Astana Hub Marks Eight Years With $6.7 Billion in Ecosystem Revenue

By Dana Omirgazy  in Business,Editor’s Picks on 9 November 2026

ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s international technology cluster, Astana Hub, is marking its eighth anniversary, with ecosystem participants generating $6.7 billion in total revenue, $2.4 billion in IT services exports, and attracting more than $2 billion in startup investment since 2019. Today, the ecosystem brings together 2,700 companies, including 560 with foreign participation, …

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