Ukraine ranks fifth globally in the Online Service Index category of the new United Nations E-Government Survey, which was released in mid-September. The 2024 edition of the annual survey of the digital government landscape across 193 UN member states marked a new high for Ukraine, which was in the 102 position in the same category […]
Digital Ukraine
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Empowering Ukraine’s wartime workforce with digital training
The full-scale Russian invasion has thrust Ukraine’s tech sector into the limelight and highlighted the importance of a national digitalization drive that was already well underway prior to the outbreak of hostilities. While international attention has understandably focused on the innovative defense tech developments that are currently helping Ukraine to defend itself on the battlefield, […]
Posted inEconomy
Kyivstar provides Ukraine with UAH 300 million to boost digital infrastructure and strengthen cyber security
Ukraine’s largest telecommunication services provider teams up with the country’s Ministry of Digital Transformation to boost wartime recovery efforts
Posted inEconomy
Covid crisis helps fuel rise of virtual format in the Ukrainian events industry
Companies involved in organizing business events are increasingly looking to incorporate virtual or hybrid models as demand for online solutions grows
Posted inEconomy
UKRAINE AT 30: How three decades of investment activity helped shape Ukraine’s future
Jaroslawa Zelinsky-Johnson reflects on the role of the Western NIS Enterprise Fund as an engine for Ukraine’s national transformation following independence in 1991
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BANKING: Ukrainian division of Germany’s ProCredit Bank launches innovative new shopping mall service points
New ProCredit Bank initiative aims to promote digital services while maintaining a physical presence for current and potential Ukrainian customers alike
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New tech community initiative seeks to build closer ties between French companies and Ukraine’s booming IT industry
April 2020 saw the official launch of the La French Tech Kyiv community in the Ukrainian capital with the aim of strengthening bilateral cooperation and attracting more French investors to Ukraine
Posted inOpinion
Ukraine must create a climate for innovation to defend long-term national interests
Ukraine’s startup talent will continue to look elsewhere unless the country creates better conditions at home
Posted inEconomy
Brain drain becoming brain gain as more and more IT specialists return to Ukraine
The flow of IT professionals leaving Ukraine is gradually starting to reverse, according to IT Ukraine Association head Dmytro Ovcharenko. Speaking in late December, Ovcharenko said that as many as 2,500 IT specialists have moved back to Ukraine in 2018, the largest inflow of returning IT talent since the brain drain phenomenon first rose to […]