The Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) will cooperate with Amazon Web Services (AWS) within the framework of the development of the Fintech ecosystem and the maintenance of innovative start-up projects in Kazakhstan. All start-up projects selected by the AIFC will receive a unique opportunity to participate in the AWS Activate program. This program supports young companies, providing them with free access to cloud resources.

Start-ups will also be able to use the AWS services and technological infrastructure necessary for business development. They can build sophisticated and intelligence applications with any framework, collect and process big amount of data very quickly, protect sensitive data and securely connect applications to the cloud.  Dropbox, Pinterest, Spotify, Airbnb, Lyft and Slack are some of the world’s hottest start-up projects that use AWS capacity to ensure rapid growth of their business.

"Working with Amazon Web Services, AIFC provides Kazakhstani start-ups with a unique opportunity to develop projects on a new technological level. In the modern world, cloud technologies are increasingly spreading in various areas. AWS services can be used by all start-ups, which will be selected by AIFC including winners of Fintech Innovation Day, AIFC Fintechstars (hackathon) and Acceleration Program. Great opportunity to grow fast and promote your innovative startup project"- Assel Zhiyenbayeva, Chief Digital Officer of AIFC noted.

Each start-up selected by AIFC will receive AWS Promotional Credit valid for 2 years, 1 year of AWS Business Support, access to the AWS Technical and Business Essentials web-based (or instructor-led) training and credits for Self-Paced Labs.

For more detailed information please visit https://aws.amazon.com/activate/.