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Kazakhstan to Build Supercomputer

On February 12th, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry, and the national welfare fund Samruk-Kazyna, signed an agreement with Presight aI Ltd., a United Arab Emirates-based software and artificial intelligence (AI) company. The parties will join together for a project to create a supercomputer and build a data processing center in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan’s Minister for Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry, Bagdat Musin, earlier spoke about the importance of creating Kazakhstan’s own LLM (large language model) for introducing AI into all spheres of the economy, as well as into e-government. He also commented that AI will significantly boost the development of the financial services, healthcare, energy and manufacturing industries. It is hoped that the launch of a supercomputer will consolidate Kazakhstan’s place as Central Asia’s AI leader, and will make it possible for the country to rent computing power to its neighboring states.

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Digital Almaty Forum To Be Held In February

From February 1st to 3rd Kazakhstan’s business capital, Almaty, will host the Digital Almaty 2024 forum, entitled "Industry X: The Digital Development of the Future". Now in its sixth year, the forum will bring together government officials from Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) countries, leading experts, and entrepreneurs from around the world, said the Kazakh Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation, and Aerospace Industry, one of the forum’s organizers. Ersultan Ermanov, director of the ministry’s Department for Development of the Information Technology Industry, said that international technology parks from Belarus, China, India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Uzbekistan will participate in the Digital Almaty forum. “The participation of their delegations will help lay the foundation for future fruitful cooperation, discuss current trends in the field of digital technologies, as well as the possibilities of their application to solve social, economic and environmental problems. Such events have a very positive impact on the country’s image,” Mr Ermanov said. The forum will also include an exhibition of Kazakhstan’s largest subsoil users, technology parks, and technology companies, which will share experience and information about projects in the IT ecosystem. More than 30,000 people are expected to attend the three-day digital event. As part of the forum, an Industry 4.0 Startup Battle is planned for February 3rd — a large-scale battle for the title of the best industrial startup, with a total prize fund of $150,000. This year, startups will compete for the title of "Best Startups in Industry 4.0" in the areas of Digital Oil Field, ESG, and Smart Mining. The organizers of Digital Almaty 2024 are the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation, and Aerospace of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, Akimat (municipality) of Almaty, and Tech Garden.

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Turkmenistan: Domestically produced computers demonstrated to president

ASHGABAT (TCA) — Turkmen Deputy Prime Minister overseeing trade Chary Gylydzhov last week briefed President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov that the domestic enterprise Agzybirlik tilsimaty had launched the production of Turkmen computers, Chronicles of Turkmenistan reported with reference to the state information agency TDH. Continue reading

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Uzbekistan: New construction phase launched at IT Park in Tashkent

TASHKENT (TCA) — President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev on November 20 visited the Technological Park of software products and information technologies in Tashkent, the president’s official website reported. Continue reading

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Kyrgyzstan: US Embassy to open renovated Maker Space Lab and Fair in Bishkek

BISHKEK (TCA) — On November 15, the U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan together with the Bayalinov Republican Youth and Children’s Library will cut the ribbon for an upgraded and renovated Maker Space Science Lab and Fair at the Bishkek American Center. The initial Maker Space lab was opened on September 26, 2017 at the Bayalinov library with the support of the U.S. Embassy. Continue reading

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Uzbekistan hosts business forum on green technologies

TASHKENT (TCA) — Strengthening cooperation in the field of environmental and sustainable development in Central Asia was the focus of the 2019 OSCE Second Central Asian International Business Forum on 9 and 10 October in Tashkent. Continue reading