President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a decree on 9 June approving Digital Qazaqstan, a national strategy for large-scale digitalisation and economy-wide adoption of artificial intelligence through 2029. Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov said the document sets a long-term vision for the digital economy and a single framework for the country’s technology goals, in what Tokayev has branded the Year of Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence.
The plan builds on a fast-moving base. Kazakhstan’s IT services exports passed 1 billion dollars in 2025, with a stated target of 5 billion by 2030; the government has adopted a Digital Code and brought a law on artificial intelligence into force; and the eGov portal counts around 15 million users. A Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development coordinates the effort.
Kazakhstan wants a fully digital state and 5 billion dollars in IT exports by 2030.
Tokayev has paired the digital agenda with ambitions in digital assets, including a proposed national crypto reserve and a plan to make the new Alatau development a fully digital city with crypto payments. He has also flagged the strain that crypto mining places on the power grid, a tension the strategy does not fully resolve.