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Kazakhstan's Stock Market Surpasses 136 Trillion Tenge in Value, Up 19.1% Year-on-Year
Kazakhstan's stock market has seen significant growth, with a total value of 136.8 trillion tenge as of September 2026, ...
Bitget Blocks Russian, Kazakh, and Belarusian Users Amid Global Sanctions
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget has restricted access to its services for users from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus, cit...
KazStroyTechnik's Rise to Prominence in Kazakhstan's Road Construction Market
Kazakhstan's KazStroyTechnik has grown from subcontracting to delivering major infrastructure projects using its own res...
Kazakhstan's Banks Shift to Automated Deposit Boxes, Enhancing Security and Convenience
Kazakhstan's banks are transitioning from traditional mechanical deposit boxes to automated ones, offering clients 24/7 ...
Kazakhstan's Stock Market Faces Pressure from Rising Oil Prices and Bond Yields
The Kazakhstan stock market has been affected by rising oil prices and bond yields, leading to a decline in the value of...
Kazakhstan Exports Gas but Imports Urea: A Fertilizer Opportunity It Can't Ignore
Long-term food demand, domestic gas and regional transport routes give Kazakhstan a window in ammonia and urea productio...
Kazakhstan and China Sign Ten Deals Across Aluminium, Wind, Autos and Finance
Ten agreements signed at the Kazakhstan–China investment forum in Almaty span aluminium, wind power, carmaking, fertilis...
Kazakh PM: Work Exists for Those Who Want It Amid 845,000 Vacancies
Official data point to a paradox: hundreds of thousands of unfilled vacancies and about 300,000 foreign workers a year, ...
Kazakhstan Brings an 11-Yurt Aul to Burning Man
Tengri Camp returned to Nevada's Black Rock Desert with 11 Almaty-made yurts, a 5,000-guest food goal and inDrive founde...
Bank of Georgia Owner Lion Finance Eyes Top-Tier Lenders in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
CEO Archil Gachechiladze tells Bloomberg the FTSE 100 group wants top-3/top-5 banks in Central Asia, using its Ameriaban...
Fraudsters Are Winning Kazakhstan's Regional Investors Before Brokers Arrive
Kazakhstan passed 5 million brokerage accounts, but the boom is concentrated in Almaty and Astana. In regions like Kosta...
Kazakhstan's $160bn Kashagan Arbitration Tests Oil Majors and Resource Nationalism
Astana says graft-inflated contracts delayed Kashagan by a decade; NCOC rejects the claims in an arbitration that could ...
Croatia’s Geoenergija and KazMunayGas Register Kazakh Oil Exploration Venture
Croatia’s state-owned Geoenergija and Kazakhstan’s KazMunayGas have formed Shygys Operating to explore a 2,400 sq km Akt...
Freedom Bank Swings to T11.6bn First-Half Profit as Securities Gains Offset Cost Rise
The Kazakhstan lender controlled by Timur Turlov reported an 11.6bn tenge half-year profit after a 27.7bn loss a year ea...
Kazakhstan's Art Market: Supply Is Growing, But Demanding Buyers Are Not
A Kazakh gallery veteran argues that stronger authentication standards—not just higher prices—will decide whether the co...
Inside AlES's Kaizen Push: From a Single 5S Pilot to a Plant-Wide Habit
Kazakh power producer AlES started with one relay protection lab and now trains hundreds of employees in lean methods, a...
Shoqan School Losses Widen to 744.5 Million Tenge Despite 24% Revenue Growth
Kazakh private school Shoqan School's H1 2026 net loss rose 6.5-fold to 744.5 million tenge on interest costs, even as r...
Kazakhstan's FDI Turns Negative in 2025 as Oil Project Outflows Hit $7.5bn
Kazakhstan posted a $916.4m net FDI outflow in 2025, the only EAEU economy in negative territory, as large oil projects ...
Why Leaders Are Told to Package Purpose With Emotion, Not Just Strategy
A Forbes Kazakhstan essay argues that in turbulent times, leaders who wrap shared meaning in positive rituals can hold t...
Kazakhstan's secondary commercial property market carries hidden legal defects in up to 25% of assets
Buyers of Kazakh business premises risk inheriting land-use, servitude and unauthorised-rebuild liabilities. A full lega...
Kazakhstan's Crypto Mining Shift: From Garage Farms to a Licensed 676 MW Industry
Licences, accredited pools and a 70/30 energy program are reshaping Kazakhstan's crypto mining sector—but legal miners f...
Kazakhstan's Bibigul Tulegenova Creative School Puts Music, Art, STEM and Digital in One Timetable
A new private school in Astana named after the opera legend combines general education with four creative and technical ...
Kazakhstan Offers Three-Year Tax Holiday to Crypto Investors in Bid to Revitalise Sector
A new government decree exempts individual investors from income tax on digital asset gains for three years, while creat...
Kazakhstan's Car Market Hits 234,852 Sales in 2025, But Warning Signs Flash as Discounts Dominate
Record new-car sales driven by cheap credit and localization mask a simmering price war, margin squeeze, and slowing dem...
Kazakhstan Reroutes Oil to Atyrau-Samara and China After CPC Terminal Attacks
Drone strikes on tankers at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s Black Sea terminal forced Kazakhstan to divert crude flows...
KMF Bank Seeks International Investor as Foundation Moves to Minority Role
KMF Bank, Kazakhstan’s leading microfinance lender turned full bank, is in talks to bring in a strategic foreign investo...
Nolan's 'Odyssey' still rules Kazakh cinemas, but Spider-Man looms
The epic blockbuster collected another 552 million tenge in its second weekend, holding a 500 million tenge lead over it...
Kazakhstan Moves 40% ERG Stake to Samruk-Kazyna, Raising Budget and Governance Questions
The Kazakh Ministry of Finance has transferred its 40% stake in mining group ERG to sovereign fund Samruk-Kazyna. Expert...
Marwin-Meloman Pours $68M into Semey Cultural Hub, Kicking Off Nationwide Expansion
Kazakhstan’s largest books and media chain breaks ground on a 53,000 sqm mixed-use complex that blends restored heritage...
Kazakhstan Needs a Critical Minerals List Built on Commercial Readiness, Not Geology Alone
A proposed national list should prioritise minerals where processing, offtake contracts, and proven technology exist—not...