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Aiperi Omurzakova, a 28 year-old mother of three from Osh, spends every spare second working on her start-up enterprise, Som.kg. In November 2018, she pioneered a local version of Craigslist, a free classifieds website.
At first, Aiperi could only afford a shipping container as an office space, but then ololohausOsh came across her radar. ololohausOsh is a creative coworking space in the city center providing its residents all necessary amenities such as office furniture and Wi-Fi.
"When I moved here, I acquired more customers, because here in Osh, people really pay attention to how your office looks. If it's beautiful, they are impressed and ready to trust you. Now I also have two employees", Aiperi says.
Accelerate Prosperity is a new global initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Central and South Asia and provides technical expertise, creative financing solutions and market connections for small and growing businesses.
AP aims to inspire rising entrepreneurs in emerging regions to grow new markets, create sustainable employment, and strengthen communities.
AP’s first project in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 was the establishment of one of Osh’s first co-working space, ololoHaus, Osh. Supported by USAID grant of $35,000, AP worked with a local entrepreneur to create a new space to help incubate and grow small to medium sized enterprises. ololoHaus, Osh, currently houses a software development training business called IT Academy, a dentistry design business amongst others, and Som.kg, a local version of Craigslist amongst others.
Aiperi Omurzakova, a 28 year-old mother of three from Osh, spends every spare second working on her start-up enterprise, Som.kg. In November 2018, she pioneered a local version of Craigslist, a free classifieds website.
At first, Aiperi could only afford a shipping container as an office space, but then ololohausOsh came across her radar. ololohausOsh is a creative coworking space in the city center providing its residents all necessary amenities such as office furniture and Wi-Fi.
"When I moved here, I acquired more customers, because here in Osh, people really pay attention to how your office looks. If it's beautiful, they are impressed and ready to trust you. Now I also have two employees", Aiperi says.
Accelerate Prosperity is a new global initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Central and South Asia and provides technical expertise, creative financing solutions and market connections for small and growing businesses.
AP aims to inspire rising entrepreneurs in emerging regions to grow new markets, create sustainable employment, and strengthen communities.
AP’s first project in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 was the establishment of one of Osh’s first co-working space, ololoHaus, Osh. Supported by USAID grant of $35,000, AP worked with a local entrepreneur to create a new space to help incubate and grow small to medium sized enterprises. ololoHaus, Osh, currently houses a software development training business called IT Academy, a dentistry design business amongst others, and Som.kg, a local version of Craigslist amongst others.
IT-Academy, a software development training business based at ololoHaus, Osh. For IT-Academy, a project of the Kyrgyz Software and Services Developers Association (KSSDA), whose slogan is “Live in Kyrgyzstan, work with the world”, ololo's regional expansion was a reason to change its office to a space in ololohausOsh to join a community sharing its values. Young people study programming and after graduating earn up to US $500, which is 2.3 times more than the average salary in the country.
“IT-Academy's goal is to educate 50,000 programmers in Kyrgyzstan by the end of 2030. When ololo opened a space in Osh we moved here from another place as we share the same values”, says KSSDA chairman, Azis Abakirov.
Accelerate Prosperity is a new global initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Central and South Asia and provides technical expertise, creative financing solutions and market connections for small and growing businesses.
AP aims to inspire rising entrepreneurs in emerging regions to grow new markets, create sustainable employment, and strengthen communities.
AP’s first project in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 was the establishment of one of Osh’s first co-working space, ololoHaus, Osh. Supported by USAID grant of $35,000, AP worked with a local entrepreneur to create a new space to help incubate and grow small to medium sized enterprises. ololoHaus, Osh, currently houses a software development training business called IT-Academy, a dentistry design business amongst others, and Som.kg, a local version of Craigslist amongst others.
