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05 Nov 2026, 6:15 PM	Vulcan Post	3.0	MRANTI partners with Kazakhstan’s Alatau City to open new markets for M’sian tech companies MRANTI, the Malaysia Smart Cities Alliance Association (MSCA), and Kazakhstan's Alatau City Authority Special Management Organization signed a tripartite Memorandum of Cooperation on 4 November 2026, announced at Smart City Expo World Congress 2026 in Barcelona. The stated scope is a 'two-way innovation corridor' for testing and commercialising AI, smart city solutions, urban digital twins, autonomous mobility, and drone tech in real-world urban environments. The article names no funding amounts, no pilot count, no timelines, and no selection criteria — it is a sponsored piece announcing the signing. Why: This is a signed MoC, not an open call: there is no application link, budget, or deadline in the text, so nobody should reprioritise a roadmap around it this week. The one actionable detail is the named channel — MRANTI's National Technology and Innovation Sandbox (NTIS) — which is where a Malaysian smart-city or drone/digital-twin team would ask whether Kazakhstan pilots will be run through existing sandbox intake. Treat it as a warm intro path to Alatau City, not as market entry. malaysia smart-cities govtech digital-twins startups

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05 Nov 2026, 6:15 PM

Vulcan Post

3.0

MRANTI partners with Kazakhstan’s Alatau City to open new markets for M’sian tech companies

MRANTI, the Malaysia Smart Cities Alliance Association (MSCA), and Kazakhstan's Alatau City Authority Special Management Organization signed a tripartite Memorandum of Cooperation on 4 November 2026, announced at Smart City Expo World Congress 2026 in Barcelona. The stated scope is a 'two-way innovation corridor' for testing and commercialising AI, smart city solutions, urban digital twins, autonomous mobility, and drone tech in real-world urban environments. The article names no funding amounts, no pilot count, no timelines, and no selection criteria — it is a sponsored piece announcing the signing.

Why: This is a signed MoC, not an open call: there is no application link, budget, or deadline in the text, so nobody should reprioritise a roadmap around it this week. The one actionable detail is the named channel — MRANTI's National Technology and Innovation Sandbox (NTIS) — which is where a Malaysian smart-city or drone/digital-twin team would ask whether Kazakhstan pilots will be run through existing sandbox intake. Treat it as a warm intro path to Alatau City, not as market entry.