in Central Asia+
SPECA Summer School
Doing Business
A good idea is NOT all it takes. Whether you want to start a business, grow a business, develop a charity, help corporations to innovate, or work on setting up a new government programme – solid knowledge of Enterprise-as-a-process will enable you to tip the odds in your favor.
The Power of Entrepreneurship
Where?
Almaty, Kazakhstan
When?
1 - 6 July 2025
Registration fee
$ 1500
Registration Deadline 1'ˢᵗ of June
Summer School
gives students with a conceptual framework and practical knowledge regarding entrepreneurship, finance and investments in Central Asia. Students will be able to recognise the diversity, economic development and economic potential of Central Asian countries, evaluate them in terms of their market potential and identify how foreign and emerging market multinationals, SMEs and Social Entrepreneurs enter into these markets. Students will learn to analyse specific strategies for developing business and learn to research and appreciate the unique context of the emerging market country. The school will also discuss investment opportunities in Central Asian countries and how entrepreneurs can take advantage of various internationalisation networks (e.g., governments, private organizations, NGOs and cooperatives) and strategies for investing in this region.
Meet our speakers\experts:
business strategies in Central Asia
marketing in the Central Asian context
digital marketing and how it applies to Central Asia
human resources practices in Central Asia
entrepreneurship in Central Asia in creativity and innovation
contemporary finance in Central Asia
strategic leadership in Central Asia
Summer School aims to provide you with a critical understanding of:
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An international expert in entrepreneurship education and startup consultancy development. Design and run experience-based business-incubation, acceleration and academic entrepreneurship programmes.

Currently a Teaching Fellow at Henley Business School, The University of Reading (United Kingdom) and CEO “Central Asian Foundation”.

Continually develop and test thinking through consultancies for local and international start-ups, family-owned businesses and SMEs in the Central Asian region.
Professor Kainazarov is an expert with more than 20 years of experience in coaching, consulting and leadership. He holds an EMBA and is currently a Partner at a MNE. He is a certified coach by Franclin Covey Int.

Professor Kainazarov is a leading scholar at the School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, AlmaU. He consulted more than 500 Central Asian companies at all levels.

Director at the School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ksenia creates and fosters new ways of developing entrepreneurial education and foster creative industries within Central Asia.
She is also a co-author of the monograph chapter “Entrepreneurial Education and youth development in Central Asia” in the “Innovation in Global Entrepreneurship Education” research monograph (2021).

She holds a Master's degree in Public Policy (Tel Aviv University, Israel) and a Bachelor's degree in Business Law. Currently, she is receiving an EMBA degree at Koc University (Istanbul, Turkey).
Medetov Daniyar
Zhangir Kainazarov
Kseniya Yuzhaninova - Karadenizli
There is a new reality:
Today
anyone
can be
in business
Contact us:
+7 700 073 1594
d.ashimova@almau.edu.kz

Rozybakiev str., 227
Almaty, Kazakhstan
050060