IT-Academy, a software development training business based at ololoHaus, Osh. For IT-Academy, a project of the Kyrgyz Software and Services Developers Association (KSSDA), whose slogan is “Live in Kyrgyzstan, work with the world”, ololo's regional expansion was a reason to change its office to a space in ololohausOsh to join a community sharing its values. Young people study programming and after graduating earn up to US $500, which is 2.3 times more than the average salary in the country.
“IT-Academy's goal is to educate 50,000 programmers in Kyrgyzstan by the end of 2030. When ololo opened a space in Osh we moved here from another place as we share the same values”, says KSSDA chairman, Azis Abakirov.
Accelerate Prosperity is a new global initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Central and South Asia and provides technical expertise, creative financing solutions and market connections for small and growing businesses.
AP aims to inspire rising entrepreneurs in emerging regions to grow new markets, create sustainable employment, and strengthen communities.
AP’s first project in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 was the establishment of one of Osh’s first co-working space, ololoHaus, Osh. Supported by USAID grant of $35,000, AP worked with a local entrepreneur to create a new space to help incubate and grow small to medium sized enterprises. ololoHaus, Osh, currently houses a software development training business called IT-Academy, a dentistry design business amongst others, and Som.kg, a local version of Craigslist amongst others.
Red at Chinese Weddings
Red is the color theme of traditional Chinese weddings. It symbolizes love, joy, and prosperity. A Chinese brides wedding gown is often red, as are the wedding invitations, gift boxes, and envelopes for gifts. Even the homes of the bride and groom are decorated in red on the wedding day.
Chinese Pre-wedding events
Before the wedding a Chinese bride goes into seclusion with her closest friends to symbolically mourn the loss of her family and friends. Often the grooms family will bring wedding gifts to the brides house in red boxes and baskets. One of the gifts will contain "uang susu" or "milk money". Other gifts will be personal gifts for the bride. Three days before the wedding the bride’s family will go to the grooms house with gifts for his family.
Chinese Wedding Day
The day a Chinese wedding is carefully chosen to line up with astrological signs. Chinese weddings also start on the half-hour so that the wedding can start on an upswing, while the hands of the clock are moving up.
On the wedding day the groom is dressed by his parents. The groom will arrive at the brides house with a gift of cash to give the brides friends for letting her go. Sometimes the wedding couple will serve tea to both sets of parents to symbolically ask permission to get married. The bride and groom then leave for the wedding sight together.
Chinese Marriage Ceremony and Reception
A Chinese wedding ceremony is normally only attended by the couples’ immediate families. After the ceremony and before the reception the bride will host a tea ceremony for her in-laws. The couple usually goes to get the formal wedding pictures before they go the their reception.
A Chinese wedding reception is a very elaborate affair. There is normally a welcoming speech by a MC. Directly after the speech is the cake cutting. A traditional Chinese wedding cake is huge, with many layers. The lays symbolize the couples climb to success. The couple will cut the cake from the bottom to the top. The bride and groom will feed each other a piece of cake. Then they will cut a piece of cake for the parents and grandparents. The bride and groom will feed each of the pieces of cake to the parent or grandparent together. Sometimes wedding toast are given. The wedding guest will then great the bride and groom and the parents. Elaborate Chinese weddings include a 9 or 10 course meal and music. Chinese brides will often wear three different outfits during the reception. Article From www.weddings.sc/content,chinese-wedding-traditions/
IT-Academy, a software development training business based at ololoHaus, Osh. For IT-Academy, a project of the Kyrgyz Software and Services Developers Association (KSSDA), whose slogan is “Live in Kyrgyzstan, work with the world”, ololo's regional expansion was a reason to change its office to a space in ololohausOsh to join a community sharing its values. Young people study programming and after graduating earn up to US $500, which is 2.3 times more than the average salary in the country.
“IT-Academy's goal is to educate 50,000 programmers in Kyrgyzstan by the end of 2030. When ololo opened a space in Osh we moved here from another place as we share the same values”, says KSSDA chairman, Azis Abakirov.
Accelerate Prosperity is a new global initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Central and South Asia and provides technical expertise, creative financing solutions and market connections for small and growing businesses.
