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Pillar 1
Zarkaynar
Building the Fintech
Ecosystem
IN THE TRADITION OF the HISTORICAL TRADING DISTRICT WHERE FOUR STREAMS OF TRADE CONVERGEDScaling 103 fintechs into 200 by 2030, through strategic design and a US$50M sovereign venture fund. Zarkaynar builds the structures and capabilities that turn policy ambitions into a functioning market, and local depth into credibility across the corridor.
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Pillar 2
SILK ROAD CORRIDOR
CONNECTING CENTRAL ASIA TO THE WORLD
Drawing from the silk road corridors that turned fragmented routes into connected trade
US$18.9B in annual remittances (2025 projection). Multiple shared economic corridors. An Islamic finance opportunity that remains largely unserved by modern digital infrastructure. In 2026, for Uzbekistan, amid regional geopolitical disruptions straining key routes, the case for building that infrastructure is no longer strategic, but operational.
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Pillar 3
SAROY
Scaling Digital Finance through Shared Infrastructure
Echoing the caravanserais that built trust across thousands of milesOpen banking APIs, digital identity systems, and payment standards that make digital finance at scale possible. All indispensable at a time when physical trade routes are disrupted. History shows the same truth, merchants did not need to know every counterparty - they only needed to trust the infrastructure.
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Pillar 4
OBSERVATORY
The NEW Digital ASSET
FRONTIER
INSPIRED BY ulugh beg's observatory, which calculated what was comingStablecoins, wholesale CBDCs, and tokenised real-world assets are no longer theoretical instruments, they are under active research at CBU and NAPP as practical tools for managing corridor payments and capital flows. The Observatory creates the structured space for regulators and industry to move from research to pilot, together.
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Pillar 5
MadrasAH
Supporting the next generation
Rooted in the MadrasAH that produced scholars who reshaped astronomy & MathematicsA median population age of 27. A Presidential Decree to train 5,000 fintech professionals by 2030. The demographic dividend is only an advantage if deliberately activated, and the talent Uzbekistan needs is not just a workforce target. They are the human infrastructure foundational to a corridor economy.