Samruk-Kazyna JSC announced the results of the annual “Best Innovative Company” competition aimed at supporting technological development and encouraging innovation in portfolio companies.

In 2025, 35 projects from eight portfolio companies of the Fund participated.

The award ceremony brought together Nurlan Zhakupov, Chairman of the Board of Samruk-Kazyna JSC, Aida Balayeva, Deputy Prime Minister, portfolio companies of the Fund and others.

“We honor companies and employees who have demonstrated the best results. Their achievements will serve as an impetus for the development of the production efficiency of other portfolio companies”, - Nurlan Zhakupov said during the award ceremony.

The organization of the competition was provided by the Samgau Center for Scientific and Technological Initiatives.

 “In three years, the Samgau Center has received results in the form of over 40 ongoing projects. The economic effect for only four of them, which are being completed this year, will amount to KZT235 billion”, - he added.

The winners of the competition were:

• “The Best Innovative Company” — JSC NAC Kazatomprom
• “The Leader of Production Innovations” —Karazhanbasmunai JSC
• “The Best Innovator”:
• D. Yu. Martynenko (Samruk-Energy JSC)
• A. A. Turanov (JSC NAC Kazatomprom)
• A. V. Kunikov (JSC NC Kazakhstan Temir Zholy)
• “The Best Implemented Innovation Solution”:
• V. N. Kuznetsov (KEGOC JSC)
• A. N. Belotserkovsky (JSC NAC Kazatomprom)
• M. A. Tazhenov (JSC NC KazMunayGas)

The competition is an important mechanism for the development of a corporate innovation culture and promotes the introduction of technologically significant solutions in key sectors of the economy of Kazakhstan.

The Samgau Center for Scientific and Technological Initiatives was established in 2022 at Samruk-Kazyna JSC under the instruction of the Head of State Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The Center provides interaction with the scientific community and is responsible for technology transfer and the introduction of scientific developments into the production processes of the Fund’s portfolio companies.