AP aims to inspire rising entrepreneurs in emerging regions to grow new markets, create sustainable employment, and strengthen communities.
AP’s first project in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 was the establishment of one of Osh’s first co-working space, ololoHaus, Osh. Supported by USAID grant of $35,000, AP worked with a local entrepreneur to create a new space to help incubate and grow small to medium sized enterprises. ololoHaus, Osh, currently houses a software development training business called IT-Academy, a dentistry design business amongst others, and Som.kg, a local version of Craigslist amongst others.
Grandparent dies... Parent dies... Grandchild dies.
One of my recent projects is revising my website "Zen Stories to Tell Your Neighbors." I'm updating it from the type of page design that was popular 15 years ago when I first built it. This revision includes photos I created for each of the stories.
"Prosperity" is one of my favorite stories:
Aiperi Omurzakova, a 28 year-old mother of three from Osh, spends every spare second working on her start-up enterprise, Som.kg. In November 2018, she pioneered a local version of Craigslist, a free classifieds website.
At first, Aiperi could only afford a shipping container as an office space, but then ololohausOsh came across her radar. ololohausOsh is a creative coworking space in the city center providing its residents all necessary amenities such as office furniture and Wi-Fi.
"When I moved here, I acquired more customers, because here in Osh, people really pay attention to how your office looks. If it's beautiful, they are impressed and ready to trust you. Now I also have two employees", Aiperi says.
Accelerate Prosperity is a new global initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Central and South Asia and provides technical expertise, creative financing solutions and market connections for small and growing businesses.
AP aims to inspire rising entrepreneurs in emerging regions to grow new markets, create sustainable employment, and strengthen communities.
AP’s first project in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 was the establishment of one of Osh’s first co-working space, ololoHaus, Osh. Supported by USAID grant of $35,000, AP worked with a local entrepreneur to create a new space to help incubate and grow small to medium sized enterprises. ololoHaus, Osh, currently houses a software development training business called IT Academy, a dentistry design business amongst others, and Som.kg, a local version of Craigslist amongst others.
IT-Academy, a software development training business based at ololoHaus, Osh. For IT-Academy, a project of the Kyrgyz Software and Services Developers Association (KSSDA), whose slogan is “Live in Kyrgyzstan, work with the world”, ololo's regional expansion was a reason to change its office to a space in ololohausOsh to join a community sharing its values. Young people study programming and after graduating earn up to US $500, which is 2.3 times more than the average salary in the country.
“IT-Academy's goal is to educate 50,000 programmers in Kyrgyzstan by the end of 2030. When ololo opened a space in Osh we moved here from another place as we share the same values”, says KSSDA chairman, Azis Abakirov.
Accelerate Prosperity is a new global initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Central and South Asia and provides technical expertise, creative financing solutions and market connections for small and growing businesses.
AP aims to inspire rising entrepreneurs in emerging regions to grow new markets, create sustainable employment, and strengthen communities.
AP’s first project in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 was the establishment of one of Osh’s first co-working space, ololoHaus, Osh. Supported by USAID grant of $35,000, AP worked with a local entrepreneur to create a new space to help incubate and grow small to medium sized enterprises. ololoHaus, Osh, currently houses a software development training business called IT-Academy, a dentistry design business amongst others, and Som.kg, a local version of Craigslist amongst others.
St Peter, West Lynn, Norfolk
It was good to come back to West Lynn after ten years away. Back in 2006 it had seemed a separate place, but ten years on it was quite clear that the prosperity of Kings Lynn was spreading westwards to grasp it avariciously. So many east coast ports are in decline, but King's Lynn seems to go from strength to strength, which can only be explained by its position on a railway line into Cambridge and then swiftly on to London.
