As part of the "Creative Spark" educational program for higher education institutions on entrepreneurship development, aimed at developing the creative economy and entrepreneurial skills, we are pleased to announce that the finalists of the international competition "IDEAFEST-2022", held annually since 2019, have been selected. Henley Business School of the University of Reading, UK in cooperation with KBTU.
Congratulations to the winners - students of the Faculty of Information Technologies of KBTU:
DiabetApp - Azat Aimanov, Akerke Myrzakhan, Sabit Ansar, Adyl Kudaibergen, Myrzaly Baurzhan
Give and Get - Araylym and Ayaulym Salybek
IDEAFEST 2022 winners will be invited to the Henley Startup Summer Bootcamp hosted by Henley Business School at the University of Reading, UK.
Recall that in 2019, the winner of a similar competition was a student of the Faculty of Information Technology Aron Karataev, who proposed a startup idea Sunorak - an intelligent portable device with a solar panel for charging mobile phones. In 2020, the finalist and winner of the Big Idea Challenge Creative Spark in the Social Impact nomination among more than 50 teams of Kazakhstan were also students of the Faculty of Information Technology - Araylym and Ayaulym Salybek with the idea of "Share your Skills" and passed the acceleration online at London Metropolitan University: https://kazakhstan.britishcouncil.org/ru/programmes/education/creative-spark/big-idea-challenge
About the Creative Spark Program: Creative Spark is an enterprise development program for higher education institutions. This is a five-year initiative aimed at developing creative economies and entrepreneurial skills in seven countries of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan), South Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia) and Ukraine. This project is part of the Creative Spark Entrepreneurship Development Program for Higher Education Institutions and is funded by the British Council. For further information visit the British Council website: https://www.britishcouncil.org/education/ihe/what-we-do/international-partnerships/creative-spark-higher-education-enterprise-programme
