10 achievements of the Karaganda region in 2025  

In 2025, the Karaganda region strengthened its position as one of the leading industrial centers of the country: industrial production exceeded 4.5 trillion tenge, 25 investment projects were launched with the creation of more than 4,000 new jobs. There are also successes in the social sphere, with an emphasis on modernizing medicine and education.

What will be remembered this year: we present the top 10 most significant and striking achievements of the region.

1. In industry, the development of an industrial zone in Sarani. The household appliance factory started producing Samsung brand televisions and washing machines. A large–scale project has been launched in the field of mechanical engineering to produce Howo trucks and specialized equipment with a capacity of up to 10,000 units per year and create about a thousand new jobs.

2. In agriculture, there are major projects to provide the region with milk and new opportunities for meat exports. In the Nurinsky district, a dairy farm for 1,100 heads with a capacity of 9 thousand tons of milk per year has been launched, in the Osakarovsky district they are building several times more powerful - for 6 thousand heads, with a capacity of up to 55 thousand tons of products. Japan has become interested in horse meat supplies from the Karaganda region: preparations have already begun and proposals have been announced. An agricultural enterprise from the Abai region has been accredited and has established its own laboratory. The project is supported by the Ministries of Agriculture and Trade, Kazakhinvest.

3. In housing and communal services, large–scale work is underway to modernize the communal infrastructure. More than 148 kilometers of water supply networks and 44 kilometers of sewer networks are being reconstructed and built, 22 kilometers of heating networks have been replaced, and three boiler houses have been modernized.

Central gas supply remains one of the priorities for the population. Gas distribution networks have already been connected to 9589 houses in Karaganda, Temirtau and Shakhtinsk.

A long-standing problem with central heating has been solved in the Shakhtersky settlement of Karaganda, where residents have been heating their apartments with stoves or electricity for almost 30 years. Now all 58 high-rise buildings have been connected to the central highway.

This year, more than four thousand residents from 61 villages received clean drinking water. A centralized water supply system has been built in 16 of them, and complex block modules have been installed in 45 of them.

4. In the transport sector, the repair of the Karaganda–Karkaralinsk highway has been completed, and a new highway is being built in Karaganda, which will connect the Southeast with Maikuduk: the first section has been opened. In the Mustafin village, Bukhar-Zhyrau district, a new bridge over the Nuru River was opened – the path to Temirtau was reduced from 40 km to 12.

5. In science, by decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the E. A. Buketov Karaganda University received a new status – a national university. This is not only a high assessment of achievements, but also new horizons for science, education and professional growth.

6. In education– the construction of five schools under the "Schools of the Future" project has been completed. And according to the renovation program, educational institutions that are 40-50 years old or older have begun to be updated.

7. In medicine– modernization, new equipment and machinery. 66 new facilities have been built in rural areas – outpatient clinics, paramedic-obstetric and medical centers, 51 of them for returned assets. For the first time in many years, the ambulance fleet has been updated: 113 special vehicles and two intensive care vehicles equipped with modern medical equipment have been purchased. The first neurosurgical robot in Kazakhstan has started working at the multidisciplinary hospital named after Makazhanov: an artificial intelligence device helps to perform high-precision operations on the brain.

8. In the development of inclusion – social projects, an accessible environment and employment assistance. A free wheelchair repair service has been opened in Karaganda. Modern lifts have been purchased for wheelchair users living in multi-storey buildings. For the first time, an inclusive team worked under the Zhasyl El program: teenagers with mental disabilities successfully worked on an equal basis with others. The first inclusive cafe was organized in the integration center, which opened with the assistance of the Mayor's Office of the city.

9. In sports, the Shakhter football club became private, and the privatization took place on behalf of the Head of State. The Akimat of the region and Freedom Holding Corp have signed a memorandum on the development of professional football. The focus is on training local promising players. The construction of the football academy has begun. A new UEFA-4 football stadium will also be built in Karaganda.

10. "Clean Kazakhstan" – an apple orchard was laid in Karaganda: over seven thousand trees and shrubs were planted in the Central Park, and the forest fund is being increased in the region – the largest work was carried out near Shakhtinsk, where seedlings covered an area of 161 hectares. This year, more than two million seedlings have been planted on the territory of forestry enterprises.