That day in 2006, we had driven right across Norfolk as it was waking up on a Saturday morning - well, a bit later than that; let's say it was washing up after breakfast, putting its shoes on and then going shopping. The whole of the Ouse Valley was pouring into Kings Lynn, looking for a parking place, and we were glad to be crossing the river and heading into the Marshlands. First stop was up the west bank of the Ouse, and just a stones throw from the centre of Lynn itself.
Talking of throwing stones, West Lynn was a fairly rough place in those days. The shop beside St Peter had razorwire barriers like I'd seen in the Shankill in west Belfast the previous month, and I’d not seen so much graffiti on the outside of a church before. The west window was completely boarded up. Not surprisingly, the church was locked, with a keyholder in the adjacent close. He opened the door to us after about six hours and glared out with what I took to be typical marshland reticence. When I asked for the key, he said “Why?” but fortunately I knew the answer to this question, because West Lynn has a seven-sacrament font. Knowing he’d been beaten, he gave in and smiled, giving us the key graciously.
Coming back, the church was still locked. But there was a different keyholder. She was very nice, and didn't quiz me as to my motives.
The exterior of the church is interesting. Cruciform, as many churches are around here, the chancel is an addition of the 1930s by the aged Walter Caroe, and looks very much of that decade. It reminded me of Dilham. Old tracery has been built into the walls, and the tracery replicates the 19th century window (and contains its glass) that once was set in the blocked chancel arch. Despite the cement-rendering to tower and transepts, there is a nice mix of flint and red-brick, and a little carstone too. A 1920s vestry opposite the red-brick Tudor porch completes the piece.
We let ourselves in to what turns out to be a very high church – the main Sunday service still styles itself Mass, and the Vicar is Father someone-or-other. There’s also evidence of this in the furnishings, including devotional statues and the like, but I didn't get the impression that the church gets used much for private devotions; there were certainly no candles burning. Perhaps it is an enthusiasm of the Vicar’s rather than of the parish as a whole.
The font is a delight – probably the most primitive of the series after Wendling's, the figures like cartoon characters. It has been repaired with darker cement, so you can see what is original and what isn’t, and it is actually relatively unvandalised. The Priest hearing confession is wearing a cowl or hood, as was the convention of the medieval period, but in this case it doesn't half make him look Mother Teresa. The Mass panel, seen from the side on, is absolutely crowded with figures, some standing and kneeling to the left of the rood screen, which is seen end on, and the Priest elevating the host to the right. In the Baptism panel, the baby is held upside down. The eighth panel depicts the Holy Trinity (not, as Pevsner has it, 'Christ Enthroned', or Mortlock's 'God the Father').
There is a splendid brass of a priest, Adam Outlaw (what a great name for the fens!) and the benches are a not unpleasing mix of 15th, 17th and 19th century work, most of a local quality. Perhaps best are some poppyheads reminiscent of those in the chancel at Walpole St Peter. The misericords are fascinating - they appear to have suffered the attention of iconoclasts, but also do not seem as old as they pretend.
The north transept is fitted out as a lady chapel, both elegant and seemly. There is a bold squint through to the high altar with its grand reredos. Indeed, the fittings of the sanctuary are all boldly 20th century Anglo-catholic, and the sedilia and piscina an exercise in modernist devotion. Well worth seeing, all in all.
Aiperi Omurzakova, a 28 year-old mother of three from Osh, spends every spare second working on her start-up enterprise, Som.kg. In November 2018, she pioneered a local version of Craigslist, a free classifieds website.
At first, Aiperi could only afford a shipping container as an office space, but then ololohausOsh came across her radar. ololohausOsh is a creative coworking space in the city center providing its residents all necessary amenities such as office furniture and Wi-Fi.
"When I moved here, I acquired more customers, because here in Osh, people really pay attention to how your office looks. If it's beautiful, they are impressed and ready to trust you. Now I also have two employees", Aiperi says.
Accelerate Prosperity is a new global initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Central and South Asia and provides technical expertise, creative financing solutions and market connections for small and growing businesses.
