Dr. Ehsan Bayat – Economic and Social Development in Afghanistan
Dr. Ehsan Bayat is an Afghan American humanitarian who has earned multiple awards for his philanthropic work in Afghanistan. The Afghan American Chamber of Commerce honored him with the National Human Rights Award for Afghanistan. Dr. Ehsan Bayat is also a recipient of the Mahatma Gandhi Humanitarian Award from the Friends of the South Asian American Communities.… Continue Reading
What You Need to Know about SIM Cards
Chances are that the most important part of your smartphone is something you might not know very much about (and possibly something that you’ve never even seen or handled yourself). It’s your SIM card: the small circuit board that modern mobile phones use to...
Spotlight on the Amazing Ways Electricity is Changing Afghan Lives
For many people around the world, it’s easy to take electricity for granted, but that’s never been the case for Afghanistan. Of the country’s more than 30 million people, three-quarters of whom live in rural areas, only 30% currently have reliable access to electrical...
A Look at the Past, Present, and Future of Energy in Afghanistan
The recent announcement of Bayat Power’s exciting new Independent Power Producer (IPP) program—an initiative that will see a new, three-phase, US$250M gas-fired power plant constructed in Sheberghan in northern Afghanistan—represents a major step forward for...
Why Is Energy Security Important to Afghanistan’s Future?
In developed and developing countries alike, energy security is becoming an increasingly important policy issue. Broadly defined by the International Energy Agency as “the uninterrupted availability of energy sources at an affordable price,” energy security can have...
Spotlight on Bayat Power’s Important New Energy Initiative
Together with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GoIRA), the wholly-owned Bayat Energy subsidiary Bayat Power recently announced an exciting new initiative that is set to kick start a dramatic transformation of Afghanistan’s energy industry. Read...
8 Simple Tips for Better Smartphone Photos
The quality of the cameras found in most smartphones today is an amazing gift for photography lovers. Even just a few years ago, smartphone cameras still had a way to go to provide a reasonable level of picture quality, and amateur photographers still preferred to...
