In Almaty, over 2.5 billion tenge was invested in the development of startups and the IT ecosystem.

In Almaty, as part of the project to develop the startup and IT ecosystem, 2.5 billion tenge in investments have been attracted and 217 new jobs created since the beginning of 2024.

The city is implementing the Almaty Cyber Games project, aimed at establishing Almaty as the main hub for esports and the gaming industry in Central Asia. Agreements have been signed and a memorandum of cooperation with Setanta TV channels has been concluded. Thanks to the collaboration with television, the project's reach has increased to 6 million.

The project has attracted Logitech and is cooperating with Tencent Games for integration into the Almaty market. Educational programs on the gaming industry and esports have been developed for universities.

292 startups participated in the MOST business incubator programs. Since the beginning of the year, two out of three streams of the IRA program have been conducted, involving startups from Almaty and Central Asia, including 42 startups from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.

Source: gov.kz