AP aims to inspire rising entrepreneurs in emerging regions to grow new markets, create sustainable employment, and strengthen communities.
AP’s first project in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 was the establishment of one of Osh’s first co-working space, ololoHaus, Osh. Supported by USAID grant of $35,000, AP worked with a local entrepreneur to create a new space to help incubate and grow small to medium sized enterprises. ololoHaus, Osh, currently houses a software development training business called IT Academy, a dentistry design business amongst others, and Som.kg, a local version of Craigslist amongst others.
Aiperi Omurzakova, a 28 year-old mother of three from Osh, spends every spare second working on her start-up enterprise, Som.kg. In November 2018, she pioneered a local version of Craigslist, a free classifieds website.
At first, Aiperi could only afford a shipping container as an office space, but then ololohausOsh came across her radar. ololohausOsh is a creative coworking space in the city center providing its residents all necessary amenities such as office furniture and Wi-Fi.
"When I moved here, I acquired more customers, because here in Osh, people really pay attention to how your office looks. If it's beautiful, they are impressed and ready to trust you. Now I also have two employees", Aiperi says.
Accelerate Prosperity is a new global initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Central and South Asia and provides technical expertise, creative financing solutions and market connections for small and growing businesses.
AP aims to inspire rising entrepreneurs in emerging regions to grow new markets, create sustainable employment, and strengthen communities.
AP’s first project in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 was the establishment of one of Osh’s first co-working space, ololoHaus, Osh. Supported by USAID grant of $35,000, AP worked with a local entrepreneur to create a new space to help incubate and grow small to medium sized enterprises. ololoHaus, Osh, currently houses a software development training business called IT Academy, a dentistry design business amongst others, and Som.kg, a local version of Craigslist amongst others.
New York, 17 July 2017 - Mr. Jitendra Shankar Mathur, Secretary of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, India.
‘The SDGs in Action: Eradicating Poverty and Promoting Inclusive Prosperity in a Changing World,’ a high level side event organized by the UN Development Group, in conjunction with the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2017), discussed how countries at various stages of development, including those faced with complex situations such as violent conflict and fragility are accelerating efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The theme of the HLPF, ‘Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world’ challenges the UN and Member States to hold true to the 2030 Agenda pledge to leave no one behind and to reach the furthest behind first.
Mr. Achim Steiner, UNDG Chair and UNDP Administrator highlighted on the need to pursue an integrated approach versus “cherry-picking” priority areas, where the UN can help identify synergies and trade-offs in different country contexts to determine interventions that yield benefits across several SDGs.
“The critical importance of leaving no one behind and reaching the furthest behind first: here the UN can help countries better understand and address inequalities in all their forms”.
© UNDP / Freya Morales
Aiperi Omurzakova, a 28 year-old mother of three from Osh, spends every spare second working on her start-up enterprise, Som.kg. In November 2018, she pioneered a local version of Craigslist, a free classifieds website.
At first, Aiperi could only afford a shipping container as an office space, but then ololohausOsh came across her radar. ololohausOsh is a creative coworking space in the city center providing its residents all necessary amenities such as office furniture and Wi-Fi.
"When I moved here, I acquired more customers, because here in Osh, people really pay attention to how your office looks. If it's beautiful, they are impressed and ready to trust you. Now I also have two employees", Aiperi says.
Accelerate Prosperity is a new global initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Central and South Asia and provides technical expertise, creative financing solutions and market connections for small and growing businesses.
AP aims to inspire rising entrepreneurs in emerging regions to grow new markets, create sustainable employment, and strengthen communities.
AP’s first project in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 was the establishment of one of Osh’s first co-working space, ololoHaus, Osh. Supported by USAID grant of $35,000, AP worked with a local entrepreneur to create a new space to help incubate and grow small to medium sized enterprises. ololoHaus, Osh, currently houses a software development training business called IT Academy, a dentistry design business amongst others, and Som.kg, a local version of Craigslist amongst others.
