AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoDigital Payments: Apple Pay and Google Pay are now available in Uzbekistan for eligible Visa and Mastercard cards from local banks. Work is under way to add cards on the Uzcard and HUMO networks. Nuclear Safety: The IAEA urged Uzbekistan to plan early for radioactive waste, including storage, technology and funding, as experts met in Tashkent to discuss safe reactor decommissioning. Science and Education: A Tashkent forum brought together more than 1,500 participants from eight countries to discuss education, research and innovation, with regional proposals for joint programmes, student startup incubators and research in AI, biotechnology, energy and agriculture. Space Technology: Young engineers in Uzbekistan are taking on a satellite-building challenge, bringing hands-on space projects into the country’s growing science and technology agenda.
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