Bagdat Musin summed up the results of two days at Digital Almaty-2024
The Minister of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry, Bagdat Musin summarized the outcomes of the first two days of Digital Almaty-2024 at the forum, conducting a briefing on the platform.
The head of the Ministry of Digital Development noted that Kazakhstan ranks 8th in the world in the development of online services. By the end of 2023, 50 million services will be provided online, and citizens will receive 92% of services without leaving their homes.
"We now have a huge e-government ecosystem that includes government portals, and banking applications and is starting to include other services and startups. As a government, we provide many tools for creating products and services. As one of the leaders in Govtech, we see a responsibility to share our skills and even finished products," said Bagdat Mussin.
According to the results of the first two days, the Digital Almaty-2024 Forum was visited by more than 20 thousand people. On the final day, 14 panel sessions with the participation of IT industry experts are planned, as well as the signing of 4 memorandums.
As part of the Forum, a plenary session of the EAEU was held with the participation of the heads of government of Kazakhstan, Belarus, Russia, and Uzbekistan. In his speech, Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov noted that today we are witnessing the rapid development of artificial intelligence technologies, robotization, and digital transformation of human life processes.
"Let's remember the past. I had to spend a lot of time getting documents in paper form. Today, digitalization has optimized all these processes. More than 90% of government services are now available electronically. Thanks to the Digital Family Card, the data of 6.3 million Kazakh families have been digitized. In general, 40 types of government services are provided in a proactive format," the Prime Minister said.
Alikhan Smailov shared Kazakhstan's plans to become a key participant in the "Silk Road" of the digital world. To solve the problem of qualified IT personnel, the TechOrda program was launched, which allows people aged 18-45 to learn a new IT profession in the shortest possible time. To date, more than 6,000 people have received IT training.
At the same time, 29 panel discussions were held. Nearly 300 speakers are expected to take part in the business program, including 70 foreign experts. Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry Bagdat Mussin attended several sessions.
The vice-ministers of defense, health, science and higher education, and labor and social protection shared their achievements in automating services in the public sector. As a result, Kazakhstanis can now apply to a university without leaving home, obtain an educational deferment from the army, find a job, make an appointment at a clinic, register a property, apply for a digital mortgage, etc.
During the panel sessions, foreign experts shared their experiences of digital transformation. Among them were Nuriya Kutnayeva, Minister of Digital Development of the Kyrgyz Republic; Salima Bah, Minister of Communications, Technology and Innovation of the Government of Sierra Leone; Jacob Ibrahim, Professor at the Singapore Institute of Technology; Giovanni Everduin, Director of Strategy and Innovation, Head of Venture Bank International Commercial Bank (UAE); Mohammed Alarifi, General Manager for Startup Support at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Saudi Arabia; and Robert Opp, Director of Digital Technologies at the United Nations Development Programme.
Also participating in the forum were Senior Executive Vice President of TusHoldings, TusPark Hebert Hongbo Chen, Chief Operating Officer of T-Hub (India) Anish Anthony, International Relations Specialist of the Center for Progress and Development of Iran under the Presidential Administration Ahmadinia Masoud, and others.
Kazakh experts also spoke about achievements in digitalization: Chief Executive Officer of Freedom Holding Corporation Timur Turlov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kcell JSC Askhat Uzbekov, General Director of White Hill Capital Aslan Sultanov, Executive Director of the Republican Association of Mining and Metallurgical Enterprises Nikolay Radostovets, etc.
In addition to discussion platforms for the guests of the event, there will be an exhibition where digital projects of about 230 domestic and international IT companies will be presented, as well as leading international experts on digitalization, including such "mature" companies as Freedom Bank, Yandex, KCell, Tele2, young startups Sergek, Target Ai, Awara, Med365, IKOD, Datanomix, Intellect Service, Documentolog, Robotics Education, Alabs, BTS Digital, Axellero, Artson Build Invest, etc also presented their projects.
The Digital Almaty-2024 platform has become a great opportunity to establish partnerships and exchange experiences in the field of digitalization. About 60 meetings in B2B format and more than 50 pitching sessions between subsoil users and start-ups took place here.
Representatives of the Sergek Group company spoke about the launch of a joint pilot project in Indonesia. Kazakh specialists will export their solutions, such as an intelligent transport system for analysis, monitoring, and traffic forecasting, as well as solutions in the field of ecology and road safety.
Based on the results of the first two days, some 30 memoranda of understanding were signed. Freedom Holding Corp. signed a memorandum with the Executive Directorate of the International Fund for the Saving of the Aral Sea. During the forum, Timur Turlov presented the project "Eco-cards in support of the Aral Sea", the main idea of which is to transfer 10 percent cashback to the fund for saving the disappearing sea.
Cryptocurrency infrastructure provider Binance Kazakhstan has signed a memorandum of understanding with leading Kazakh startup Biometric.vision. Using Biometric.vision's technology, Kazakhstanis can now register and undergo identity verification without having to provide physical documents.
On the forum’s final day, the largest Industry 4.0 Startup Battle with a total prize fund of $180,000 will be held at the Digital Almaty-2024 site. 30 industrial startups will compete for several prizes from the Battle's partners, including a trip to MINEXPO in Las Vegas.
It should be noted that the forum also attracted a lot of interest from the public and journalists. In the first two days, about 500 materials were published in the media and about 2,000 mentions of the Digital Almaty-2024 Forum were made on social networks.
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