Tural Karimov
Project manager
The Smartbee team
About us
We have been working in the digital advertising market in Azerbaijan since 2019. Due to the hard work of our team's employees with great experience in programming, design and marketing, we have managed to become the number 1 digital advertising platform in the country.
- year founded
- 2019
- people on the team
- 12
- projects delivered
- 80+
- digital advertising platform
- #1
Team
Creative, inventive and analytical minds
Our team consists of experts in a variety of fields, including digital advertising, web and mobile app design and programming, social media marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), content creation, and data analytics. Smartbee brings together a team of professionals with creative, inventive and analytical thinking.
Farid Karimov
CEO
Khatai Isayev
Team-leader, front-end developer
Shahin Shahbazov
UX-designer
Emil Abbasov
Backend developer
Ayaz Ashrafov
Helpdesk
Ələddin Nəsibov
Digital producer
Azizkhan Sadiyev
Frontend developer
Nigar Karimova
PR specialist
Sevinc Asgarova
Accountant
Tural Nasibov
Finance specialist
Amil Abbasov
Front-end developer
Get to know us
Hardworking bees
We are residents of Baku city. We love humor, sweets and work.
We always support each other
No matter where or when, we are together
We are sincere
We call white white and black black
We love betting
Lost the bet? You must buy chocolate, ice cream, pizza!
Food is our weak point
The best ideas often come to us at the table
We do not forget our past
Looking to the future though...
We do not miss our rest
To work well, you need to rest well
Our history
Our history
From a team of six to the country’s largest advertising platform.
December 2019
Smartbee is founded
Smartbee company is founded with a staff of 6 people.
March 2020
The advertising platform is launched
In beta version, the Smartbee advertising platform is available for both advertisers and broadcasters.
May 2021
New modules
- screen-shot finder
- site/topic/device targeting
- white/black-list
- campaign-adset-ad creative hierarchy
July 2022
The first million!
Advertiser spend for the first time exceeds 1 million through the Smartbee advertising platform alone.
December 2022
Web development
More than 20 websites are delivered for universities, from a CRM system that automates student admissions to news sites.
August 2025
Mobile apps for media
The iOS and Android apps we built for Sfera.az, Moderator.az and other news portals go live on the App Store and Google Play.
September 2025
Smartcell
Work begins on Smartcell, an eSIM platform for travellers: a web store, iOS and Android apps, an admin panel and a partner programme.
July 2026
New-generation platforms
Leading media projects such as Qaynarinfo.az, Sfera.az and Xəzər Xəbər are rebuilt on Next.js, Go and NestJS; Qaynarinfo launches an AI assistant that answers from its own archive.