38% of all service exports from Pakistan, according to research done by Arif Habib, a well-known investment banking and securities firm.
In 2022, 65 apps created by 24 Pakistani developers took the top 10 rankings in the gaming and apps categories on both the Play Store and the App Store, according to Google.
The digital behemoth reported that Pakistani apps were downloaded four billion times worldwide last year. From 2018 to 2022, this translates as a 30% annual growth rate.
The largest in-person applications and games expo was recently held in Lahore by Google. More than 500 developers and business pioneers attended the conference.
Google intends to increase its assistance for the local apps market in order to help Pakistani developers take advantage of digital opportunities.
According to Google, the tech corporation will hold conferences like Think Apps to connect local developers with global professionals and discuss ideas and trends.
The US IT giant debuted Think Games and Gaming Growth Lab in Pakistan for the first time last year, and Think Apps is the latest in a line of related conferences that include Think Games and Think Apps.
Google worked with more than 1,600 developers and supported the worldwide competitiveness of 50 early-stage game businesses.
Through community-led initiatives like Cloud Seekho S5 and Android Seekho S2, Google also assisted over 5,000 cloud developers and over 3,000 android developers in improving their abilities.
Farhan S. Qureshi, the director of Google for Pakistan, is upbeat about the potential of his nation to influence the development of the global app economy.
Qureshi expressed his certainty that Think applications 2023 would encourage more homegrown talent to produce outstanding games and applications.
With the aid of Google’s AI-powered solutions, the event is anticipated to hasten their expansion and increase their global reach.