Rafkhat BozbaliyevFounder, Executive DirectorInternational partnerships; supervises participants' research projects
About
An academy that treats the region as one market
Business Growth Academy was founded in 2025 at the Astana International Financial Centre. We educate owners and executives across Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan, help their children enter universities abroad and package their projects for investors.
2025founded
3countries, one market
759Mini-programme graduates
89Executive MBA graduates
20+programmes in the portfolio
35–40average participant age
Why we exist
Three things the owner of a growing company needs
An owner of a growing company in Central Eurasia needs three things: world-class management education close to home, a future for their children and capital for their projects. BGA brings all three into one academy and works with Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan as a single market — never playing one country against another.
Facts
Founded19 June 2025, AIFC, Astana
HeadquartersTalan Towers, 16 Dostyk St., Astana
OfficesModera Towers, Tashkent · Baku · agents in Dubai
Language of instructionRussian; international faculty with simultaneous interpretation
ModelB2B: corporate clients in three countries plus open cohorts
CredentialsBGA documents and partner-school diplomas (Switzerland, UK, USA)
How we teach
- Case method in the Harvard Business School tradition
- Guest lectures by practitioners and company visits
- A consulting project defended before a panel
- Simultaneous interpretation for international faculty
- Final test and completion documents
Who enrols
Executive MBA and DBA — owners, CEOs and senior executives: a bachelor's degree and at least 3 years of management experience.
Mini MBA — entrepreneurs, founders and professionals stepping up to management. The average participant is 35–40.
Leadership
Marzhan ZhumabekovaChief Executive OfficerOperations and partnerships with schools abroad
Azat ZhazitDirector, Astana officeCorporate clients in Kazakhstan
Darkhan RakhimovBGA team
ББ
Botagoz BaimuratovaDirector, TashkentBusiness Growth Academy MBA LLC, Uzbekistan
Partners and associations
Academic partners
Associations and technology partners
Public Catering Association of KazakhstanPublic Catering Association of KazakhstanMini MBA Hospitality
All partners and areas of cooperation
SITE
Academic partner · Geneva
Orange County University
USA
Qazaq Independent Directors
Independent directors association · Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Association of Healthcare Managers
Executive MBA in Health Care
Public Catering Association of Kazakhstan
Mini MBA Hospitality
GR Hub
GR practice · Kazakhstan
Steppe Tech Lab
Steppe Vision AI platform · Astana
Data Hunters Research
Industry research · Astana
Kazakhstan Temir Zholy
National railway company
ERG
Eurasian Resources Group · mining and metals
Stellar Mining
Mining company
Samruk-Energy
Bolat Nurzhanov Ekibastuz GRES-1
Dosjan Temir Joly
Railway company
International track 2026–2027
We are in talks with leading business schools in Europe, the USA and Asia about visiting faculty and joint modules — so that every Executive MBA module is led by a professor from a world-class school.
Our clients
Stellar MiningMining company
Samruk-EnergyBolat Nurzhanov Ekibastuz GRES-1
Business Growth Academy Ltd. is a private company and a participant of the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC). Business Growth Academy MBA LLC — Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
BGA programmes are non-formal professional education. Graduates receive BGA completion documents and, where a programme provides for it, partner-school diplomas.
Business Growth AcademyYour next step
Your next step
starts with a conversation.
Tell us about your goals. Together, we’ll choose a programme, format and city.
AstanaTashkent