The program, focused on business and technology with an emphasis on entrepreneurship, is hosted at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek. Before 2022, the program also supported Fellows from Turkmenistan at KIMEP University in Almaty. Established by the U.S.-Central Asia Education Foundation in 2007, the fellowship has supported over 400 young Central Asian leaders.
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