Bauyrzhan Baibek met with Almaty’s start-up companies’ representatives

Today Almaty is the flagship of the digitalization and produces half of all IT products of the country. In the framework of the developed concept of "Smart City", digital projects are used in the areas of security, public transport, education and health. This is the largest market for creative businessmen and start-ups.

The city’s governor mentioned that the introduction of new technologies allows ensuring transparency of processes and reducing operating costs, which leads to more effective administration, both in the government branch and in business.

"The state's task is to minimize bureaucratic barriers, create the necessary infrastructure, and stimulate business ventures. To this end, the city implements various support measures, including through special economic zones and mechanisms to increase entrepreneurs' access to financial resources. Certainly, there are certain obstacles, for the solution of which we will permanently gather not only with representatives of operating companies, but also start-up start-ups," said Bauyrzhan Baibek.

During the meeting, Almaty startups presented projects, including services on providing information on grants and scholarships in educational institutions of the world NeUpusti.net, a cash register in the form of a cloud solution Web-cash desk, online accounting Bay, the system of recognition of documents and persons Verigram, online - the financial accounting platform Torgai, the service for the verification and payment of penalties OKauto.

The new media projects of the portal Nur.kz were told by its general director Kuat Bahridinov. In near future the company plans to launch in Kazakhstan a new music streaming service and an online platform with video content "video on demand" with an emphasis on domestic content.

During the meeting, Bauyrzhan Baibek pointed out that the executive committee of Almaty is ready to hold such meetings regularly to receive feedback and solve practical problems. In turn, the founder of Relog, which provides a service to optimize transport logistics, raised the issue of the complexity of cooperation with JSC "Tartyp".

"Our product allows us to cut logistics costs for special vehicles, which is very important for a company engaged in the export of solid domestic waste. Optimization is carried out due to profitable planning of transport routes, monitoring and proper management due to the function of analytics in the system," said Baurzhan Rustemov.

The head of the city instructed the relevant departments to consider the possibility of using IT-products of the company in the municipal services of the city in order to increase the efficiency of their activities.

"For us, a smart city is a transformation of approaches and a culture of interaction between the population and the authorities. Technology is only a tool to improve the efficiency of all management processes. We expect new useful products, creative ideas from you and are ready for changes, offering to go along this path together," the head of the city noted.

SmArt. Point project is a technological space, a kind of IT-hub, in which about 40 companies operate in the sphere of high technologies and creative business. The center is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There are meeting rooms, play areas, sports hall.