Founders of IT schools in Kyrgyzstan: who is training the new generation of specialists

Zhaksylyk Matanov
Founder and Director of INTELLECT — an educational center and private school that develops IT education for children and teenagers. Zhaksylyk Matanov founded the educational center in 2016, and in 2021, he opened INTELLECT SCHOOL on its basis. Today, the school’s program includes programming and English language courses, and the INTELLECT network comprises more than 20 educational centers in Kyrgyzstan and abroad.

Erkhan Adaev
Co-founder and CEO of AI Academy — an educational platform specializing in artificial intelligence, Data Science, and Machine Learning. AI Academy focuses on practical training and preparing specialists who can apply AI and analytical tools in real-world tasks. In 2026, the academy received the Best IT Education Project award at the KIT Awards. Among its initiatives are courses on Data Analytics and the AI Founders Sprint, during which participants create their own MVPs.

Dina Ruslan
Founder of Codify and one of the prominent figures in Kyrgyzstan’s IT education sector. She founded Codify in 2019 as an IT professions academy and later developed the project into an EdTech company. In 2026, Dina Ruslan announced that she was handing over the CEO position to a new leader, while retaining her role as founder and focusing on the AI direction, product development, and learning quality.

Zhiide Urkunbaeva
CEO of Codify, an AI platform for children and teenagers aged 7 to 17. The school’s mission is to give children in Kyrgyzstan access to the same opportunities as their peers around the world: so that a child doesn’t just see a humanoid robot on TikTok but actually knows how it works and how to program it. Codify prepares not users of AI, but its creators — children who know how to apply AI to solve real-world problems. 

Meder Razzaqov
CEO of Geeks Academy, Candidate of Technical Sciences, and Associate Professor in Computer Science, Computing Technology, and Management. In 2020, he joined Geeks as a student of the Android development course, then became the Head of Training and Director of Training. Since 2025, he has held the position of CEO of Geeks Academy.

Almanbet Narbaev
Founder of the international programming academy IT-RUN and the American-European School. IT-RUN teaches programming to children, teenagers, and adults, offering tracks ranging from Python and Java to frontend development, QA, and mobile development. The project expanded beyond Kyrgyzstan: the academy opened branches in other countries, including the United States.

Alexander Gudov
Founder of Attractor School. The school was established in Bishkek in 2015 in collaboration with the IT Attractor public foundation and specializes in practical developer training. The school’s educational model is designed to prepare Junior specialists who, after completing the program, can work on real projects. Current areas of focus at Attractor include Java, Python, JavaScript, C#, QA, and AI Engineering.

Esen Sagynov
Founder of Mancho and creator of Mancho School. Before becoming an entrepreneur, he worked as a developer at Amazon and NAVER, then launched his own technology projects in Kyrgyzstan. Mancho School was created as an educational division of the company and focuses on practical developer training. Esen Sagynov also develops Mancho’s technology and FinTech projects, including Finik.

Aisuluu Zhamangulova
Co-founder of MUGALIM AI and head of Kyrgyzstan’s first state-run online school, “Tunguch.” MUGALIM began as a project to support teachers during the pandemic and later evolved into an EdTech platform with AI tools for schools and educators. At “Tunguch,” Aisuluu focuses on developing online education and working to ensure that quality learning is accessible to children regardless of their place of residence.

Bermet Dosmambetova
Founder of ProductPush — an educational project from Kyrgyzstan for product and project managers. Dosmambetova created the platform to develop specialists in the country capable of working with international products. ProductPush offers proprietary courses and training programs, with project areas including Product Management, Project Management, and AI tools for product creation.