Nargiza Akbekova started her business story in the jewelry industry in 2015. Being at the beginning of e-commerce presence in Central Asia, she built sales-focused strategies to set up several distribution channels, requiring only a minimal investment in resources from the brand's end. To date, her business development group with headquarters in Dubai served more than 115 000 clients across the globe. Being an award-winning young entrepreneur, Nargiza built up a business development group that includes marketing management advisory, business transformation, educational courses, event management, a private equity fund, IT solutions, and a content production house. Today AI Group is a fully packed business group that drives the expansion of international & local companies into the Middle East market. The company contributes to The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the most focus on goal #4 - Quality education.
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