The Qazaq Creative Fund for the Development of Creative Industries has announced the results of a grant competition for startups and innovative projects in domestic literature, book publishing and digital reading technologies.
The competition received 172 applications. Ten projects were selected as winners, with about 50 million tenge allocated for their implementation. Each project can receive a grant of up to 5 million tenge.
Supported initiatives include digital libraries and Kazakh-language reading platforms, children’s books and comics, as well as interactive educational products using artificial intelligence.