SMB

We believe Azerbaijan’s socio-economic development is closely linked with entrepreneurship and its future development!

Interest in SME Houses as an innovative model in the field of business services is increasing Additional 55 people were engaged in training within the framework of the “Karabakh SME 2026” project More than 312,000 services were provided to entrepreneurs in SME Houses in the first half of 2026 Applications of entrepreneurs were considered at KOBİA In the first half of 2026, the KOBİA Call Centre via number 131 responded to approximately 5,000 enquiries The next meeting within the framework of the "Investment Journey" project was held in the city of Aghsu Business projects that have received the "Startup" Certificate are developing More than 50 meetings with entrepreneurs were organised in the first half of 2026 Another meeting with entrepreneurs was organised in the city of Mingachevir A production enterprise for test kits and medical plastic packaging products will be established

Entrepreneurship is promoted among women 03.03.20

Representatives of the Small and Medium Business Development Agency (SMBDA), who successfully completed the training of trainers organized within the European Union's “Support to Rural Entrepreneurship Development” project, conducted training events for women in the regions of the country.

In February, women who were interested in entrepreneurship participated in training events organized in Guba, Khachmaz, Mingachevir and Ganja. During the training events on "Entrepreneurship and to start a business," educational materials were also distributed to increase the knowledge and skills of SMBs.

Note that SMBDA is one of the beneficiaries of the EU technical assistance project "Support to rural entrepreneurship development" for 2019-2021.