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China’s Xinwei and Ukraine’s Datagroup strike an investment agreement for $400 million

September 30, 2014

China’s Xinwei Telecom Enterprise Group has made further inroads into the Ukrainian market with an agreement to invest about $400 million in the telecom and hi-tech projects of telecom operator Datagroup. Datagroup CEO Alexander Danchenko signed a memorandum of cooperation with his counterpart from Xinwei, Wang Jin. A press release announcing the agreement was posted …

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Ukrainian Google Play store begins to offer books

September 29, 2014

Last week, a new section for books appeared in the Ukrainian version of the Google Play store. Users can go there to purchase or download, for free, electronic publications in 11 categories, ranging from books on computers to fiction. The price of paid copies varies widely, with books for children available for cheaper than a …

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How tech innovations and partnerships can help Ukraine reach new goals

September 26, 2014

Nowadays, implementation of innovations and using high technology can significantly contribute to reaching new goals of Ukraine’s national economic development. Achieving these goals will enable Ukrainians to build a new country with absolutely new formation – the country which can get back its high-quality specialists (especially in IT and R&D sector), develop relevant conditions to …

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Swedish IT staffing company opens website development training center in Poltava

September 26, 2014

Beetroot, a Swedish information technology staffing company, on Sept. 19 opened an academy in Poltava to train website developers on the WordPress platform. Twelve students will undergo a three-month course after which they will be fully employable within Ukraine’s expanding IT sector, reads the company news release. Called Beetroot Academy, the frontend developer center is supported by the …

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Ukrainian entrepreneur Dmytro Kostyk brings his Interactive Restaurant Technology to US market

September 23, 2014

After testing its interactive surfaces in restaurants in Cyprus, Dubai and Abu-Dhabi, Ukrainian technology company Interactive Restaurant Technology is set to start working in the United States. The startup, which is a brainchild of another Ukrainian company, Kodisoft, is planning to build three “interactive venues” in San Antonio, Texas, and launch a manufacturing line in …

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Vietnamese mobile operator Viettel may invest in 3G network in Ukraine

September 22, 2014

Vietnamese company Viettel is interested in the development of the 3G network in Ukraine, said Alexey Shovkoplyas, Ukrainian ambassador to Vietnam, as reported by Ukrainian online publication Inventure. Viettel is prepared to invest $1 billion towards the development of their own network and would like to obtain licenses for the GSM-1800 (10 MHz), GSM-900 (5 MHz), …

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Online ad platform ClickGanic raises $300,000 and prepares itself for international expansion

September 17, 2014

Last month, ClickGanic, an online ad platform based in Kyiv (Kiev) and launched in February of this year, secured a $300,000 investment from business angel Evgeny Medvednikov and Clickky, an internationally oriented Ukrainian company offering a mobile app marketing platform. The deal valued ClickGanic at $557,000 (pre-money), 24-year-old co-founder Evgeny Kukharchuk told Ukraine Digital News. …

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New online map aims to provide Ukrainian tech players with international visibility

September 16, 2014

The past few months have seen the emergence of several initiatives aimed at raising Ukraine’s visibility on the global high-tech map – Ukraine Digital News not being the least. Another one is Mappedinua, an English-language, user-generated map of the Ukrainian digital and IT scene launched in mid-August. Apparently inspired by Israeli start-up map MappedInIsrael, Mappedinua is …

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IDCEE launches Social Entrepreneurship Hackathon

September 12, 2014

IDCEE, the leading international tech event in Eastern Europe held in Kyiv (Kiev) each October, invites entrepreneurs from all countries to participate in IDCEE Social Entrepreneurship Hackathon, co-organized together with SocialBoost. In a changing world social responsibility has become a key issue not only for big corporations, more and more entrepreneurs strive to be socially responsible these days. This is …

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Putin’s new weapon in the Ukraine propaganda war: Internet trolls

September 12, 2014

The internet troll army’s selling of the Kremlin’s parallel universe to the Russian people and to a skeptical Western audience is a matter of life and death for the Putin regime. If the Russian people do not buy their story, Putin loses the high “ratings” on which his regime rests. If he cannot convince his …

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N-iX founder Andrew Pavliv: “The unrest in Eastern Ukraine has affected new potential clients’ attitude, even though we’re feeling safe one thousand miles away”

September 11, 2014

Launched in 2002 and enjoying a strong partnership with Novell since 2003, N-iX has developed into a sizable IT outsourcing company in Lviv (Lvov) in the quiet Western part of Ukraine. Its founder Andrew Pavliv told Ukraine Digital News how his international clients react to the current situation in Ukraine and about the threats and opportunities …

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Fison to push four Ukrainian startups on US market

September 8, 2014

This past Thursday, the Ukrainian investment fund Fison announced the winners of its startup contest. In addition to potentially receiving funding from Fison, the four winners will take part in UT GEM, a tech event dedicated to building and tightening ties between Ukraine and the USA. This event will take place on Sept. 18 in …

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