On November 25, 2024, the first International PLUS-Forum ‘Digital Tajikistan’ was solemnly held at the National Library of Tajikistan in Dushanbe. New country + new environment and contacts = new opportunities.

Our professionals Vasily Stabronik | CTO and Tatiana Lebedeva | CDO were appointed as delegates from BeginTimes. Vasily and Tatiana shared their impressions of the Forum and the current situation in the development of the industry.

The event acquired a truly national scale: it was held with the support of the Agency for Innovation and Digital Technologies under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, the National Bank of Tajikistan and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Tajikistan and was dedicated to current issues of the implementation and development of digitalization of the social infrastructure of the Republic of Tajikistan.

Tajikistan is the undisputed leader in its region in the use of QR code technology - with the help of which residents can easily avoid paperwork and do not need to worry about having original documents with them.

The Centralized Platform for Electronic Payment of Services is rapidly gaining momentum. CPEPS simplifies the database of financial information related to customer accounting and helps to avoid corruption in the public sector.

Traditionally, the Forum also discussed trends in the retail finance segment and the trade retail industry.

Marketplaces are especially popular there. Local marketplaces are not just an alternative to offline stores, they are an entire industry, supported by geographical proximity to China - the global giant of this market segment. The increased availability of mobile Internet and the development of logistics infrastructure stimulate the growth of online trade alone. In addition, the National Switch project is in progress. It is a real symbiosis of banks and marketplaces.