Category: Advocate for Community
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Aziz Soltobaev visited Tajikistan for meeting with Startupstan and 55Group
On October 26, 2018, Aziz Soltobaev met with the Startupstan team in the capital of Tajikistan, Dushanbe. During the discussion, the head of 55Group and Startupstan – Ravshan Kurbanov spoke about the current state of the startup ecosystem of the Republic of Tajikistan, the main challenges, problems and prospects. In addition, Ravshan told about the…
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Ecommerce development in Central Asia roundtable
A 2-day international conference on “Development of E-business & E-commerce in Central Asia” has come to its finale today in Bishkek. The conference brought together representatives of Central Asian countries working in the e-development and business industries, private sector, IT companies, banks and financial institutions, academic community and a number of large international organizations to…
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FinTech Events Series: Digital Economy and Cashless Payments
Dear friends! We would like to share with you a photo report from the Panel Discussion – Digital Economy and Cashless Payments. The discussion was held yesterday as part of a series of FinTech events organized by KG Labs in partnership with Interbank Processing Center (National Payment System Elcart) and Ololo (ololohaus). This event was…
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KG Labs Ecosystem Tour, September 2018 – visit of Paul Bragiel
KG Labs hosted several meetings as a part of the tours to the ecosystem for our next guest from USA – Paul Bragiel. Paul Bragiel is a 3 time entrepreneur that is the founder of Bragiel Brothers, an early stage technology fund in Silicon Valley. He also sits on the advisory board of the car-sharing…
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FinTech Events organized by KG Labs, Interbank Processing Center and Ololohaus
KG Labs together with Interbank Processing Center ( IPC/МПЦ) and Ololohaus initiates a series of events dedicated to the rapid introduction of financial technologies (FinTech) in the Kyrgyz Republic. FinTech is an integral part of the technological ecosystem of the Kyrgyz Republic and we understand that currently there is not enough interest and attention paid…
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Interview for Ozy Media
This Unlikely Tech Queen Wants to Build a New Global Hub in Kyrgyzstan Mad Devs is “one of the top local companies” in Kyrgyzstan’s tech scene, says Aziz Soltobaev, co-founder of KG Labs, an organization working to boost the country’s tech infrastructure — although there are a few other companies eyeing international prominence, including software…
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KG Labs and World Bank representatives meeting aimed at discussing the development of the digital economy in Kyrgyz Republic
The founder of the KG Labs Public Foundation , Aziz Soltobaev, met with the representatives of the World Bank to discuss the issues associated with the digital economy. The meeting was attended by World Bank experts Samagan Aytymbetov and Ekaterina Gromova. Aziz spoke about the activities of the KG Labs, the current picture of the…
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KG Labs was mentioned as example of Good Practice and Initiatives Supporting Innovation for Sustainable Development in SPECA Countries, UNECE
KG Labs was mentioned as example of Good Practice and Initiatives Supporting Innovation for Sustainable Development (Kyrgyzstan) in Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) countries in the background paper created by United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Paper highlighted the KG Labs Public Foundation’s efforts to support and develop startup and tech ecosystem,…
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KG Labs meets with SIPA Students, Columbian University
Aziz Soltobaev – founder of KG Labs co-founder of ISOC (Internet Society – Kyrgyz Chapter) , Talant Sultanov – co-founder of ISOC and Altynbek Ismailov – Director of High Tech Park of Kyrgyz Republic met with SIPA students from Columbian University. Group of 20 SIPA students from USA, China, Peru, Japan, India, Canada, Singapoure and…
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KG Labs meets with Mercator Fellows on International Affairs 2017-2018
On 23th May, 2018 KG Labs founder – Aziz Soltobaev and Chair of the Internet Society (ISOC) – Kyrgyz Chapter – Talant Sultanov met with the Mercator Fellowship programm participants. As Aziz and Talant are co-authors of National Digital Transformation Strategy – Taza Koom, they gave speech and made presentation about the strategy, tech community…
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KG Labs and High Tech Park of the Kyrgyz Republic announces partnership cooperation
KG Labs and High Tech Park of the Kyrgyz Republic today announced the partnership cooperation in terms of strenghtening the tech ecosystem of the country. High Tech Park of Kyrgyz Republic is the special entity with unique economic and tax regime created in order to support and boost the IT sector (residents of High Teck…
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Community Leaders Academy 2018
In partnership with KG Labs and Ololohaus Coworking, Techstars organized Community Leaders Academy for the first time in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan on 25th April, 2018. We were happy to join our efforts in uniting the tech ecosystem community leaders and share expertise, knowlegde and skills during the event. It was a great day full of interesting…