SumJob is a unique opportunity for students of Almaty Management University to demonstrate their entrepreneurial ideas and get a chance to support and invest in seasonal microbusiness. More than 20 projects from various AlmaU Schools submitted to the competition, and the fight was really exciting!
🎉 The winner of SumJob 2025 is Aisha Karimberdieva, a 2nd—year psychology student, with the Thai Ice project — the realization of trendy Thai ice cream! Aisha became the winner of the main prize in the amount of 500,000 tenge!
The competition jury:
• Ilyas Azelkhanov, Project Manager of the School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, entrepreneur
• Zhanna Nurseitova — Crisis PR Specialist, social investor, eco-activist
• Samat Kilybaev is a serial entrepreneur
• Alexandr Globov — CEO of a travel company ht.kz
• Kanat Israilov — Founder of NOVAHUB GROUP, marketing offices in Almaty and Dubai
• Timur Tyulegenov — Head of Web Research k-research.kz , the first winner of SumJob, 2022
• Dinara Auyelbekova — Founder of the Girls Power Foundation, Project management coach for social projects
• Arsen Hakim — Marketing Director at BrandForma
This event was a prime example of how AlmaU students can turn their ideas into real businesses. In addition, the competition jury provides mentoring support to all projects participating in SumJob, helping them develop and reach a new level. Congratulations to the winner and thanks to all the participants!