AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoAI Governance: Kazakhstan endorsed the US “Washington model” for secure, responsible AI and proposed using it as the basis for a UN global AI convention. AI & Business Tech: Freedom Holding said it will launch an AI assistant for its Freedom Super App this year, while Kazakhstan is pushing industrial AI rollout and data-center ambitions. Trade & Transport: Kazakhstan Railways set a September grain-loading record (1.45m tonnes, +7% y/y). Kazakhstan also backs a new Central Asia–South Asia rail corridor through Afghanistan to Pakistan’s seaports, alongside Uzbekistan and the UAE. Energy & Finance: Development Bank of Kazakhstan approved ~57bn tenge for a wind farm in Turkistan; Kazakhstan reviewed commodity exchanges for Islamic banking operations. Banking & Payments: The regulator removed a 12-month validity cap on payment cards for foreign citizens; non-performing loans remain elevated (1.857tn tenge, 4% of sector). Health Security: Kazakhstan tightened monitoring and precautionary measures after reports of a suspected plague case in Russia’s Irkutsk region.
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