This is another view of the previous flower www.flickr.com/photos/anuprajg/2359466571/in/photostream/
It might be another flower also but atleast the same family....
Shot at Lalbagh, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
...explored.....#104
Aiperi Omurzakova, a 28 year-old mother of three from Osh, spends every spare second working on her start-up enterprise, Som.kg. In November 2018, she pioneered a local version of Craigslist, a free classifieds website.
At first, Aiperi could only afford a shipping container as an office space, but then ololohausOsh came across her radar. ololohausOsh is a creative coworking space in the city center providing its residents all necessary amenities such as office furniture and Wi-Fi.
"When I moved here, I acquired more customers, because here in Osh, people really pay attention to how your office looks. If it's beautiful, they are impressed and ready to trust you. Now I also have two employees", Aiperi says.
Accelerate Prosperity is a new global initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Central and South Asia and provides technical expertise, creative financing solutions and market connections for small and growing businesses.
AP aims to inspire rising entrepreneurs in emerging regions to grow new markets, create sustainable employment, and strengthen communities.
AP’s first project in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 was the establishment of one of Osh’s first co-working space, ololoHaus, Osh. Supported by USAID grant of $35,000, AP worked with a local entrepreneur to create a new space to help incubate and grow small to medium sized enterprises. ololoHaus, Osh, currently houses a software development training business called IT Academy, a dentistry design business amongst others, and Som.kg, a local version of Craigslist amongst others.
Aiperi Omurzakova, a 28 year-old mother of three from Osh, spends every spare second working on her start-up enterprise, Som.kg. In November 2018, she pioneered a local version of Craigslist, a free classifieds website.
At first, Aiperi could only afford a shipping container as an office space, but then ololohausOsh came across her radar. ololohausOsh is a creative coworking space in the city center providing its residents all necessary amenities such as office furniture and Wi-Fi.
"When I moved here, I acquired more customers, because here in Osh, people really pay attention to how your office looks. If it's beautiful, they are impressed and ready to trust you. Now I also have two employees", Aiperi says.
Accelerate Prosperity is a new global initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Central and South Asia and provides technical expertise, creative financing solutions and market connections for small and growing businesses.
AP aims to inspire rising entrepreneurs in emerging regions to grow new markets, create sustainable employment, and strengthen communities.
AP’s first project in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 was the establishment of one of Osh’s first co-working space, ololoHaus, Osh. Supported by USAID grant of $35,000, AP worked with a local entrepreneur to create a new space to help incubate and grow small to medium sized enterprises. ololoHaus, Osh, currently houses a software development training business called IT Academy, a dentistry design business amongst others, and Som.kg, a local version of Craigslist amongst others.
Aiperi Omurzakova, a 28 year-old mother of three from Osh, spends every spare second working on her start-up enterprise, Som.kg. In November 2018, she pioneered a local version of Craigslist, a free classifieds website.
At first, Aiperi could only afford a shipping container as an office space, but then ololohausOsh came across her radar. ololohausOsh is a creative coworking space in the city center providing its residents all necessary amenities such as office furniture and Wi-Fi.
"When I moved here, I acquired more customers, because here in Osh, people really pay attention to how your office looks. If it's beautiful, they are impressed and ready to trust you. Now I also have two employees", Aiperi says.
Accelerate Prosperity is a new global initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Central and South Asia and provides technical expertise, creative financing solutions and market connections for small and growing businesses.
AP aims to inspire rising entrepreneurs in emerging regions to grow new markets, create sustainable employment, and strengthen communities.
AP’s first project in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 was the establishment of one of Osh’s first co-working space, ololoHaus, Osh. Supported by USAID grant of $35,000, AP worked with a local entrepreneur to create a new space to help incubate and grow small to medium sized enterprises. ololoHaus, Osh, currently houses a software development training business called IT Academy, a dentistry design business amongst others, and Som.kg, a local version of Craigslist amongst others.
