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From Robo-sumo to Robo-racing, Ukrainian kids measure their engineering capacities

April 14, 2015

On March 29 the National Aerospace Educational Center of Ukrainian Youth hosted the first robotics technology competition in Dnipropetrovsk (Dnepropetrovsk), a major city in Eastern Ukraine. The youngest contestant was three years old and the oldest one was 20. No fewer than 120 young enthusiasts thus came to cross swords, while 400 spectators and robotics amateurs supported their favorite teams and shared …

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Fison, Ukraine’s first crowdfunded venture fund, ready to back foreign startups

January 28, 2015

On the fast-changing Ukrainian high tech scene, one fund, Fison, is conducting a pioneering experiment to drive savers’ money to IT startups. It claims that more than 1,000 individual investors have contributed $2 million in total so far in exchange for an equity stake. Launched in 2013 by Dmitry Tomchuk and Dmitry Vishnyov, two entrepreneurs …

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New online store makes cigarettes, slippers and household items available to Ukrainian prisoners

November 5, 2014

For those who believe that all models have been tested in e-commerce, it is worth taking a look at VITK.COM.UA, an online store for prisoners launched by the Dnipropetrovsk-based (Dnepropetrovsk) IT company CDM. The service, which has been live since August, is a joint project of CDM and the management of the state penitentiary service …

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PrivatBank launches offline e-commerce ordering and delivery network

September 23, 2014

PrivatBank, a leading Ukrainian bank, has launched a network of offline e-commerce access points. These points, christened “Magazin,” are equipped with computers which allow users to place orders at local and foreign e-commerce sites. The sites currently displayed are Comfy, Praktiker, 5ok, TopMall, Gold.ua, daily deal sites Pokupon and Groupon, as well as eBay, Amazon …

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