Tech Impact Awards 2025 – Central Asia & Turkey

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TECHIMPACTAWARDS2025

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AWARDS MISSION

Our mission is to highlight people shaping the future of tech through public contributions — helping others learn, creating useful products, and sharing ideas that move the industry forward. We recognize work that makes a clear, practical difference for the tech community

What do you get?

Visibility & Recognition

We feature selected nominees on The Top Voices — a global community-driven media platform for founders, product leaders, and VCs. Your work deserves to be seen.

Proof of Impact

Your nomination becomes a verifiable recognition of your contribution — to show on your website, CV, LinkedIn, or pitch deck.

Global Community

Nominees become part of a 3000 + curated community of founders and builders from 20+ countries.

NOMINATIONS

Startups & Product Development

For people who build useful tech products that solve real problems — including founders, makers, and product teams bringing new tools and ideas to life.

Community Builders & Educators

For people who help others learn and help the tech industry grow — through communities, education, libraries, and open-source contributions.

Thought Leadership & Public Knowledge

For people whose ideas shape the way others think in tech — through blogs, talks, research, or public influence.

NOMINEE REQUIREMENTS

These are individual awards — not for companies or teams. The nominee must be the person directly responsible for the contribution being submitted

Can be a founder, blogger, engineer, educator, writer, or contributor

The work must be public and verifiable

The award is open to individuals based in Central Asia & Turkey or those working on projects that create impact across the Central Asia & Turkey tech ecosystem

What to submit?

You can apply with any public project, product, or content that shows your personal impact on the tech industry

Community Builders & Educators

/ Submit if you /

Run a community, meetup, or association

Create an open-source resource, library, or online space for tech enthusiasts

Play a prominent role in an incubator or accelerator

Organize initiatives such as podcasts, events, or other educational projects for other experts

Startups & Product Development

/ Submit if you /

Built or contributed to an innovative startup that has achieved user traction

Created a product or feature that significantly changed the game in your niche

Contributed meaningfully to a product that made a notable impact in its market

Thought Leadership & Public Knowledge

/ Submit if you /

Lead a blog, podcast, or newsletter that stimulates industry discussion

Create educational content such as articles, videos, tutorials, or courses

Have built an engaged audience around your tech ideas and opinions

Made significant open-source contributions that promote public learning

(*Evaluation criteria)

Community Builders & Educators

Value for the industry (how new, how useful)

Reach and impact

Effort and scale

Startups & Product Development

Value for the industry (how new, how useful)

Impact / traction

Personal contribution

Thought Leadership & Public Knowledge

Quality of ideas (how new, how useful)

Influence and reach

Originality and voice

Show your impact on the tech future of Central Asia & Turkey

TIMELINE

Until 30 September 2025

Apply

1 – 7 October 2025

Evaluation

8 October 2025

Results

JURY

Shavkat Karimov

Head of IT Community of Uzbekistan