Aiperi Omurzakova, a 28 year-old mother of three from Osh, spends every spare second working on her start-up enterprise, Som.kg. In November 2018, she pioneered a local version of Craigslist, a free classifieds website.
At first, Aiperi could only afford a shipping container as an office space, but then ololohausOsh came across her radar. ololohausOsh is a creative coworking space in the city center providing its residents all necessary amenities such as office furniture and Wi-Fi.
"When I moved here, I acquired more customers, because here in Osh, people really pay attention to how your office looks. If it's beautiful, they are impressed and ready to trust you. Now I also have two employees", Aiperi says.
Accelerate Prosperity is a new global initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Central and South Asia and provides technical expertise, creative financing solutions and market connections for small and growing businesses.
AP aims to inspire rising entrepreneurs in emerging regions to grow new markets, create sustainable employment, and strengthen communities.
AP’s first project in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 was the establishment of one of Osh’s first co-working space, ololoHaus, Osh. Supported by USAID grant of $35,000, AP worked with a local entrepreneur to create a new space to help incubate and grow small to medium sized enterprises. ololoHaus, Osh, currently houses a software development training business called IT Academy, a dentistry design business amongst others, and Som.kg, a local version of Craigslist amongst others.
Deputy Secretary of State William Burns and Colombian Vice Foreign Minister Patti Londono sign a memorandum of understanding on the Small Business Network of the Americas on the sidelines of the Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas ministerial in Cali, Colombia, October 23, 2012. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
Aiperi Omurzakova, a 28 year-old mother of three from Osh, spends every spare second working on her start-up enterprise, Som.kg. In November 2018, she pioneered a local version of Craigslist, a free classifieds website.
At first, Aiperi could only afford a shipping container as an office space, but then ololohausOsh came across her radar. ololohausOsh is a creative coworking space in the city center providing its residents all necessary amenities such as office furniture and Wi-Fi.
"When I moved here, I acquired more customers, because here in Osh, people really pay attention to how your office looks. If it's beautiful, they are impressed and ready to trust you. Now I also have two employees", Aiperi says.
Accelerate Prosperity is a new global initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Central and South Asia and provides technical expertise, creative financing solutions and market connections for small and growing businesses.
AP aims to inspire rising entrepreneurs in emerging regions to grow new markets, create sustainable employment, and strengthen communities.
AP’s first project in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 was the establishment of one of Osh’s first co-working space, ololoHaus, Osh. Supported by USAID grant of $35,000, AP worked with a local entrepreneur to create a new space to help incubate and grow small to medium sized enterprises. ololoHaus, Osh, currently houses a software development training business called IT Academy, a dentistry design business amongst others, and Som.kg, a local version of Craigslist amongst others.
Aiperi Omurzakova, a 28 year-old mother of three from Osh, spends every spare second working on her start-up enterprise, Som.kg. In November 2018, she pioneered a local version of Craigslist, a free classifieds website.
At first, Aiperi could only afford a shipping container as an office space, but then ololohausOsh came across her radar. ololohausOsh is a creative coworking space in the city center providing its residents all necessary amenities such as office furniture and Wi-Fi.
"When I moved here, I acquired more customers, because here in Osh, people really pay attention to how your office looks. If it's beautiful, they are impressed and ready to trust you. Now I also have two employees", Aiperi says.
Accelerate Prosperity is a new global initiative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Central and South Asia and provides technical expertise, creative financing solutions and market connections for small and growing businesses.
AP aims to inspire rising entrepreneurs in emerging regions to grow new markets, create sustainable employment, and strengthen communities.
AP’s first project in Kyrgyzstan in 2018 was the establishment of one of Osh’s first co-working space, ololoHaus, Osh. Supported by USAID grant of $35,000, AP worked with a local entrepreneur to create a new space to help incubate and grow small to medium sized enterprises. ololoHaus, Osh, currently houses a software development training business called IT Academy, a dentistry design business amongst others, and Som.kg, a local version of Craigslist amongst others.