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We believe Azerbaijan’s socio-economic development is closely linked with entrepreneurship and its future development!

Interest in SME Houses as an innovative model in the field of business services is increasing Additional 55 people were engaged in training within the framework of the “Karabakh SME 2026” project More than 312,000 services were provided to entrepreneurs in SME Houses in the first half of 2026 Applications of entrepreneurs were considered at KOBİA In the first half of 2026, the KOBİA Call Centre via number 131 responded to approximately 5,000 enquiries The next meeting within the framework of the "Investment Journey" project was held in the city of Aghsu Business projects that have received the "Startup" Certificate are developing More than 50 meetings with entrepreneurs were organised in the first half of 2026 Another meeting with entrepreneurs was organised in the city of Mingachevir A production enterprise for test kits and medical plastic packaging products will be established

SMBDA was represented at the World Net Summit 13.05.20

The Government Address event was held as part of the World Net Summit online conference.

Elmir Valizadeh, Deputy Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Vilius Sapko, Lithuanian Minister of Finance, Orkhan Mammadov, Chairman of the Board of the Small and Medium Business Development Agency, BP's Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey Regional Relations, Foreign Affairs and Strategy Vice President Bakhtiyar Aslanbeyli and Director of the e-Government Development Center Fariz Jafarov spoke.

In his speech, Chairman of the Board of SMBDA, Orkhan Mammadov said that one of the main activities of the Agency is to provide SMBs with access to knowledge and technology and informed about the startup certificate. In his speech, Orkhan Mammadov also spoke about the financial and economic support provided by the state to SMBs affected by the pandemic.

The event was broadcast live on Facebook and YouTube.

The World Net Summit online conference is organized by the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan, UNDP, SUP VC and Innoland Incubation and Acceleration Center, with the general sponsorship of BP and Net Summit LLC. In general, the 8-phase World, consisting of Startup Academy, Monex Summit, Government Address, Baku E-Trade Forum, Maintech Forum, Venture Summit, Corporate Innovation Forum, Influencer Summit. The Net Summit will feature more than 50 speakers from 15 countries.