AMSTERDAM: VEON Ltd., a global digital operator that provides converged connectivity and online services, announced that its Beeline Uzbekistan, its digital operator in Uzbekistan, opened the Beeline Academy in Tashkent to help train IT, AI, cybersecurity and data protection experts.

The Beeline Academy was opened in cooperation with the Tashkent International University of Education or TIUE, a private university which trains highly qualified specialists with higher education in the field of information technology, education and business management. Together, Beeline Academy and TIUE also plan to train teachers to provide IT education throughout the country.

The goal of Beeline Academy is to promote IT professions and attract Uzbek youth into industries directly involved in the digitalization of the country’s economy, with particular emphasis on training cybersecurity specialists, ensuring reliable protection of data of private and public organizations from potential threats, as well as AI specialists.

Andrzej Malinowski, CEO of Beeline Uzbekistan addressed the students on the opening day: “The launch of Beeline Academy is a key step for us as a digital operator, ensuring high-quality education of Uzbekistan’s young talent. It will help not only with the skills development but also with the emergence of a culture and atmosphere conducive to greater creativity in the digital space. We are delighted to contribute to building the talent pipeline of the Digital Uzbekistan, for Beeline and for the country in general.”

Kaan Terzioglu, CEO of VEON Group, also participated in the event and welcomed the students: “When talking about VEON’s ambitions in Uzbekistan, we had one main goal from the very beginning: making Uzbekistan an IT center in the region. Developing talents in the area of technology – particularly cybersecurity and AI – will help achieve this goal. We are delighted to contribute to the digitalization of the country, not only with our products and services, but also with the investments we make in the human and talent potential of the country.”

The Beeline Academy will improve students’ access to the latest practical training programs along with lessons within the university curriculum in the field of IT. The Academy students will benefit not only from modern classroom equipment, but only from a newly created interactive video studio with improved distance learning capabilities, media content creation, virtual video lessons, webinars and video conferencing.