An increasing number of female CEOs of IT companies. Startups founded by women are found to generate two times more profit and ideas than ones by men. Alina Abdrakhmanova, the co-founder of the virtual reality project, IN-VR, believes women can and must stand equal to men in business.
“Every woman has to rely on herself. She must be financially independent. For this, I want to tell girls that you definitely need to study, you need to find yourself, and you need to develop. Young ladies, I also want to say this: whether you choose a family or a career, you must always have a source of income, and always stand firmly on your feet.”
A new startup can become a large source of income. This happened with Alina. Together with her team, she launched a VR platform that allows you to broadcast seminars, events, and even concerts in 360 degrees.
“The essence of our platform is that 360-degree cameras are installed at the stadium. For example, Dimash Kudaibergen’s fans from all over the world can watch his concert via special VR goggles. They will be able to experience the feeling of being in the stadium where they could sing along to his songs with other fans,” the startup co-founder noted.
Today, over 600 companies are registered in the country’s main IT hub, Astana Hub, and more than a hundred of them are headed by women. Most of the startups are mainly educational projects.
“[The startup projects] are educational platforms, software, and interesting mobile applications for mental arithmetic geared towards children. I would also like to mention that we have an IT Academy which provides a full course on computer training,”
According to Astana Hub, the growing number of applications for IT business training come from women. The European Commission calculated that last year the share of women in the field of information and communication technologies in the EU was 17 percent. In Kazakhstan, this figure is still 5 percent.