Kazakhstan allocates over 5,000 grants for young entrepreneurs since start of 2023

Kazakhstan allocates over 5,000 grants for young entrepreneurs since start of 2023

More than 5,000 grants and over 1,500 microcredits have been allocated to young Kazakh entrepreneurs since the start of the year. State support is provided for the implementation of new business ideas. As noted by Kazakh Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov at the Government’s meeting, young business people are eligible to receive preferential loans at 2.5 percent per annum on a competitive basis. Such measures will increase the share of SMEs, as well as influence the creation of new jobs and youth employment. To this end, information and awareness-raising work on obtaining state grants or microcredits for the development of businesses has been intensified.

“All these measures are aimed at improving the quality of the population’s life. In this regard, I would like to draw your attention to the following important issues. Firstly, regional governors need to control the implementation of regional employment maps and micro-crediting. Special attention should be paid to the employment of young people in permanent jobs. Secondly, the country’s Ministry of Finance, together with the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population, should work out the issue of redistributing funds for microcrediting young people,” said Smailov.