Bozhena Sheremeta

A graduate of the Economics Faculty of Taras Shevchenko National University in Kyiv, Bozhena Sheremeta covers the vibrant Ukrainian startup scene for The Kyiv Post. She can be reached at [email protected] and followed on Twitter @BozhenaLucky.

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Homegrown software helps reduce corruption in public procurement

Overseen by officials looking for kickbacks, Ukraine’s old, flesh, bones and paper system of procurement whittled away on average about $2.3 billion a year due to shady schemes. That’s 20% of taxpayers’ money that the government allocates to buying goods, labor and services for public needs. To put a plug in that corrupt drain, the …

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IT round table took place in New York to promote Ukraine’s tech sector

America has up to 2 million people who claim Ukrainian roots — and some of them are busy helping promote Ukraine’s informational technology sector. On Oct. 8, the IT Round Table took place with participation from executives of major Ukrainian software developers from DataArt, Eleks, EPAM and SoftServe. The venue was the non-profit Ukrainian Institute of …

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Tech company chooses western Ukraine to escape war

While many Ukrainian tech companies consider locations abroad, Ukrainian IT outsourcing company Binary Studio has chosen western Ukraine as an escape from Russia’s war in the eastern Donbas. The  company was started in 2005 by Donetsk region native Artem Goncharov and his university friend Anton Duzenko. They had just one weekend to escape the Russian-backed separatist Donetsk People’s Republic in …

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Norwegian tech executive talks about doing business in Ukraine

While most businesses are put off by instability in Ukraine, Norway’s Itera isn’t one of them. The company, one of Scandinavia’s leading tech players, headquartered in Oslo, came to Ukraine amid the 2008 global economic crisis to open a research and development center. Itera’s center in Kyiv, which is active in consulting, software design, development and …

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Ukrainian startup helps fundraising for gifts

Celebrating colleagues’ birthdays are happy events and part of many corporate cultures. Collecting money for presents, however, can be burdensome. Online service Wishround promises an easy solution. “When we worked at a large IT company in Ukraine, we had the same issue as most companies with over 400 employees usually have,” says Yuriy Shevchenko, the co-founder at Wishround …

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Microlectronics developer teaches to overcome shortage of qualified HR

Ukraine has more than 50,000 software engineers in the information technology industry. Also, according to the Brainbench rating of 2013, the nation ranked third in the number of certified master-level IT specialists among 50 countries. But it’s not strong everywhere. The nation suffers a deficit of sufficiently qualified specialists in high-tech electronic engineering.

Ukrainian tech startups showcase potential at London roadshow

As Ukraine’s technology startups struggle to connect with Silicon Valley investors, their fellow countrymen in London are trying to open doors in the U.K. investor community. To get the ball rolling, Ukrainians Serhiy Burnus and Oleksiy Kolchanov organized the Ukrainian Startups Roadshow at three London locations on July 23-25. Taking place at Bloomberg headquarters, Google Campus, and Deloitte …

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Lviv property developer to build office space for 500 tech employees

Lviv (Lvov), a western Ukrainian city with more than 700,000 residents, is also the home of dozens of technology companies. Property developers use that to their advantage. Recently Adamas, a Lviv-based property developer, announced that in the beginning of 2016 it will start building a large office building for 500 employees of information technology companies. …

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